Data Governance Analyst

Salary: £50,000 - 50,000 per year

Requirements:

• Previous experience in a Data Governance Analyst, Data Steward, Data Governance Consultant or similar role.
• Strong understanding of data governance frameworks, metadata management, business glossaries, data catalogues and governance controls.
• Experience working with Data Owners, Data Stewards and business stakeholders to improve data governance practices.
• Knowledge of data quality principles, including accuracy, completeness, consistency and timeliness.
• Experience documenting business definitions, data standards and governance artefacts.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel capability.
• Experience using data governance platforms or metadata management tools.
• SQL knowledge would be beneficial.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or similar workflow tools would be advantageous.
• Experience within insurance, financial services or another regulated environment would be highly desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of our data governance framework, policies and standards.
• Maintain and administer our data governance tooling, ensuring metadata, business glossary content, ownership, classifications and lineage remain accurate and up to date.
• Work with Data Owners and Data Stewards to define business terms, critical data elements, data standards and governance controls.
• Capture and document business definitions, metadata, data dictionaries and governance artefacts across multiple business domains.
• Monitor data governance compliance, supporting audits, risk management and regulatory requirements.
• Track data quality issues, governance actions and remediation plans, reporting progress through governance forums.
• Produce governance reporting, dashboards and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate with business, technology, risk and compliance teams to improve data quality, consistency and ownership across our organisation.
• Support training, communications and stakeholder engagement activities to promote a strong data-led culture.
• Identify opportunities to enhance governance processes, tooling and ways of working through continuous improvement.

Technologies:

• AI
• Azure
• DevOps
• Excel
• Support
• SQL
• Cloud

More:

We are a growing data function based in Manchester, working in a hybrid setup with a competitive salary, bonus and excellent benefits. Our data governance capability is central to our wider data strategy, and this role offers the opportunity to help shape enterprise-wide governance while supporting initiatives across analytics, AI and modern data platforms. We offer hybrid working, an annual bonus, an excellent pension contribution, private healthcare and additional wellbeing benefits, along with long-term career development, exposure to senior stakeholders and a collaborative culture that encourages innovation, continuous improvement and professional growth. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

last updated 31 week of 2026