Data Governance Lead / Lead Data Analyst

About The Position

Department: Sales and Delivery Team – Data Management Practice

Industry: Information Technology & Services, Capital Markets, Financial Services

Location: Canada Hybrid

Experience Range: 6-12+ years

Basic Qualification: Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline

Travel Requirements: Not required

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Exusia/Globant, a global digital transformation consultancy, is looking for top talent to join our Data Management and Governance practice supporting strategic initiatives at one of our premier financial services clients in the Capital Markets space.

What’s the Role?

This is a full-time consulting opportunity with Exusia/Globant to support with one of our largest clients in the Global Banking and Capital Markets industry on their enterprise data governance and IT controls initiatives. The role involves leading documentation and testing of data controls across capital markets applications, identifying gaps, and driving automation of control processes. The consultant will collaborate with various stakeholders across data governance, risk, finance, and technology functions.

Key Responsibilities:

· Lead documentation and testing of IT data controls across capital markets applications.

· Identify gaps in control coverage and propose remediation strategies aligned with regulatory and enterprise standards.

· Drive automation and improvement of controls testing and reporting using data tools and technologies.

· Collaborate with stakeholders including data stewards, technology owners, and risk teams to ensure robust control adherence.

· Provide visibility to leadership on testing coverage and control maturity.

· Develop SOPs, process documentation, and support data quality initiatives.

· Use modern collaboration tools to manage project documentation, issue tracking, and knowledge repositories.

Mandatory Skills:

· 6-12+ years of experience in data governance, lineage, IT controls, or data quality initiatives within Capital Markets or Financial Services.

· In depth understanding of the Capital Markets domain including front-to-back trade lifecycle, especially in relation to operations, finance, and risk.

· Experience with testing automation frameworks

· Programming and automation experience leveraging scripting languages such Python

· Strong communication and client stakeholder management experience.

· Solid data management and data warehousing background with data profiling and SQL experience

· Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to manage multiple priorities.

· Proficiency in tools such as Collibra, Alation, Ab Initio, Tableau, Confluence, JIRA, MS Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Visio.

· Ability to work well in a team environment

Requirements

Nice-to-Have Skills:

· Familiarity with database structures, data modeling, and lineage.

· Exposure to AI, ML, and Data Engineering

· Experience using or integrating data governance platforms.

· Prior consulting experience in Capital Markets.

· Client and internal leadership experience

· Experience working with a global team using onshore/offshore model

Why Join Us?

· Work with cutting-edge financial institutions driving digital transformation in data governance.

· Dynamic work environment and exposure to high-impact programs.

· Comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.

· Flexibility to work remotely.

This role provides a unique opportunity to contribute to critical data governance initiatives at one of the top Capital Markets firms, while working with a leading global consultancy.

About Exusia - A Globant Division

Exusia () is a global technology consulting company that empowers its clients to gain a competitive edge by accelerating business objectives and providing strategy and solutions in data management and analytics. The company has established its leadership position by solving some of the world's largest and most complex data problems in the financial, healthcare, telecommunications and high technology industries.

Exusia’s mission is to transform the world through the innovative use of information.

Exusia was recognized by Inc. 5000 and by Crain’s publications as one of the fastest growing privately held companies in the world. Since the company’s founding in 2012, Exusia has experienced an impressive seven years of revenue growth and has expanded its operations in the Americas, Asia, Africa and UK. Exusia has recently also been recognized by publications such as the CIO Review, Industry Era, Insight Success and the CIO Bulletin for the company’s innovation in IT Services, the Telecommunications and Healthcare industries and its entrepreneurship. The company is headquartered in Miami city of Florida, United States with development centers in Pune, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Gurugram, India.

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