Role:Data Governance Manager – Legal & Compliance
NEW YORK, New York 10004 - Hybrid role on site 3
12+ Months Contract
Interview: In-person
This role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to translate regulatory and business needs into clear, actionable data requirements.
Key responsibilities:
• Perform in-depth analysis of financial and regulatory data requirements applicable to legal entities in New York.
• Assess existing strategic data sources and reporting processes against regulatory and financial reporting requirements.
• Conduct gap analysis to identify data deficiencies, inconsistencies, and process inefficiencies.
• Clearly document data requirements, data gaps, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Partner with Finance, Regulatory Reporting, Technology, and Business stakeholders to:
o Validate requirements
o Confirm data availability and quality
o Align on remediation approaches
• Assess, improve, and help redesign regulatory control and reporting processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Translate operational, accounting, and regulatory needs into actionable data and reporting requirements.
• Support data-driven process renovation initiatives, including automation and reporting optimization.
• Socialize findings, data gaps, and recommendations with stakeholders through clear documentation and presentations.
• Work effectively in a high-visibility, fast-paced, and deadline-driven environment.
Skills required.
• Strong expertise in business analysis, data analysis, and process improvement.
• Proven experience performing detailed data requirement analysis and gap analysis for financial and/or regulatory reporting.
• Deep understanding of financial services data, including:
o General Ledger and finance processes
o Regulatory reporting
o US GAAP and/or IFRS principles
• Ability to analyze large, complex datasets and identify issues impacting reporting accuracy and compliance.
• Highly detail-oriented, with strong documentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex data and process issues to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating across Finance, Technology, and Regulatory teams.
• Ability to deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
Qualifications
• 8 to 10 + years of experience in financial services, regulatory reporting, finance transformation, or related consulting roles.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Technology, or a related field.
• Experience supporting multi-jurisdictional regulatory requirements (US preferred).
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