Data Steward Analytics Specialist

The Data Steward & Analytics Specialist serves as a bridge between business operations and enterprise data management. The role is responsible for strengthening data quality, governance, reporting consistency, business metric standardization, and trusted analytics across the organization.
This position combines Data Governance, Data Quality, Business Intelligence, and analytics responsibilities. It plays a critical role in establishing trusted data foundations that enable analytics, artificial intelligence, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Data Governance and Stewardship:
• Define, document, and maintain business data definitions, rules, standards, ownership, and accountability.
• Support the implementation and operationalization of enterprise Data Governance practices.
• Maintain business glossaries, metadata, critical data elements, and data lineage documentation.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to establish ownership and stewardship of enterprise data.
• Participate in Data Governance forums, working groups, and issue-resolution processes.

Data Quality Management:
• Monitor Data Quality metrics, scorecards, controls, and trends.
• Perform data profiling and identify anomalies, gaps, and recurring quality issues.
• Develop, document, test, and maintain Data Quality rules and monitoring processes.
• Coordinate remediation activities with business and technology teams and track issues through closure.
• Perform root cause analysis and recommend sustainable corrective and preventive actions.

Analytics and Business Intelligence:
• Develop governed dashboards, scorecards, and reports using Power BI.
• Analyze business and operational data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Support the definition, calculation, documentation, and standardization of enterprise KPIs and business metrics.
• Translate business questions into analytical requirements and actionable insights.
• Promote adoption of trusted data products, standardized metrics, and governed reporting.

Data Governance and Quality Platforms:
• Use Ataccama to support data profiling, Data Quality rule development, monitoring, business terms, and related governance activities.
• Collaborate with technical teams on Snowflake-based Data Quality and governance initiatives.
• Support metadata management, cataloging, lineage, issue management, and ongoing improvement of data controls.
• Contribute to the effective use and continuous improvement of enterprise Data Governance and Data Quality platforms.

Business Partnership and Data Literacy:
• Act as a liaison between business and technical teams.
• Help stakeholders understand data definitions, metric calculations, quality expectations, and reporting standards.
• Facilitate resolution of cross-functional data issues and promote accountability for data quality.
• Support data literacy and the consistent use of trusted information across business areas.

Qualifications

Education:
• Bachelor's degree in Business Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Master's degree in Data Analytics, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline is desirable.

Experience:
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, Data Governance, Data Quality, or Data Management.
• Experience developing reports, dashboards, or scorecards using Power BI.
• Experience using SQL for data analysis, validation, profiling, or issue investigation.
• Experience collaborating directly with business stakeholders and technical teams.

Technical Skills:
• Strong SQL and data analysis skills.
• Experience with Power BI, data visualization, and analytical storytelling.
• Knowledge of Data Governance, Data Quality, metadata, lineage, business glossaries, and data stewardship principles.
• Experience with data profiling, root cause analysis, KPI definition, and Data Quality monitoring.
• Understanding of data warehousing concepts and experience working with Snowflake or a comparable enterprise data warehouse.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience using Ataccama for Data Quality, profiling, monitoring, business terms, or governance activities.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview or another enterprise Data Governance platform.
• Experience in insurance, healthcare, financial services, or another regulated industry.
• Certification in Data Management, Data Governance, Analytics, Power BI, or Business Intelligence.