Data Analyst

• Lead the end-to-end remediation plan for a large data governance backlog, including intake, prioritization, sequencing, status tracking, risk identification, and follow-through on deliverables.
• Identify and prioritize key tables that require governance artifacts based on usage, business value, data sensitivity, reporting dependency, and readiness for broader enterprise consumption.
• Create, validate, and maintain data dictionaries, source-to-target mappings (STTM), CDE documentation, metadata, lineage context, and related governance artifacts.
• Use SQL to profile, validate, investigate, and document tables, fields, transformations, joins, business rules, and data quality considerations.
• Partner with data governance teams to align deliverables with enterprise standards, metadata expectations, cataloging requirements, CDE practices, and artifact approval workflows.
• Collaborate with internal analyst teams and subject matter experts who possess unique knowledge of business processes, table usage, definitions, and reporting dependencies.
• Translate technical findings into clear, concise updates for stakeholders, including progress summaries, blockers, decisions needed, risks, dependencies, and recommended next steps.
• Support democratization of clean, governed, well-documented tables so other business units can understand, discover, and use internally warehoused data appropriately.
• Develop and maintain reporting or dashboard views, preferably in Power BI, to visualize remediation progress, backlog burn-down, artifact completeness, data readiness, and adoption opportunities.

• 5-10 years exp
• SQL - needed to pull tables and associated data elements/columns
• Organization/project management/reporting - needed to provide stakeholders updates on progress and ensure full inventory is reviewed and captured.
• Knowledge of data governance practices (creating data dictionaries, sttms, cdes)
• Working in teams - this project cannot be done in a silo and will require peer and stakeholder support.

• PowerBI experience Executive presentations Translating data trends into insights Core Skills

• Project management, SQL, stakeholder communication, governance partnerships, analyst collaboration.
• Significant experience researching, compiling, documenting, and validating data, business processes, data flows, and analytical workflows.
• Advanced SQL skills, including the ability to query large datasets, assess table structures, validate field logic, investigate data quality issues, and interpret joins or transformations.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex workstreams with multiple stakeholders, dependencies, deadlines, deliverables, and quality expectations.
• Experience creating or maintaining data dictionaries, metadata documentation, source-to-target mappings, data lineage notes, business definitions, or similar governance artifacts.
• Working knowledge of data governance concepts, including metadata management, CDEs, data stewardship, data ownership, data quality, and governed data access.
• Working knowledge of data warehousing concepts, database structures, ETL/ELT processes, and analytical data pipelines.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to summarize technical findings, explain documentation needs, escalate blockers, and communicate progress to both technical and business audiences.
• Advanced skill identifying business requirements, clarifying data definitions, resolving ambiguity, and recommending practical solutions.
• Ability to partner effectively with governance teams, analysts, data owners, engineers, and business stakeholders to collect, validate, and publish high-quality documentation.
• Advanced skill interpreting data models, tables, reports, and documentation and translating them into formats that support decision-making and enterprise reuse.
• Experience with project tracking, issue management, status reporting, and documentation quality control.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and familiarity with collaboration tools used to manage inventories, deliverables, status updates, and documentation review cycles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Analytics, Data
• Analytics, or a related field, or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience.
• Power BI experience, including the ability to create dashboards that communicate plan, progress, risk, backlog burn-down, artifact completion, and adoption readiness.
• Experience applying data storytelling principles to turn governed data into leadership-ready insights, decisions, and recommendations.
• Experience with Microsoft Purview or similar data catalog, metadata management, or governance platforms.
• Experience supporting enterprise-wide or cross-business unit data governance, reporting, analytics, or documentation initiatives.

The final salary or hourly wage, as applicable, paid to each candidate/applicant for this position is ultimately dependent on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the candidate’s/applicant’s qualifications, skills, and level of experience as well as the geographical location of the position.

This position is a contract/temporary role where Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical benefits, dental benefits, vision benefits, 401K and Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit).

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