Job description
Data Governance Analyst
Meet our Team
The Enterprise Data Governance & Master Data Management Team (EDG/MDM) enables business success by working directly with business and technical areas to govern data at the enterprise level. Our team helps to ensure clear definition of data and understanding of data usability and trustworthiness. The team provides assurance that critical organizational data is centralized, accurate, and usable across the organization. We enjoy working in a cross-functional, close, and friendly team that is focused on delivering high end results in a supportive environment.
What you’ll be doing
As part of a global team and reporting to Data & Analytics, as an experienced, motivated data professional, you are responsible for delivering data governance and master data services. The responsibilities of the EDG/MDM Analyst include activities across data governance disciplines:
- Data Governance
- Monitor and enforce data governance policies, standards, and procedures to ensure compliance across the organization
- Collaborate with data stewards, business partners, and IT partners on data definition, data quality, and master data management
- Monitor adherence to data governance practices and provide facilitation and training to the data community
- Data Quality
- Collaborate with business and IT partners to define data quality requirements and thresholds to assess
- Communicate data quality issues with stakeholders
- Ensure monitoring of data quality rules
- Master Data Management
- Manage and maintain master data records, ensuring accuracy and consistency across systems
- Implement and enforce MDM best practices, processes and standards
- Identify and resolve issues related to master data
What you bring to the team
- A clear understanding of Data Governance and Master Data is an added advantage, but you would need to have a passion for data, have a healthy curiosity for all things data, and a good aptitude for data analysis with the ability to capture, organize, analyze, and distribute significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy in a timely manner and in accordance with procedures, quality standards, and rules
• A results-oriented and customer focus mindset with excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to communicate complex data findings in a structured and clear manner to a non-technical audience and various stakeholders
• Experience in managing day-to-day requests via ticketing or case management system with a focus on master data management and data governance
• Excellent PC skills with sound knowledge of Microsoft Office suites and good foundation in data query using SQL and understanding the concept of relational databases besides keen on picking up new skills and tools along the way
Our Company
Hitachi Vantara is part of the Global Hitachi family. We balance innovation with an open, friendly culture and the backing of a long-established parent company, known for its ethical reputation. We guide customers from what’s now to what’s next by unlocking the value of their data and applications to solve their digital challenges, achieving outcomes that benefit both business and society.
Our people are our biggest asset, they drive our innovation advantage and we strive to offer a flexible and collaborative workplace where they can thrive. Diversity of thought is welcomed and our employee base is represented by several active Employee Resource Group communities. We offer industry leading benefits packages (flexible working, generous pension and private healthcare) and promote a creative and inclusive culture. If driving real change gives you a sense of pride and you are passionate about powering social good, we’d love to hear from you.
Our Values
Research tells us that some applicants, especially those from underrepresented groups, can be put off from applying for roles if they need flexibility or feel they don’t meet all of the set criteria. We strive to create an inclusive environment for all and are open to considering home working, compressed/flexible hours and part-time arrangements. Get in touch with us to explore how we might be able to accommodate your specific needs.
We are proud to say we are an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. With Japanese roots going back over 100 years, our culture is founded on the values of our parent company expressed as the Hitachi Spirit:
Wa – Harmony, Trust, Respect
Makoto – Sincerity, Fairness, Honesty, Integrity
Kaitakusha-Seishin – Pioneering Spirit, Challenge
Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
