Data Governance Consultant

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Regular or Temporary:

Regular

Language Fluency:  English (Required)

Work Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Please review the following job description:

The Enterprise Data Sub-Issues Management Team is responsible for supporting Data Governance across the enterprise, enabling business growth while ensuring compliance with risk and regulatory expectations. The Data Governance Consultant role partners with various business and technology stakeholders to influence and drive adoption of related Enterprise Data Management and Governance strategies, policies, standards and control frameworks. The role monitors and enforces adherence to Enterprise Data and Analytics owned policies though the identification, documentation, and monitoring of remediation actions for data issues and data sub-issues aligned to the data risk taxonomy. The role evaluates established and emerging data practices and technologies to drive the team's direction, while implementing innovative processes and solutions to provide competitive advantage while meeting rigorous control and oversight mandates.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

• Identify data issues and data sub-issues through collaboration with technology, risk and business partners to triage, track, and remediate to closure.

• Provide subject matter expertise in the management of data sub-issue portfolios including evaluation of data sub-issues for accuracy, completeness, and appropriate alignment with the Enterprise Issue Management Program.

• Conduct monthly and quarterly analysis of the data sub-issue registry and produce materials for presentations to executive leaders and associated committees.

• Perform first line of defense peer reviews of stakeholder practices and materials to identify non-adherence to policies, procedures, and controls under the Enterprise Data Governance scope.

• Create and implement processes, procedures, job aids, and technology to support policy requirements and control frameworks.

• Drive solution design and execution of multi-pronged data governance efforts that span across platforms and business/technology areas to address enterprise data needs.

• Support the production of metrics and measures to track progress and adherence, escalating as needed to various committees for visibility and program accountability.

• Understand and integrate relevant regulations and industry trends into work plans, exploring emerging frameworks and assessing feasibility using proof of concepts.

• Collaborate closely with peer teams to ensure coordination, synergy, and seamless overall execution.

• Champion and drive improvement in enterprise data management and data governance practices throughout the organization.

Required Qualifications:

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's degree in related field, eight years of experience in roles with increasing responsibilities in technology, data management, governance, risk or related practice or equivalent education and related training or experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Issue Management functions including issue identification, issue tracking, remediation plans, and mitigation outcomes.

• Internal or external consulting experience.

• Large program strategic planning/execution across multiple functions.

• History of effective performance within shared service, matrix or federated environments

• Knowledge of data tools and platforms used for managing, storing, querying, testing, loading and transforming data (e.g. Archer, Workfront, SQL) or relevant data certifications (e.g. CIPP, CIPM, CDMP).

• Experience with formalized organizational assessment practices (e.g., Capability Maturity Model), including implementation of recommended improvements.

General Description of Available Benefits for Eligible Employees of Truist Financial Corporation: All regular teammates (not temporary or contingent workers) working 20 hours or more per week are eligible for benefits, though eligibility for specific benefits may be determined by the division of Truist offering the position. Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates. Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays. For more details on Truist’s generous benefit plans, please visit our Benefits site. Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan. As you advance through the hiring process, you will also learn more about the specific benefits available for any non-temporary position for which you apply, based on full-time or part-time status, position, and division of work.

Truist is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, color, religion, citizenship or national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law. Truist is a Drug Free Workplace.

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