Supervisor, Data Governance

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RSM is looking for a Data Governance Supervisor to provide guidance on the implementation of a data governance framework which includes oversight, and master data management implementations, and data governance workflows utilizing business process and technology. This role is a mid-level role and will be tasked with helping develop, implement, and maintain governance processes and technology while ensuring the highest level of data quality and accuracy across the organization. Additionally, this role will work with functional leaders and IT to drive requirements for the analytical data models within the organizations data reporting platforms. RSM is looking for someone with key technical understanding of data management technologies, and process and project management to guide clients’ future data analytics journey.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

Implement an enterprise-wide data governance framework, with a focus on data quality, synchronization, and standardization through processes, data monitoring, data remediation, training, and documentation

Manage, define, and maintain roles for a data governance organization, including identifying data stewards, data owners, and technical stewards who will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of data

Serve as a liaison between the functional data owners and the IT data owners to understand needed enhancements to integrations or data transformations to provide necessary controls and oversight

Develop and maintain a data dictionary, glossary, and process documentation to be distributed or made available to all employees

Own and drive a detailed communication plan which includes running weekly, monthly, and quarterly meetings with key data stakeholders and leadership

Create or enhance data visibility of data quality through analytics dashboards, key KPIs and other metrics and measurements

Develop and monitor processes to track data requests, reporting needs, and serve as a point of contact to ensure communication is targeted to appropriate technical and functional resources

Work with IT to develop and maintain a data inventory in the analytics warehouse, which includes a full list of available data models, model attributes, statistical reporting inventory, ad hoc data marts, and user access

Develop, maintain, and oversee a data reconciliation processes to ensure the analytics data warehouse, data marts and reporting is consistent and reliable

Work with IT leadership to ensure the proper controls are being managed and reviewed for all data integrations

Provide project management oversight for the implementation of data strategy and governance projects

Own the single source of truth conceptual model in the data warehouse and ensure that all enrichments adhere to the model design principles

Collaborate with IT to ensure privacy / security and access to data is properly aligned to organizational standards

Provide thought leadership and support executive decision making around the use of data, setting enterprise standards, and enforcing data governance policies across the organization

Basic Qualifications :

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, Engineering, Data Analytics or Data Science

7+ Years of experience in the professional services industry

5+ Years of experience working with data management practices around data quality, data integration, master data management (MDM), and metadata management

3+ Years of enterprise level project management experience

Knowledge of data governance frameworks (like DAMA-DMBOK or DCAM) or have demonstrated the ability to implement data strategies across disparate data systems

Hands-on experience with at least one data governance tool including Collibra, Alation, Informatica, Profisee, Purview, etc.

Experience with, at minimum one, end-to-end MDM implementation (from scope definition to implementation and training) for a client or organization

Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Hands-on experience leveraging data governance tools and technologies to perform activities pertaining to data quality, data cataloging, lineage, etc.

Experience with implementing data modeling concepts, semantic layer, star schema, data normalization

Proven record of managing relationships with senior client stakeholders and technology partners

Ability to travel (~25%) as needed to client sites for business development and project engagements.

Preferred Qualifications :

Professional training, certifications, or qualifications in Data Governance tools like :

Informatica

Profisee

Collibra

Microsoft Purview

Boomi Master Data Hub

PowerBI

Active participation in local industry associations in the domain of data management or governance

Strong understanding of some regulatory compliance standards (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, PIPEDA, PHIPA, HIA, BCBS-239 etc.)

Strong understanding of data warehousing principles, data modeling techniques, and ETL processes

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Compensation Range : $86,500 - $147,000

Individuals selected for this role will be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance.