Data Governance Analyst

PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Data Governance Analyst at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary objective of this role is to analyze and mitigate risks within PenFed’s Enterprise Data Governance (EDG) program. This position handles the day-to-day administration of the company’s data governance tools and performs complex analyses. Results from these analyses will drive program enhancements, resolve data management issues, and optimize functionalities. Additionally, this role tracks incident & enhancement requests and regularly interacts with Data Management, Data Owners, and Data Stewards throughout the company.

Preference will be given to candidates authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties, and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Act as 2nd Line of Defense (LoD) by providing effective challenge to 1st LoD Data Owners and Data Stewards

• Develop data quality metrics and thresholds (e.g. KRIs) in partnership with the 1st LoD.

• Track 1st LoD data management incidents and findings (including root causes) and oversee remediation plans.

• Identify and assess data risks, design test procedures, and perform independent controls testing.

• Monitor and communicate changes to data regulations impacting PenFed’s data governance program.

• Extract data from Ataccama to support program monitoring, system operations, and downstream reporting.

• Maintain technical documentation for PenFed’s data governance components and functionalities.

• Stay informed of data governance best practices and how they may be incorporated into current processes.

• Champion data governance and data literacy at PenFed.

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology or related field required.

• Master’s Degree is highly desirable.

• Minimum of three (3) years of related work experience required.

• Must be proficient with data governance concepts including policy, business glossary, data classification and data quality.

• Must be proficient administering data governance systems such as Ataccama and with data management tools such as Snowflake, SQL, Excel, Tableau.

• Must be proficient extracting data from data governance systems using tools such as Ataccama’s One Desktop.

• Beneficial to have ability to work with large data sets, databases such as Snowflake and combining data from various data sources to generate reports and analytics.

• Must be conversant with credit union business.

• MS Word Suite

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills required.

• Experience using AI tools preferred.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will not supervise employees.

Licenses and Certifications

There are no licenses or certifications needed for this role.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

*Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*

Travel

Limited travel to various worksites is required.

Pay Transparency
The anticipated starting salary range for this role is $60,000.00 - $124,233.00
This position is eligible for an organizational performance based annual bonus, subject to board discretion and approval.
This position is eligible for an individual performance based annual bonus.

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