Privacy & AI Governance Associate | Growth & Impact

BDO USA; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking an Associate to join its Privacy & Data Protection practice, contributing to privacy, data governance, and AI governance initiatives. The role emphasizes learning on the job, interacting with professionals, and supporting multi-project engagements across teams.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, CS, cybersecurity, or related fields; MBA or JD is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or Business Management is required.
• MBA or JD is preferred.
• Internships or professional experience with data management, technology, compliance, and/or business management is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Participates in privacy and AI governance maturity assessments based on applicable frameworks.
• Participates in conducting Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) or AI Risk Assessments of client systems, vendors, or processing activities.
• Participates in developing policies and procedures.
• Manages individual project responsibilities related to information management project tasks.
• Assists the team with developing client reports, including findings and recommendations.
• Assists with developing data inventories and data maps.
• Utilizes tools like OneTrust to assist clients with maintaining privacy program operations.
• Develops and maintains client status reports.
• Develops assessment reports, including findings and recommendations.
• Provides data subject access requests support for the team by aggregating data sets, formulating responses to the data subject, and tracks response times and response methods; attends and documents technical client interviews, internal meetings and memorialize report and memorandum contents.
• Conducts research for client projects to ensure they receive the most up to date solutions available on the market.
• Supports project requests related to privacy and data protection.
• Budgets time and assists with multiple project requests simultaneously, as well as the ability to monitor project tasks and risks.
• Travel required as necessary.
• Other duties as required.

Skills

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Adobe Acrobat

SharePoint

Visio

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Business Management

MBA or JD, preferred

Tools

OneTrust

Job description

BDO USA is seeking an Associate to join its Privacy & Data Protection practice, contributing to privacy, data governance, and AI governance initiatives. The role emphasizes learning on the job, interacting with professionals, and supporting multi-project engagements across teams.

Ideal candidates will have a bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, CS, cybersecurity, or related fields; MBA or JD is preferred.