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EY

Data Governance Assurance – Associate Director

EY

. Establish continuous governance monitoring, evidence and assurance capability .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeHoboken • New Jersey • United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $337,500 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in data governance, risk management, and assurance capabilities, with a strong focus on evidence integration, monitoring, and stakeholder engagement. Proficient in translating business requirements into technical specifications and implementing governance frameworks across complex enterprises.

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Data Governance ExpertiseRisk Management SkillsEvidence Integration CapabilityStakeholder EngagementProduct Management Practices

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Hard Skills
Data Quality AssessmentControl Design and TestingMetadata ManagementRoot-Cause AnalysisEvidence EvaluationMonitoring Rule ConfigurationWorkflow AutomationCloud Data PlatformsAPI IntegrationData Governance Frameworks
Soft Skills
Analytical JudgementProfessional ScepticismConcise Report WritingFacilitation SkillsInfluencing Stakeholders
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft PurviewDatabricks Unity CatalogMicrosoft FabricCollibraInformatica IDMCAlationAtlanGRC PlatformsAnalytics ToolsWorkflow Management Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
DAMA CDMPCIAISACA CRISC
Industry Keywords
Data GovernanceData StewardshipRisk-Based MonitoringEvidence ManagementData QualityCompliance StandardsFederated Operating ModelsBusiness GlossariesData LineagePrivacy and Security Governance

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
CloudInformaticaUnity

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Establish continuous governance monitoring, evidence and assurance capability
  • Define and configure governance measures, indicators, thresholds, reporting rules and risk-based monitoring plans
  • Assess whether accountabilities, decision rights, metadata, lineage, data-quality and lifecycle controls are embedded and operating
  • Translate control objectives into test procedures, sampling approaches, evidence standards, rating criteria and escalation thresholds
  • Validate self-assessments and attestations and analyse key risk, control and performance indicators
  • Identify systemic gaps, recurring themes and root causes; track findings, agree remediation actions, validate closure evidence and escalate overdue or material issues
  • Define role profiles, competency expectations, guidance, learning pathways and communities of practice for Data Owners and Data Stewards
  • Configure and validate evidence integrations from governance platforms, catalogues, lineage, data-quality, workflow and issue-management sources
  • Conduct discovery with Service Lines, Service Line Quality, Data Owners, Regional Data Stewards, assurance users, control owners and platform owners
  • Translate stakeholder needs into requirements, capability roadmaps, prioritised backlogs, user stories and measurable acceptance criteria
  • Evaluate platform capabilities and deliver proofs of concept and scoped implementations for monitoring, automated evidence, dashboards, attestations, findings and remediation workflows
  • Configure evidence and metadata models, monitoring rules, workflows, escalation pathways and auditable decision records within authorised environments
  • Coordinate specialist engineering where integrations or platform changes exceed the role’s remit
  • Execute configuration and integration tests, coordinate user acceptance testing and defect resolution, and maintain traceable test and implementation evidence
  • Prepare release, rollback and support documentation; support approved release, user adoption and operational handover
  • Track business value, adoption and control effectiveness, including evidence coverage, monitoring timeliness, attestation completion, remediation turnaround and stewardship effectiveness
  • Report concise governance insights and prioritised improvement actions to stakeholders and governance forums
  • Provide constructive second-line challenge, facilitate agreement across business, quality, data and technology teams, resolve dependencies and escalate decisions outside delegated authority
  • Maintain second-line independence and identify and escalate self-review conflicts

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent tertiary qualification in data or information management, information systems, computer science, software or data engineering, business, risk, audit, accounting or a related discipline, or equivalent substantial professional experience
  • 8 or more years of relevant experience across data governance, data risk, controls, assurance, stewardship, data quality or monitoring
  • Deep expertise in modern data governance, federated operating models, Data Owner and Data Steward accountabilities and decision rights
  • Strong knowledge of data domains, critical data elements, business glossaries, metadata, lineage, catalogues, data quality and observability
  • Working knowledge of classification, access, privacy, security, records, retention, data sharing, third-party and cross-border data, and responsible data and AI governance
  • Expertise in policy-to-control traceability, risk and control self-assessment, control design and operating-effectiveness testing, sampling and evidence evaluation
  • Experience with management attestation, issue rating, root-cause analysis, remediation validation, governance maturity assessment and executive reporting
  • Hands-on capability in at least one enterprise governance, monitoring, analytics, workflow or GRC platform
  • Ability to model evidence and metadata, configure dashboards, monitoring rules and attestation or remediation workflows, and automate evidence collection and escalation
  • Practical technical knowledge of cloud data platforms, source-system APIs, connectors and evidence pipelines
  • Ability to validate metadata, indicators and evidence and diagnose data or integration issues using appropriate platform, query or analytics tools
  • Ability to translate business and user needs and approved governance requirements into requirements, technical specifications, user stories, evidence schemas, machine-readable monitoring rules, configured workflows and measurable acceptance criteria
  • Strong applied product management skills in user discovery, roadmap development, backlog prioritisation, dependency and trade-off management, iterative delivery, release planning, adoption and business-value measurement
  • Ability to apply version control, environment separation, configuration and integration testing, defect management, least-privilege access and secure handling of credentials and sensitive evidence
  • Strong analytical judgement, professional scepticism, facilitation, interviewing, concise report writing and root-cause analysis
  • Ability to explain technical and governance concepts in practical business language and influence stakeholders in a global, federated organisation
  • Applied knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK and/or EDM Council DCAM
  • Experience designing or operating risk-based monitoring, evidence, findings and remediation processes in a complex enterprise
  • Experience deriving indicators and evidence from catalogues, lineage, data-quality, workflow, access, security, records or service-management systems
  • Hands-on implementation experience with at least one enterprise governance, monitoring, analytics, workflow or GRC platform, including configuration, integration or automation, testing, defect resolution, release and handover documentation
  • Experience with Microsoft Purview, Databricks Unity Catalog or Microsoft Fabric/OneLake is advantageous; comparable experience with Collibra, Informatica IDMC, Alation or Atlan is valued
  • Demonstrated experience applying product management practices to governance monitoring, evidence or stewardship capabilities
  • Evidence of measurable improvements from technology-enabled governance
  • Experience defining stewardship role profiles, competencies, guidance, learning pathways and effectiveness measures
  • Experience engaging business, data and technology stakeholders across a global, federated organisation
  • Relevant credentials such as DAMA CDMP, CIA or ISACA qualifications such as CRISC are advantageous but not mandatory

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Medical and dental coverage
  • Pension and 401(k) plans
  • Flexible vacation policy
  • EY Paid Holidays
  • Winter/Summer breaks
  • Personal/Family Care leave
  • Other leaves of absence supporting physical, financial, and emotional well-being
  • Professional growth
  • Inclusive culture
  • Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans with disabilities