Sr Data Governance Analyst

Is it surprising to hear that a financial institution of 1.5 million members and over $30 billion in managed assets say that success comes from focusing on people, not profits?

Our "people helping people" philosophy has guided us since 1935, driving our deep commitment to serving our members, communities, and each other. When you join our team, you become part of a purpose-driven organization where your work makes a real difference.

While we're proud of our history, we're even more excited about our future. With business and technology transformation on the horizon, there's never been a better time to be part of BECU.

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BENEFITS

Employees and their eligible family members have access to a wide array of employee benefits, such as medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage. Employees have access to disability and AD&D insurance. We also offer health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, as well as health savings accounts, to eligible employees. Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan and employer-funded retirement plan. Newly hired employees accrue 6.16 hours of paid time off (PTO) on a per pay period basis based on hours worked (up to a maximum of 160 PTO hours per year) and receive ten paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Additional details regarding BECU Benefits can be found here.

• Champion BECU's Data Governance Standards: Execute and uphold BECU's enterprise data governance standards, guidelines, and processes while ensuring compliance with regulatory and information protection requirements.
• Build Strong Data Partnerships: Identify and engage key stakeholders, data stewards, and custodians to ensure a collaborative and comprehensive approach to managing enterprise data assets.
• Lead Governance for Data Assets: Scope and define business area data assets-considering systems of entry, systems of record, and downstream data consumers-to ensure appropriate governance coverage.
• Facilitate Cross-Functional Collaboration: Organize and lead virtual cross-functional teams to establish data governance objectives, prioritize initiatives, resolve issues, and make key decisions for enterprise data assets.
• Assess and Profile Data Quality: Construct initial technical profiles for simple to moderately complex data assets. Analyze data quality insights and collaborate with stakeholders to align on improvement needs.
• Develop Data Guidelines and Business Rules: Facilitate the creation of clear and actionable data guidelines, including business terminology, data classifications, and business rules that define data quality expectations.
• Ensure Operational Alignment: Partner with owners of data creation and maintenance processes to ensure operational procedures align with established data guidelines and standards.
• Catalog Enterprise Data Assets: Work closely with data stewards and custodians to ensure enterprise data assets are fully documented, including business terms, data dictionaries, classifications, and lineage.
• Drive Data Quality Issue Resolution: Proactively identify, prioritize, and lead efforts to resolve governance and data quality issues in partnership with data stewards and stakeholders.
• Train and Empower Data Stewards: Deliver training and guidance to data stewards on essential data governance controls, enabling a self-service approach to managing data quality.
• Manage Data Governance Tools Access: Coordinate the process for managing user access and permissions for Data Governance Office (DGO)-owned platforms.
• Design and Improve Governance Processes: Participate in shaping BECU's enterprise data governance objectives, standards, and guidelines. Independently design and implement processes that bring these standards to life.
• Support Enterprise Data Initiatives: Contribute to key data governance initiatives across the enterprise, bringing your expertise to project teams and governance workstreams.
• And More: Take on additional duties as assigned, helping to advance BECU's data-driven decision-making culture.

• The opportunity to influence enterprise-wide data governance strategies that directly impact decision-making across BECU.
• The chance to build strong, collaborative relationships with data stewards, custodians, and business leaders across multiple departments.
• Hands-on experience with leading data governance and data quality tools in cloud and on-premise environments.
• Opportunities for professional development, including project leadership and exposure to enterprise-wide initiatives.
• A role where your expertise in data governance, analytics, and process improvement truly makes a difference for our members and our business.

• Bachelor's degree in MIS, Computer Science, or a related field-or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data governance and/or data management with demonstrated application of data governance principles, along with at least 2 years using data visualization and reporting tools (such as SAS, Tableau, Power BI, SSRS, or Alteryx), and a minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience with SQL and/or Python for querying and profiling structured datasets.
• Solid conceptual understanding of technology platforms like SQL Server, Oracle, Azure DataLake, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Collibra, or Azure Purview.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with experience gathering business requirements, documenting workflows and change management procedures, and performing data analysis-including cleansing, manipulation, and anomaly detection-within regulated environments and across structured and semi-structured data.
• Strong understanding of data protection frameworks with the ability to recommend security requirements, lead project teams, communicate effectively with a customer-focused mindset, and independently navigate moderate ambiguity while influencing stakeholders without direct authority.

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Advanced working knowledge of marketing data sources including Salesforce Marketing Cloud, Google Analytics/Big Query, Fiserv and SiteCore preferred.

• Data Governance Advocate: Passionate about ensuring data quality and governance standards across the enterprise.
• Collaborative Facilitator: Skilled at bringing diverse stakeholders together to align on data governance goals.
• Technical Problem Solver: Experienced with data querying, profiling, and analytics tools.
• Process-Oriented Thinker: Comfortable designing and improving governance processes and workflows.
• Effective Communicator: Able to translate technical details into business language for non-technical audiences.
• Self-Starter: Thrives in a role with autonomy, ownership, and opportunities to lead cross-functional projects.

BECU is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected status.