The Lead Reporting, Data Strategy & Governance role is a senior individual contributor and people‑influence position within the Compliance organization, responsible for modernizing and sustaining enterprise reporting solutions using Power BI and governed data from the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW).

This role leverages deep prior reporting experience to transition legacy and ad‑hoc reporting into scalable, standardized, and compliant analytics products. The position partners closely with internal and external business stakeholders to define requirements, manage competing priorities, and deliver trusted, governed insights that support regulatory, legal, and compliance objectives.

The role reports to the office three times a week

Reporting & Analytics Leadership

• Lead the design, development, and modernization of compliance reporting and dashboards using Power BI
• Translate complex compliance and regulatory requirements into clear, actionable reporting solutions.
• Drive the migration of manual or legacy reports to sustainable, self‑service analytics built on the Enterprise Data Warehouse.
• Ensure reporting solutions are performant, scalable, and reusable across the Compliance organization.

Data Strategy & Governance

• Partner with compliance stakeholders and data governance, and to ensure reporting aligns with enterprise data standards and governance policies.
• Define and document data definitions, business logic, metrics, and controls to enable consistent interpretation of compliance data.
• Advocate for governed, single‑source‑of‑truth data usage and reduce reliance on shadow systems or uncontrolled datasets.
• Identify data quality issues and work with upstream partners to remediate root causes.

Stakeholder Partnership & Delivery

• Work directly with external and internal business partners, including Compliance, Legal, and Technology teams.
• Gather, prioritize, and manage reporting demand while balancing multiple competing priorities.
• Set expectations on scope, timelines, and data readiness; communicate risks and dependencies clearly.
• Deliver solutions iteratively while maintaining long‑term sustainability and governance.

Operational Excellence

• Establish and promote best practices for Power BI development, deployment, and lifecycle management.
• Support production reporting through monitoring, enhancements, and controlled change management.
• Mentor analysts or matrixed team members on reporting standards, Power BI techniques, and compliance considerations.

Minimum Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience or equivalent combination of education and experience​
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent​

Preferred Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in reporting, analytics, or business intelligence.
• Hands‑on experience with Power BI (data modeling, report design, and workspace management) & Microsoft Power Platform.
• Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts and experience with Enterprise Data Warehouses built on Snowflake using SQL
• Knowledge of Agile or product‑based delivery models.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple initiatives with competing priorities in a deadline‑driven environment.
• Experience with data governance frameworks, metadata management, and data quality controls.
• Familiarity with compliance, regulatory reporting, risk management, or audit domains.
• Experience collaborating with data engineering teams on pipeline design and data modeling.
• Prior experience leading reporting modernization or self‑service analytics initiatives.
• Proven ability to work directly with business partners, manage expectations, and deliver sustainable analytics solutions.
• Experience operating in regulated or compliance‑focused environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, and documentation skills.

Ally's compensation program offers market-competitive base pay and pay-for-performance incentives (bonuses) based on achieving personal and company goals. Our Total Rewards program includes industry-leading compensation and benefits plus additional incentives that are designed to meet your needs and those of your family so you can get the most out of your career and your life, including:

• Time Away: Program starts at 20 paid time off days in addition to 11 paid holidays and 8 hours of volunteer time off yearly (time off days are prorated based on start date and program varies based on full or part-time status and management level).
• Planning for the Future: plan for the near and long term with an industry-leading 401K retirement savings plan with matching and company contributions, student loan pay downs and 529 educational save up assistance programs, tuition reimbursement, employee stock purchase plan, and financial learning center and financial coach access.
• Supporting your Health & Well-being: flexible health and insurance options including medical, dental and vision, employee, spouse and child life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax Health Savings Account with employer contributions, Healthcare FSA, critical illness, accident & hospital indemnity insurance, and a total well-being program that helps you and your family stay on track physically, socially, emotionally, and financially.
• Building a Family: adoption, surrogacy and fertility assistance as well as paid parental and caregiver leave, Dependent Day Care FSA back-up child and adult/elder care days and childcare discounts.
• Work-Life Integration: other benefits including Mentally Fit Employee Assistance Program, subsidized and discounted Weight Watchers® program and other employee discount programs.
• Other compensations: depending on the role for which you are considered, you may be eligible for travel allowances, relocation assistance, a signing bonus and/or equity.
• To view more detailed information about Ally’s Total Rewards, please visit this link: https://www.ally.com/content/dam/pdf/corporate/ally-total-rewards-snapshot.pdf

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical or mental disabilities. For accommodation requests, email us at hrpolicy@ally.com. Ally will not discriminate against any qualified individual who is capable of performing the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.