Senior Data Transformation & Governance Associate

Grant Thornton (US)

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 104,000 - 150,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) is seeking a Senior Associate to lead data transformation and governance across both structured and unstructured content from acquisitions. You will inventory, classify, and document governance requirements, partnering with data owners, stewards, and IT teams to ensure compliant, auditable data for analytics and decision making.

The role emphasizes embedding governance into migration, modernization, and analytics enablement, with a strong focus on retention, legal holds, and

Qualifications

4+ years in data governance, transformation, data management, data quality, data integration, records and information management, data privacy and compliance, analytics, or related enterprise technology roles.
Experience supporting data governance activities within data migration, integration, modernization, archival, analytics, or large-scale transformation programs.
Exposure to governing unstructured and semi-structured content alongside structured data, including mail, file storage, collaboration platforms, and service management records.
Working knowledge of records retention practice, including retention categories, retention triggers, disposal timing, and the evidence required to support disposal.
Understanding of legal hold and preservation obligations and their effect on routine disposal activity.
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.

Responsibilities

Support enterprise data governance frameworks for acquired-company integration, including standards, roles, ownership expectations, stewardship routines, escalation paths, and performance metrics.
Embed governance requirements into data transformation initiatives, including data migration, integration, modernization, archival, reporting, and analytics enablement activities.
Build and maintain the data estate inventory for assigned acquisitions, covering structured data alongside mail, file storage, collaboration sites, chat and meeting content, and service management records.
Catalog acquired-company content by category, sensitivity, ownership, business purpose, and disposition, keeping inventory current as discovery progresses.
Prepare handling recommendations for each content category to support migration planning and engage relevant teams.
Verify legal hold and business hold status before disposal, decommissioning, or archival activity proceeds, and document holds across data domains.
Document ownership, approvals, and retention across domains; ensure traceability for decisions and evidence.