Data Management & Governance Analyst III

Wipfli is a professional services firm that emphasizes flexibility, relationships, and employee impact. The Data Management & Governance Analyst III performs data profiling and analysis, applies governance standards, maintains metadata and governance artifacts, monitors data quality, and supports master data management and enterprise data initiatives. The role also collaborates with stakeholders, improves governance processes, and guides less experienced analysts.

Responsibilities:

• Perform data profiling and analysis for assigned data domains to identify data quality issues, trends, and potential root causes
• Collaborate with data owners, data stewards, business stakeholders, and technical teams to document issues, support remediation plans, and track progress through resolution
• Apply established data governance policies, standards, procedures, and stewardship processes within assigned areas of responsibility
• Maintain business glossaries, data dictionaries, metadata, lineage documentation, and other governance artifacts using established standards and tools
• Monitor data quality controls and prepare recurring metrics, scorecards, and reports that provide visibility into data quality and governance activities
• Support Master Data Management activities, including data matching, survivorship review, stewardship workflows, and onboarding of assigned data domains
• Assist with governance activities for system implementations, data integrations, acquisitions, and other enterprise data initiatives by completing assigned analysis and documentation
• Partner with stakeholders to clarify business definitions and data requirements and elevate unresolved or cross-functional issues as needed
• Identify practical opportunities to improve governance workflows, documentation, reporting, and stakeholder adoption, and recommend changes
• Support the development and delivery of governance communications, training materials, and working sessions
• Share knowledge and provide day-to-day guidance to governance participants or less experienced analysts on established processes and tools

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in information management, business administration, data analytics, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 3+ years of experience in data stewardship, data governance, data quality, or data analysis
• Experience applying data governance standards, policies, or stewardship processes in a business environment
• Working proficiency in SQL and data profiling, visualization, and reporting tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or similar tools
• Experience using, or the ability to learn, data governance, metadata management, or Master Data Management platforms
• Working knowledge of data management principles and foundational ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and data modeling concepts
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately and follow applicable privacy, security, and professional services requirements
• Effective communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences
• experience in professional services, accounting, or financial services
• Certification in data governance (CDMP, DGSP) or data quality
• Experience using Profisee and/or Purview