Data Governance Analyst (100% Remote)

Qualifications:

• 3 7 years of professional experience in a data analyst or data governance-related role
• Familiarity with data management principles, data lineage, metadata management, and reference/master data concepts
• Strong documentation and communication skills, including meeting facilitation and note-taking
• Experience gathering business and data requirements from cross-functional teams
• Experience in financial services, insurance, or other regulated industries strongly preferred
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a remote work environment
• Proficiency in documentation tools (e.g., Confluence, Excel, Lucidchart, etc.)

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK)
• Experience with data catalog or data quality tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica, etc.)
• Familiarity with SQL or basic data profiling tools a plus
• System & Data Inventory: Document source systems, databases, reports, and integrations across business units - starting with Finance
• Data Mapping & Lineage: Trace how data flows between systems (what fields, frequency, direction), produce metadata for lineage diagrams
• Process & Requirements Gathering: arrange and minute meetings with business stakeholders (underwriting, claims, finance, compliance) to capture data requirements, definitions, and pain points
• Ref & Master Data Cataloging: record critical reference/master data elements (e.g., policy, customer, product, broker) and their owners
• Documentation: Maintain data documentation (Confluence pages?) and trackers to summarize findings; prepare draft deliverables for review
• Support for Roadmap: Assemble gap analysis inputs and options to feed into strategic recommendations

Tooling Evaluation Support: Research candidate tools (catalog, quality, integration) and summarize fit against requirements