Data Governance Analyst

Skills and Competencies

• Problem-solving and stakeholder collaboration: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify data anomalies and in-efficiencies with the ability to collaborate cross functionally to drive common consensus.
• Data Quality: Expertise in assessing, monitoring and improving data quality by data validation rules and issue resolution of operational processes to ensure accuracy, consistency and compliance.
• Data Analysis/Mapping: Proficient in SQL for data extraction, analysis and mapping, experience with Data Profiling, ETL and Data Reporting tools a plus. Alteryx/Databricks for workflow automation and data preparation and Power BI for creating dashboards and reports to drive data-driven decision-making.
• Documentation and data governance: Proficient in developing and maintaining comprehensive documentations including standard operating procedures, data dictionaries, data mapping related to regulatory reporting reports and feeds
• 3-5 years of Business/System/Data Analyst experience into data management and/or data quality (knowledge of database structures, data lineage mapping, data governance reporting, data mappings, process flows, conceptual data modeling, among others.)
• Experience collaborating with customers and/or users to understand data requirements, use cases and working with unstructured data along with Master Data Management and Data Governance tools such as DBeaver, pgAdmin, Access, Collibra.

• Proficiency in MS Excel (VBA, macros, VLookups etc.), SQL, Word, and PowerPoint are required. JIRA, and Agile methodology experience a plus.

• Self-starter and team player with ability to meet tight deadlines and balance multiple, competing priorities

Education

• Undergraduate BA/BS degree in Business, Finance, Technology, Engineering, or related field is required.
• Certifications: (Preferred but not mandatory) SQL Certification (Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle SQL, or Google Data Analytics), Alteryx Designer Core or Advanced Certification, Databricks Certifications,

Responsibilities

The data analyst role will be responsible for maintaining data accuracy, data lineage, identifying data quality issues, patterns, and anomalies to ensure data accuracy and completeness in reports/feeds. This role will also facilitate the process of working with the Report Owners, Technology, and other teams (e.g., ODC, Compliance, Government and Public Affairs, Legal, MIT, etc.) to ensure the accuracy and quality of regulatory report data and ways to automate data validation tasks.

• Operationally manage data quality issues to determine root cause/deep dive analyses and manage remediation efforts in collaboration with sources providing the data.
• Identify areas for data quality improvement and help to resolve data quality problems through the appropriate choice of error detection and correction, process controls and improvement, or process design strategies.
• Work on data mining, data cleansing, reconciliation, and data maintenance activities with stakeholders for the regulatory reporting function.
• Develop and demonstrate Subject Matter Expertise on Regulatory Reporting assets as well as Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.
• Perform data lifecycle analysis including data profiling, requirements gathering and documenting, data mappings, process and data design flows, data quality controls input, creating automated business rules and testing assistance.
• Participate in the definition of data concepts, common reference data and establish sound data usage practices with relevant partners.
• Responsible for ensuring data’s quality and fitness for purpose of the organization's regulatory reporting data assets, including working with Tech teams for storing the metadata for those data assets.
• Develop and maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), update and manage data dictionary and other related data in Collibra and ensure adherence to data governance standards.
• Define, document, and manage business and data requirements and data mappings & collaborate with key stakeholder cross-vertically and globally to support MIS’ strategy and activities.

About the team

Our Regulatory Reporting - Data Quality team is responsible for upholding the highest standards of data accuracy, consistency, completeness, and reliability, ensuring that Moody’s Ratings data is proactively managed and delivered in our regulatory reports and feeds. By joining our team, you will be part of exciting work in Ratings & Operations Regulatory Reporting in Bengaluru.

Our Global Ratings Operations & Controls (ROC) team is seeking a Data Quality Analyst to assist in data improvement initiatives across the ROC Regulatory Reporting function. They will work closely with cross-functional teams that adopt Agile operating methods.