Associate, Data Transformation – Governance

Grant Thornton (US)

. Maintain data governance documentation for acquired-company integration, including standards, roles, ownership lists, stewardship trackers, escalation paths, and performance metric inputs .

Posted 9/17/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $76,000 - $114,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

InformaticaServiceNow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Maintain data governance documentation for acquired-company integration, including standards, roles, ownership lists, stewardship trackers, escalation paths, and performance metric inputs
Support governance activities for data migration, integration, modernization, archival, reporting, and analytics enablement workstreams
Build and maintain data estate inventories covering structured application data and unstructured content
Record content attributes including category, sensitivity, ownership, business purpose, volume, and disposition
Prepare content-category summaries and handling directions for integration teams
Review unstructured and semi-structured content for regulated, privileged, personal, and client-confidential material
Maintain ownership documentation, approval records, retention records, legal-hold records, and disposal evidence
Apply retention categories and track retention periods, triggers, disposal timing, and exceptions
Support data quality and standardization through profiling summaries, issue logs, remediation trackers, reconciliation evidence, and quality gate checklists
Maintain data definitions, critical data element lists, metadata, lineage notes, catalog entries, glossary entries, and ownership documentation
Coordinate data stewardship actions, meeting notes, follow-ups, status updates, and open issues
Assist with data catalog, metadata management, lineage, data quality, master data management, and data issue management tools
Document requirements, validate tool outputs, and prepare rollout or training materials
Support Legal, Privacy, Risk, Compliance, and Security stakeholders with classification, access-control, masking, retention, and disposal documentation
Prepare governance reports, dashboards, trackers, meeting materials, and issue logs
Participate in cross-functional working sessions and document decisions, actions, ownership, and follow-up items
Support source-to-target mapping, lineage documentation, reconciliation tracking, data issue resolution, and integration readiness
Identify opportunities to improve governance templates, trackers, documentation, reporting routines, and repeatable processes

Requirements

What you’ll need

2+ years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, data integration, records and information management, analytics, privacy and compliance, project coordination, or related enterprise technology roles
Experience supporting data governance, data quality, data documentation, data migration, integration, archival, analytics, or transformation activities
Exposure to unstructured content environments such as mail, file storage, or collaboration platforms, in addition to structured application data
Basic understanding of records retention concepts, including retention categories, retention periods, and disposal
Awareness of legal hold obligations and why routine disposal must be suspended when a hold is in effect
Exposure to merger, acquisition, divestiture, or acquired-company technology and data integration initiatives preferred
Basic understanding of data governance concepts, including data ownership, data stewardship, critical data elements, metadata, data quality, lineage, catalog and glossary practice, retention, and governed data delivery
Experience maintaining data quality trackers, remediation logs, reconciliation evidence, issue lists, meeting notes, documentation, or readiness materials
Familiarity with data catalogs, metadata platforms, data quality tools, workflow tools, reporting tools, or data issue management capabilities preferred
Basic understanding of privacy, data classification, access management, masking, retention, and internal policy controls preferred
Ability to work with business and technology stakeholders, follow structured processes, and maintain accurate governance documentation
Strong organizational, analytical, communication, documentation, and follow-up skills
Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Analytics, Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
Relevant data governance, privacy, records management, project management, or data certifications preferred
Experience in a professional services, consulting, accounting, or complex enterprise environment preferred
Exposure to Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica, Alation, Snowflake, Power BI, ServiceNow, or comparable technologies preferred
Exposure to retention, classification, or eDiscovery capabilities across mail, file storage, and collaboration platforms preferred
Experience supporting data archival, historical data retention, legacy system decommissioning, or compliance-driven data preservation activities preferred
Experience preparing governance templates, stewardship trackers, data readiness checklists, data quality scorecards, issue logs, or dashboard inputs preferred
Experience coordinating with implementation partners, systems integrators, vendors, or consulting teams preferred
Experience supporting cross-functional meetings with business, technology, risk, legal, privacy, security, and data stakeholders preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work location, weekly schedule, and flex time off options
Work-life integration options
Personalized and comprehensive benefits
Medical, dental, and vision insurance programs
Employee assistance program
Discretionary annual bonus based on individual and firm performance, subject to plan terms and eligibility
In-person attendance at least three days per week at a GT office or client site