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Sr. Business Analyst / Data Analyst (Data Governance)
Location: Iselin, NJ
Need local resumes with candidates open for Client In-Person interview.
Domain: Strong Data Governance & Investment Banking experience is MUST.
Overview
Strategic Leadership-
Required Skills and Qualifications
Location: Iselin, NJ
Need local resumes with candidates open for Client In-Person interview.
Domain: Strong Data Governance & Investment Banking experience is MUST.
Overview
- We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Business Analyst to champion risk governance and data management initiatives within our organization.
- The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in data lineage, risk assessment, data quality, and governance frameworks, with a proven ability to lead complex programs across cross-functional teams in the BFSI sector.
Strategic Leadership-
- Own the end-to-end delivery of key phases: Data Lineage, Risk and Control Assessment, Data Quality, Testing, and Attestation.
- Shape and refine implementation strategies for high-risk data packages, setting execution priorities.
- Serve as the SME and escalation point for data risk, governance processes, and remediation planning.
- Data Lineage -
- Oversee the execution of data lineage mapping exercises across business units.
- Ensure completeness of lineage documentation, incorporating data transformations and manual interventions.
- Govern lineage quality metrics, gap identification, and remediation prioritization.
- Risk and Control Assessment -
- Lead walkthroughs with business and control owners to assess ingestion-to-consumption risk.
- Review and validate control effectiveness across manual, automated, preventive, and detective controls.
- Guide the use of internal risk templates and align findings with enterprise risk taxonomy.
- Data Quality & Profiling -
- Direct the design and execution of data profiling and anomaly detection, working with vendor tools (e.g., Anomalo).
- Guide business rule validation and help define or enhance enterprise DQ rules.
- Lead quality assurance documentation and remediation recommendations.
- Issue Management and Remediation -
- Monitor the issue lifecycle, including severity tagging, impact assessment, and ownership tracking.
- Oversee governance reporting for remediation plans; ensure timely execution across teams.
- Maintain transparency with leadership on backlog status, risk exposure, and closure KPIs.
- Testing & Validation -
- Supervise UAT cycles validating data quality rules, lineage completeness, and control coverage.
- Collaborate with data engineers and business testers to design and approve test plans.
- Validate control effectiveness across automated and manual pipelines.
- Use Case Onboarding -
- Create and maintain templates for use case documentation (risk, control, lineage).
- Ensure each use case includes proper controls, lineage, risk documentation, and compliance guardrails.
- Standardize onboarding checklists and compliance approval workflows.
- Operational Attestation Transition -
- Define and institutionalize the transition framework from project delivery to operational teams.
- Drive adoption of attestation templates, training materials, and feedback mechanisms.
- Ensure control ownership and documentation continuity post-transition.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 10 years of experience in Business Analysis, Risk Governance, or Enterprise Data Management.
- At least 3 years in a lead or senior BA role overseeing cross-functional risk/data initiatives in BFSI.
- Proven experience managing stakeholders across business, technology, audit, and compliance.
- Solid knowledge of risk frameworks (e.g., COSO, COBIT, BCBS 239).
- Deep understanding of data lineage, data quality measurement, metadata management.
- Familiarity with profiling/anomaly tools (Anomalo, Great Expectations), data cataloging (Collibra, Alation).
- Ability to read and interpret data flows, lineage diagrams, profiling logs.
- Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and negotiation skills.
- Detail-oriented with ability to synthesize complex topics for senior leadership.
- Capable of mentoring junior analysts and driving team collaboration.
- Partner with Heads of Risk, Business Data Stewards, Data Engineering, Compliance, and Internal Audit.
- Represent risk/data programs in governance forums and regulatory working groups.
- Liaise with vendor partners supporting profiling, lineage, or remediation.
Salary : $50 - $55