Manager, Data Quality & Controls

Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 126,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work environment

401k match up to 6%

Health benefits (medical/dental/vision

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Morningstar DBRS, a leading credit rating provider, seeks a Manager, Data Quality & Controls to lead enterprise data quality programs and governance. You will collaborate across Data Management, Credit Operations, Technology, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Product teams to embed robust data practices in operations and reporting.

You will drive a controls roadmap, implement data quality checks, and guide a team of analysts while supporting AI initiatives and compliant data handling.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Science, Computer Science, or Management Studies (Master's a plus).
• 5+ years of proven experience building a data controls governance program in a regulated financial services environment.
• Ability to work independently with senior managers and align stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of controls, governance frameworks, data quality, metadata, and lineage.
• Experience authoring policies, standards, and procedures, data-quality controls and KPIs.
• Experience supporting regulatory data and reporting processes; familiarity with data-related regulatory expectations in financial services is a strong asset.
• Prior people-management or team-lead experience is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and ongoing enhancement of the enterprise data controls framework, including governance standards, workflows, metrics, issue management, and remediation processes.
• Develop and maintain data governance standards, procedures, and controls related to data quality, metadata, lineage, documentation, classification, retention, and issue management.
• Define control requirements for data products, integrations, APIs, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions, while establishing quality standards and validating migration outcomes.
• Lead and develop a team of data analysts by providing coaching, setting priorities, and overseeing deliverables.
• Establish data and metadata standards that support AI, analytics, and automation initiatives and promote responsible AI practices.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Metadata

Data lineage

Regulatory data

Stakeholder management

SQL

Power BI/Tableau

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's (a plus)

Tools

Snowflake

Azure

AWS

DataHub

Collibra

Alation

Informatica

Microsoft Purview

SQL Server

Power BI

Job description

Job Description The Role

Morningstar DBRS is seeking a Manager, Data Quality & Controls to lead the development and execution of the enterprise data quality and controls program. Reporting to the Senior Director, Data Products, this role will assess existing controls, identify gaps, and establish standards, processes, and governance to ensure critical ratings, regulatory, and enterprise data is accurate, complete, well-documented, and fit for purpose. The Manager will drive the data controls roadmap, design scalable quality controls, and partner across Data Management, Credit Operations, Technology, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Product teams to embed strong data practices into operations, regulatory reporting, platform modernization, and AI initiatives. The ideal candidate has experience building or enhancing data governance and control frameworks within a regulated financial services environment and can influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Controls & Governance: Lead the design and ongoing enhancement of the enterprise data controls framework, including governance standards, workflows, metrics, issue management, and remediation processes. Assess existing controls, identify gaps, and drive improvements that align with regulatory requirements, audit expectations, and industry best practices. Own the data controls roadmap and promote data stewardship, accountability, and ownership across the organization.
• Standards, Procedures & Data Quality: Develop and maintain data governance standards, procedures, and controls related to data quality, metadata, lineage, documentation, classification, retention, and issue management. Implement data quality checks, validations, and monitoring processes to ensure critical datasets remain accurate, complete, and compliant with legal, regulatory, and internal requirements.
• Data Platform & External Feed Controls: Partner with business and technology teams to support platform modernization and data-feed initiatives, ensuring data integrity and control continuity throughout migrations and enhancements. Define control requirements for data products, integrations, APIs, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions, while establishing quality standards and validating migration outcomes.
• Leadership & Team Development: Lead and develop a team of data analysts by providing coaching, setting priorities, and overseeing deliverables. Drive excellence in data quality monitoring, metadata management, issue remediation, and the adoption of data governance best practices and tools.
• AI-Ready Data Management: Establish data and metadata standards that support AI, analytics, and automation initiatives. Ensure datasets are properly documented, governed, and controlled, with clear ownership, lineage, and quality measures. Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Technology teams to promote responsible AI practices, data privacy, and transparent use of enterprise data assets.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Data Science, Computer Science, or Management Studies (Master's a plus).
• 5 + years of Proven experience building a data controls governance program in a regulated financial services environment.
• Ability to work independently with senior managers and align stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of controls, governance frameworks, data quality, metadata, and lineage.
• Experience authoring policies, standards, and procedures, data-quality controls and KPIs.
• Experience supporting regulatory data and reporting processes; familiarity with data-related regulatory expectations in financial services is a strong asset.
• Prior people-management or team-lead experience, with the ability to coach and develop analysts is a plus, but not required.

Technical Skills

• Technical requirements emphasize control execution, data-quality oversight, and monitoring.
• Cloud and data platforms: exposure to modern cloud platforms: Snowflake, Azure, or AWS.
• Data controls and catalog platforms: experience with metadata, lineage, and catalog tools such as DataHub, Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Microsoft Purview, or equivalents.
• SQL: ability to query, analyze, and validate large datasets in MS SQL Server or similar platforms.
• Data quality and lineage: data profiling, reconciliation, root-cause analysis, and end-to-end lineage documentation.
• AI controls: working understanding of responsible-AI principles and controls for AI-ready data.
• BI and analytics: experience building governance, data-quality, control, or operational dashboards using Power BI, Tableau, Excel, or similar tools.
• Financial data: familiarity with fixed income, structured finance, credit ratings, and capital-markets data; experience with Bloomberg and/or Refinitiv Eikon is a plus.

Core Competencies

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to explain data controls concepts to technical and business audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Subject-matter expertise in data controls, data quality, metadata, lineage, and regulatory data practices.
• Sound judgment, attention to detail, and a structured results-oriented approach to complex problems.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple priorities, navigate ambiguity, and deliver on time.

Compensation and Benefits

Total Cash compensation range $126,459 - $193,906

• Financial Health 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
• Stock Ownership Potential Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
• Physical Health Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
• Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
• Emotional Health Trust-Based Time Off 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave Adoption Assistance Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
• Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses Tuition Reimbursement Social Health Charitable Matching Gifts program Dollars for Doers volunteer program Paid volunteering days 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups
• Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.

Company overview

Morningstar DBRS is a leading provider of independent credit rating services and opinions for corporate and sovereign entities, financial institutions, and project and structured finance instruments globally. We are one of the top four credit rating agencies in the world and a market leader in Canada, the U.S., and Europe in multiple asset classes.

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