Data Governance Analyst

at  Cognizant

DATA GOVERNANCE ANALYST

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ROLE OVERVIEW

The Data Governance Analyst is part of the Enterprise Data Governance Team at Cognizant Canada and plays an essential role the advancement of our data strategy and maintenance of existing Data Governance Practices. This role provides the opportunity to balance enablement of our business with the governance of our data assets to ensure the trust and protection of the data in our care.
The successful candidate will join a skilled team of like-minded colleagues who are naturally curious, collaborative and strive to make sense of our data, protect it and work to enable the business to advance their data roadmaps.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Support the development, maintenance, and enhancement our data governance policy, standards, processes, and practices.
• Support the implementation and adoption of data governance across the enterprise
• Work with technology and business users to ensure our data is understood and reflected in our Data Inventory to enable people to find what they need when they need it.
• Support requirement definition and analysis as we build out our Connected Data Platform, connecting people to the data they need.
• Find opportunities to improve effectiveness of the data governance organization with focus on operational efficiency and collaboration
• Provide front line support to our data community and translate complex topics into simple and effective statements that have impact
• Support strategic decisions, issues, risks, and breakthroughs related to data initiatives

WHAT YOU BRING TO THE ROLE

• 5+ Years of applied data governance experience
• Agile, practical, customer service-oriented approach (doesn’t over complicate processes)
• Ability to work in a fast paced highly focused team
• Experience in financial services and insurance is an asset
• Working knowledge of data governance and management technology (e.g. Collibra, Microsoft Purview)
• Data certification in Data Management or Data Governance an asset (e.g. DGSP or CDMP)