Senior Data Governance Analyst

Are you an experienced data governance professional ready to make an incredible impact? Join our high-performing Enterprise Data team and help shape how we govern and leverage data to deliver better outcomes for our members. In this pivotal role, you'll report to the Enterprise Data Lead and work closely with business stakeholders—including data owners, stewards, enterprise risk, compliance, and technology teams—to embed best-practice data governance, drive quality initiatives, and champion data governance across the fund.

What You'll Do

• Drive Data Governance Excellence: Support implement and continuously improve HESTA's data governance framework, policies, and standards.
• Operationalise Critical Data Elements (CDEs): Partner with business teams to define, document, and embed CDEs into core processes.
• Champion Data Quality: Contribute to the rollout and ongoing management of data quality frameworks, supporting stakeholders in identifying and resolving quality issues.
• Leverage the Right Tools: Support the use and optimisation of our metadata management platform (Alation), ensuring data is well-catalogued, discoverable, and trusted.
• Engage & Influence: Collaborate with stakeholders across the business, technology, and risk teams to drive data governance initiatives and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements.
• Continuously Improve: Identify and implement enhancements to tools, processes, and practices that elevate data maturity and usability across the enterprise.

What You'll Bring

• Proven experience in a senior data governance, data management, or data quality role — ideally within superannuation or financial services.
• Strong knowledge of APRA regulations and data-related standards (e.g. CPG 235, CPS 230, CPS 234).
• Demonstrated success implementing data governance frameworks and managing CDEs.
• Hands-on experience with data quality programs and tools, and metadata management platforms (preferably Alation, but we also value experience with Collibra, Informatica, etc.)
• Deep understanding of data quality concepts, frameworks, and best practices.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to engage and influence at all levels.
• A curious, analytical mindset and a drive to improve and innovate.
• Tertiary qualifications in technology, data, risk and compliance or related discipline.

If you're ready to apply your data expertise in a role with purpose — we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits that matter and make a difference for our employees  

• Leave for those moments that matter, an additional 6 days of leave at the end of year, up to 6 days paid volunteer leave, gender neutral paid parental leave of 20 weeks, Gender Affirmation leave, reproductive health and wellbeing leave, Cultural and Ceremonial leave. Access your LSL after 3 years, take AL at half pay, and purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave (just to name a few).  
• Your professional development matters, up to $5k per year professional development and up to 8 days professional development leave, HESTA scholarships and free access to a range of premium learning tools.  
• Your health and wellbeing matters, free annual flu shots and skin checks, incredible social events throughout the year and a comprehensive employee assistance program available 24/7.  
• Your financial wellbeing matters, up to 15% super, financial planning support, end of year payment for all Enterprise Agreement-covered employees, incentivised Employee Referral Program and novated lease options. 

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures and abilities. We welcome and support applications from First Nations people, physically, neuro or culturally diverse, LGBTQI+, and people of any age. We are proud to be WGEA accredited as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equity.   

We want all candidates to feel safe, included and provided with the best opportunity to thrive, if you require reasonable adjustments during your application or throughout the recruitment process, please reach out to a member of the Talent team and we'll call you to discuss.   

Please note: Applications via recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position.