Senior Data Platform Analyst - Governance & Insights

Ascensus; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Medical

Dental

Vision

Paid Time Off

Health Savings Account

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer programs

Job summary

Ascensus, a leading technology and service platform for savings plans, seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to translate business needs into actionable data requirements. You will lead data models, integrations, pipelines, and consumption layers with a governance‑minded approach.

The role focuses on data definitions, metrics, lineage, and usability within a regulated financial services environment, collaborating with data architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in business systems analysis or data‑focused roles.
• Experience translating business needs into enterprise‑scale data requirements.
• Strong experience with enterprise data platforms (Oracle, Azure) and data governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead elicitation, analysis, and documentation of data‑related business requirements for enterprise data initiatives.
• Translate business needs into clear data elements, metrics, hierarchies, and transformations.
• Own and maintain the enterprise data dictionary and business glossary.
• Partner with Data Architects and Data Engineering to reflect requirements in models, integrations, and pipelines.
• Document end‑to‑end data flows and lineage from source to downstream consumers.
• Serve as liaison between business stakeholders and data delivery teams; resolve conflicts.
• Support backlog refinement to ensure complete, actionable requirements.
• Identify and remediate data quality and access issues; reinforce governance standards.
• Participate in design reviews and cross‑functional working groups.
• Support regulated fintech data use cases, including auditability and security.

Skills

Oracle

Azure

Informatica

Data governance

Data dictionary

Stakeholder communication

Data modeling

Requirements analysis

Tools

Informatica

Job description

Ascensus, a leading technology and service platform for savings plans, seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst (Data Platform) to translate business needs into actionable data requirements. You will lead data models, integrations, pipelines, and consumption layers with a governance‑minded approach.

The role focuses on data definitions, metrics, lineage, and usability within a regulated financial services environment, collaborating with data architects, data engineers, and business stakeholders.