What are the responsibilities and job description for the Analyst Data Governance position at American Tower?
Job Description
The Team
We are seeking a Data Governance Analyst to join American Tower’s global Finance Transformation office. The office leads the continuing evolution of how the Finance team functions and operates, including evaluating data, systems, and processes to ensure optimization. Day to day you will provide governance expertise and assist with developing and promoting information governance policies to ensure the quality of finance data through all data channels. As a Data Governance Analyst, you will work across functions to document current standards and coordinate the resolution of data integrity gaps while supporting the implementation of systematic and procedural controls.
Responsibilities
What You Can Offer Us
What You Need to Succeed
American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.
We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!
For more information about how American Tower is building a more connected world, visit americantower.com.
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, reproductive decisions, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
The Team
We are seeking a Data Governance Analyst to join American Tower’s global Finance Transformation office. The office leads the continuing evolution of how the Finance team functions and operates, including evaluating data, systems, and processes to ensure optimization. Day to day you will provide governance expertise and assist with developing and promoting information governance policies to ensure the quality of finance data through all data channels. As a Data Governance Analyst, you will work across functions to document current standards and coordinate the resolution of data integrity gaps while supporting the implementation of systematic and procedural controls.
Responsibilities
What You Can Offer Us
- Work with business partners, data governance stakeholders, and the IT department to identify and document critical data elements, including metadata, lineage, and business rules for in-scope systems.
- Create and update assets and associated critical data elements in our core finance information system and ensure proper data management practices and governance are adhered to.
- Play a key role in developing, documenting, and implementing data quality policies, procedures, and standards to ensure a high level of asset-related data integrity.
- Create and disseminate information and policies to the Finance department, ensuring employees are aware of and comprehend the latest data governance quality standards and monitoring requirements.
- Ensure organizational awareness of the policy for reporting and managing incidents of poor data quality or data conflict.
- Work with Governance team members to ensure identified data integrity gaps and incidents are appropriately escalated, logged, and analyzed to determine root cause(s); work with business partners, data governance stakeholders, and the IT department to implement timely remediation recommendations.
- Create and execute a communication plan that ensures data owners are aware of and understand the information governance strategy and policies and comprehend their roles and responsibilities in relation thereto.
- Other duties as assigned.
What You Need to Succeed
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Business preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years working on information management, data governance, and/or relevant business experience required.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience writing policies and procedures preferred.
- Strong Microsoft Office technical skills, including SharePoint, Excel, Access, and Visio systems or other enterprise document management database systems required.
- Strong understanding of enterprise resource planning financial data and utilizing Oracle data strongly preferred.
- Ability to educate and influence program stakeholders regarding goals, objectives, and approach.
- Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to present ideas and suggestions clearly and effectively.
- Ability to work with different functional groups and levels of employees to effectively and professionally achieve results.
- Strong organizational skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within the agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment.
American Tower is a global digital infrastructure company serving customers through tower sites and other real estate solutions that support connectivity and opportunity, focused on achieving our vision of Building a More Connected World. Our success is rooted in the potential of our people and the power of local teams at our offices and sites across 25 countries.
We are one of the largest global Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and a publicly traded (NYSE:AMT), Fortune 500 Company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The next decade will be an exciting time as we evolve our infrastructure to meet tomorrow’s needs and position our people to elevate their impact, their potential, and our shared success. Come grow your career with us!
For more information about how American Tower is building a more connected world, visit americantower.com.
American Tower is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee based on age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, reproductive decisions, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.
