Analytics Governance Analyst (100% Remote)

Our Customer was founded in 1982 in an effort to create a solid accounting firm headed by native professionals. They later branched out to other services, which is now a multinational professional services network with offices in over 150 countries and territories around the world. With more than 100,000 professionals, they provide audit and assurance, tax, consulting, and risk and financial advisory services to a broad cross-section of the largest corporations and governmental agencies.

We are seeking an Analytics Governance Analyst on a contract basis to help support our Customer’s business needs. This role is 100% remote.

The Analytics Governance Analyst plays a critical role in advancing the enterprise-wide analytics governance strategy, with a specific focus on metadata management. This role ensures that data assets are well-documented, consistently defined, and easily discoverable across the organization. The analyst will collaborate closely with data stewards, product owners, and analytics teams to maintain high standards of data clarity, usability, and trust.

This position requires strong communication skills, a deep understanding of data governance principles, and the ability to present metric definitions and metadata standards to the Analytics Governance Council. Familiarity with modern data cataloging and analytics tools is essential.

Responsibilities:

• Own and manage metadata documentation, including table and column descriptions, across enterprise data platforms.
• Generate, present, and explain metric definitions and metadata standards to the Analytics Governance Council and other stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with data owners and stewards to ensure consistency and accuracy of business definitions and data lineage.
• Support the implementation and maintenance of the Advanced Analytics Governance Framework.
• Partner with analytics teams to ensure that governed metrics are aligned with business objectives and are consistently applied across dashboards and reports.
• Maintain and enhance metadata repositories using tools such as Databricks Unity Catalog and Metric Insights.
• Promote the adoption of AI tools (e.g., copilots) that leverage metadata and prompt engineering to improve data discovery and usage.
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure metadata is understandable and actionable.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of governance processes, standards, and documentation practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Data Science, Business Analytics, or a related field.
• 6-9 years of experience in data governance, metadata management, and BI analytics
• Strong understanding of data modeling, data lineage, and business glossary concepts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into business-friendly language.
• Experience working with stakeholders across business and technical domains.
• Familiarity with Databricks Unity Catalog, Metric Insights, or similar metadata/cataloging tools.
• Experience with AI tools that use prompting (e.g., Copilot) is a plus.
• Knowledge of healthcare data and analytics is required.
• Experience with Epic and other EHRs is required.

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Please Note: In order to create a safe, productive work environment, our client is requiring all contractors who plan to be onsite to be fully vaccinated according to the CDC guidelines. Prior to coming into our offices, contractors will be required to attest that they are fully vaccinated.

Contractor benefits are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record(Available upon completion of waiting period for eligible engagements) Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, and AD&D

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.