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# Data Catalog and Governance Associate Manager

- **Company:** Accenture
- **Location:** Arlington, VA, United States
- **Salary:** $108,400.0 - $203,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Data Discovery, Data Governance, Data Visualization, Document-Oriented Databases, Power BI, SQL Databases, Tableau (Software), Data Lineage, Collibra, Data Management
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.financialjobbank.com/job.asp?id=3412422304&tx=UT5248TYV&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in data analysis, data governance, advisory or data management
 * 1+ years of experience in a formal or informal leadership capacity (e.g., team lead, project lead, mentoring junior analysts)
 * Experience creating reports and dashboards with a data visualization tool like Tableau or Power BI
 * Strong understanding of data governance principles

Nice to have:

 * Strong proficiency in SQL for data analysis and validation
 * Hands-on experience with an enterprise data catalog or governance tool (e.g., Collibra, Alation, Informatica Axon)
 * Experience managing or administering a data catalog tool
 * Experience working directly with business data stewards to define and document data
 * Familiarity with data modeling concepts
 * Excellent project management and communication skills

Security Clearance:

 * Active Secret or TS or TS/SCI clearance

## Description

* Lead, mentor, and manage a team of data governance analysts, overseeing their daily tasks and professional development
 * Oversee the day-to-day operational health of the enterprise data catalog (e.g., Collibra), ensuring metadata is being populated accurately and is useful for end-users
 * Design and implement data quality monitoring processes; guide the team in analyzing data quality issues and tracking remediation efforts with data stewards
 * Direct the development of dashboards and reports in tools like Tableau or Power BI to track key data governance metrics, such as data quality scores, catalog usage, and stewardship activity
 * Partner with data stewards across the organization to facilitate the definition of business terms, certification of data assets, and documentation of data lineage within the catalog
 * Act as a subject matter expert on the data catalog, training users and championing its adoption as the single source for data discovery
 * Translate high-level data governance objectives into specific analytical projects and tasks for your team
 * Report on the status of data quality and governance initiatives to the Data Governance Lead and other stakeholders


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