Job Description

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

EY-Consulting - Data and Analytics - Data Governance Consultant - Senior

EY's Consulting Services is a unique, industry-focused business unit that provides a broad range of integrated services that leverage deep industry experience with strong functional and technical capabilities and product knowledge. EY's financial services practice provides integrated Consulting services to financial institutions and other capital markets participants, including commercial banks, retail banks, investment banks, broker-dealers & asset management firms, and insurance firms from leading Fortune 500 Companies. Within EY's Consulting Practice, Data and Analytics team solves big, complex issues and capitalise on opportunities to deliver better working outcomes that help expand and safeguard the businesses, now and in the future. This way we help create a compelling business case for embedding the right analytical practice at the heart of client's decision-making.

Role
Data Governance Consultant

Experience Guide
Senior: 5-9 years

Primary Skill Area
Governance Strategy, Operating Model & Compliance

The opportunity

Lead enterprise data governance programs by defining governance operating models, policies, standards, ownership frameworks, controls, and compliance-aligned ways of working. Drive adoption of governance practices across business, data, technology, risk, and compliance teams.

Your key responsibilities

• Develop enterprise Data Governance frameworks.
• Define governance operating models, councils, decision rights, and escalation paths.
• Establish data policies, standards, procedures, and governance controls.
• Define data ownership, stewardship, and accountability models.
• Drive regulatory compliance, risk management, audit readiness, and governance reporting.
• Define governance KPIs, maturity metrics, scorecards, and adoption tracking mechanisms.
• Support data literacy, stakeholder engagement, communication, and change management.
• Lead governance assessments, roadmap development, and governance program delivery.

Skills and attributes for success

Skill / capability area

Details

Data Governance Strategy

Required capability

Governance Operating Model

Required capability

Data Governance Frameworks

Required capability

Policies & Standards

Required capability

Data Stewardship

Required capability

Data Ownership

Required capability

Data Governance Councils

Required capability

Data Controls

Required capability

Regulatory Compliance

Required capability

Risk Management

Required capability

Data Literacy

Required capability

Change Management

Required capability

Governance KPIs

Required capability

Governance Program Delivery

Required capability

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Relevant experience guide: Senior: 5-9 years;
• Senior: 5-9 years

Ideally, you'll also have

• Collibra
• Atlan
• Microsoft Purview
• Alation
• Informatica
• ServiceNow GRC or equivalent workflow platforms

What we look for

• A governance professional who can define practical operating models, drive adoption across business and technology teams, and translate governance controls into measurable delivery outcomes.

What working at EY offers

At EY, we're dedicated to helping our clients, from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasises high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that's right for you

EY | Building a better working world

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.