Specialist, Data Governance Advisor
About The Position
Nationwide’s industry leading workforce is passionate about creating data solutions that are secure, reliable and efficient in support of our mission to provide extraordinary care. Nationwide embraces an agile work environment and collaborative culture through the understanding of business processes, relationship entities and requirements using data analysis, quality, visualization, governance, engineering, robotic process automation, and machine learning to produce targeted data solutions. If you have the drive and desire to be part of a future forward data enabled culture, we want to hear from you. As a Data Governance Advisor, you’ll ensure the quality, reliability, security, efficiency, and accuracy of data through the data lifecycle to enable effective reporting and analytics for better and faster decision-making. You’ll ensure adherence to data governance policy, standards and processes including taxonomy, data quality, efficiencies, and usage. Successful candidates have a passion for improving integrity and usability of data assets, resolving data quality issues, creating data definitions, driving consistency in sourcing data and defining critical data elements and collaborating with influencing others to consistently implement data governance policies, process, and standards.
Requirements
- Five years of relevant experience with data centric, data governance, data management standards or practices.
- Experience in use and interpretation of metrics.
- Experience in analytically-intense, data-intense or data integration project preferred.
- Undergraduate studies in computer science, management information systems, business, statistics, math, a related field or comparable experience and education strongly preferred.
- Good oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to build relationships, facilitate meetings and influence others.
Nice To Haves
- Graduate studies in business, statistics, math, computer science or a related field are a plus.
- Certifications are not required but encouraged.
- Insurance/financial services industry knowledge a plus.
Responsibilities
- Under minimal supervision supports the data practices for an area or line of business.
- Assists in minimizing the risk of bad data and improve data accuracy, validity, reliability, timeliness, relevance, completeness, and compliance.
- Provides technical support and/or consultation on the Enterprise Data Governance.
- Partners with experts to implement and conduct quality assurance assessments with supporting documentation, working with Auditable Business Unit(s) for risk identification and risk mitigation.
- Aids in the development of basic to moderate metadata management initiatives, including technical data lineage, data quality and profile development.
- Supports technical consulting on data standards on implementation of business solutions/efficiencies efforts.
- May perform other responsibilities as assigned.
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision
- life insurance
- short and long term disability coverage
- paid time off with newly hired associates receiving a minimum of 18 days paid time off each full calendar year pro-rated quarterly based on hire date
- nine paid holidays
- 8 hours of Lifetime paid time off
- 8 hours of Unity Day paid time off
- 401(k) with company match
- company-paid pension plan
- business casual attire
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
