Data Governance Consultant

Company: North Highland
Location: New Brunswick
Posted on: January 13, 2022

Job Description:

LEAVE YOUR MARK ON A BETTER WORLD.
COLLABORATE WITH AMAZING PEOPLE.
MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN.

At North Highland, we believe in doing great things together. With you. With our clients. With a perspective on actions today that shape tomorrow. As the world's most innovative, collaborative consulting group, we've built a space to share ideas like never before. Do you have the skills, passion and commitment to transform industries for the better? Think you can bring your A-game every day? If so, join us. We like big thinkers with action on the brain---

Data Governance Functional Liaison-

Exciting work you will do:
Work closely with the global Data Owner to finalize priorities and make decisions for their respective data domains including data hierarchy / taxonomy
Drive alignment at the global level and escalates issues and risks to the DG Council, DG Forum and DG Steering Committee
Understand the downstream usage of the data and how changes will impact users
Drive the definition and alignment on the data standards for prioritized data elements by engaging with the functional design teams from in-flight projects.
Engage with business SMEs, functional domain experts, data and system architects and the DQ Lead to define the data standards attributes: Business terminology and definition Business and technical data standards (e.g., valid / default values, format) Authoritative systems for creating, updating and maintain data- Data transformation rules, derivations, and calculations Data validation rules
Work with the DG Design Lead to design the processes and policies for governing and maintaining the data (e.g., master / reference data, mappings)
Drive the implementation and adoption of data standardization and standard processes
Have familiarity with data domains outside of the functions listed above (e.g., Product, Customer, etc.) Business Requirement Analysis
Takes business requirements and writes specifications in a consumable format and terminology for developers
Maps out business processes to serve as reference for development and IT support
Explains to business how requirements may be implemented from a functional standpoint
Document and map current and future Data Quality Processes.
Assist in developing through PowerPoint data narratives and Swim lane diagrams as needed
Perform & document data mapping activities and data analysis.

What you will need:
Strong understanding of the functional data domain(s) Strong understanding of source systems, data within the processes, and data flows, and data relationships
Expertise in data maintenance processes
Expertise in data management domain sufficient to understand all phases of a project and the specific of the solutions
Strong written and verb communication skills including the ability to create and present persuasive and compelling presentations

Qualifications:
Minimum Bachelor's degree
5+ years of Data Quality relevant experience.
Experience with at Data Governance / MDM tools (Informatica and/or SAP a plus)
Experience with MDM is a plus. --- Experience with Data & Analytics is a plus.

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