Senior Data Platform Analyst: Governance & Insights

Ascensus; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus is seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to partner with stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams to translate business needs into actionable data requirements. You will drive definitions, lineage, and governance for an enterprise data platform in a regulated financial services environment.

You will own data dictionaries, collaborate on models and pipelines, and ensure data quality and security across initiatives, while aligning with Ascensus core values

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience as a Business Systems Analyst, Data Analyst, Data Product Owner, or similar data-focused role.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into enterprise-scale data requirements.
• Experience with enterprise data platforms including Oracle, Azure-based data warehouses, and ETL tools.
• Strong analytical, documentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the elicitation, analysis, and documentation of data-related business requirements for enterprise data initiatives.
• Translate business needs into clear, data-specific requirements, including metrics, transformations, and access patterns.
• Own and maintain the enterprise data dictionary and business glossary, ensuring consistency across teams.
• Partner with Data Architects and Data Engineering to reflect requirements in data models, integrations, and pipelines.
• Document end-to-end data flows and lineage from source systems to downstream consumers.
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and data delivery teams.
• Support backlog refinement and prioritization, ensuring requirements are complete and actionable before development.
• Identify and help remediate data quality, consistency, and access issues.
• Reinforce data governance standards and approved access methods.
• Participate in design reviews, planning sessions, and cross-functional working groups.
• Support regulated fintech data use cases including auditability and security.

Skills

Analytical

Documentation

Communication

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Tools

Oracle

Azure data warehouse

Informatica

Job description

Ascensus is seeking a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to partner with stakeholders, data architects, and engineering teams to translate business needs into actionable data requirements. You will drive definitions, lineage, and governance for an enterprise data platform in a regulated financial services environment.

You will own data dictionaries, collaborate on models and pipelines, and ensure data quality and security across initiatives, while aligning with Ascensus core values