Data Governance Analyst

Who is Allstate:
Allstate Insurance Company of Canada is a leading home and auto insurer focused on providing its customers prevention and protection products and services for every stage of life. The company is proud to have been named a Best Employer in Canada for nine consecutive years and prioritizes supporting employees and fostering an inclusive, welcoming corporate culture. Allstate is committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which it operates through partnerships with charitable organizations, employee giving and volunteerism. Serving Canadians since 1953, Allstate strives to provide reassurance with its "You’re in Good Hands®" promise.

Through our Employee Value Proposition, Opportunity, Flexibility, Community, Diversity and Family, we have worked hard to develop and nurture a culture where employees feel valued, experience personal growth, have career options and truly enjoy the work they do. 

Benefits to joining Allstate

• Flexible Work Arrangements

• Employee discounts (15% on auto and property insurance, plus many other products and services)

• Good Office program (receive up to 400$ back after purchasing office equipment)

• Student Loan Payment Matching Program for Government Student loans

• Comprehensive Retirement Savings Program with employer matched contributions

• Annual Wellness allowance to support employees with improving health and wellbeing

• Personal reflection day 

• Tuition Reimbursement 

• Working within the community and giving back!

The Data Governance Analyst contributes to the overall success of Allstate’s Data Governance program by ensuring that short- and long-term strategic objectives are met.  This role involves enforcing data standards, policies, and procedures, and collaborating with internal teams to maintain data integrity ensuring it supports business objectives.An excellent opportunity for a recent graduate.

Role Designation:Hybrid

Accountabilities:

• Assist in the rollout of Allstate’s Data Governance (DG)platform by onboarding authoritative data sources into Informatica’sIntelligent Data Management Cloud.

• Provide support to lines of business and project teams on the execution of Data Practices (DP) such as Data Catalog, Data Quality, Classification and Metadata Management.

• Perform analysis and manipulation of large structured and unstructured datasets.

• Track metrics and program milestones for reporting to senior management.

• Develop a deep understanding of DG at the practitioner level.

Qualifications:

• Up to 2 years of experience combined with a post-secondary degree in a quantitative field of study such as Computer Science, Economics, Business Administration.

• Analytical mindset, structured thinker and an effective communicator.

• Intermediate levelin Excel and Visio.

• Intermediate level writing and documenting SQL code.

• Experience working with Technical and Business Metadata from structured data.

• Experience defining Data Quality rules and thresholds with data producers.

• Experience analyzing data issues, perform root cause analysis and provide solutions.

• Knowledge of industry standards such DCAM/DAMA or CDMP.

• Knowledge of Agile Framework (Scrum, Kanban).

Bonus qualification: 

• Knowledge and experience with Data Catalog/Governance tools using Informatica (preferred), Alation, Collibra, Purview is a plus.