Data Governance Officer

See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you

*At Iress, we make things happen*
We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world's most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia's largest technology companies and employs more than 2,000 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, France, New Zealand and Asia.

*Build your career at Iress*
The Data Platform Team is at the forefront of our data strategy, responsible for building and maintaining a robust and scalable infrastructure that enables Iress to build innovative data products. Our mission is to empower teams by providing them with the right tools, technologies, and data architecture necessary to build solutions for our customers.

As the Data Governance Officer for the ICA business unit, your primary responsibility will be to establish and manage data governance specifically for the data ingestion effort. You will play a critical role in ensuring the quality, integrity, security, and compliance of the data ingested into the Data Lake. This position is essential for supporting safe and scalable data product development, aligning with future AI readiness requirements, and enabling sustainable long-term operations. You will define and implement the necessary frameworks to transform raw data into a strategic data asset that can be leveraged and monetised.

Some of the awesome things you'll be involved with:

• Set up and manage the data governance framework specifically tailored for the ICA data ingestion initiative.
• Define and implement frameworks for data quality, metadata management, access control, and lineage tracking.
• Ensure data in the Cleaned/Governed layer meets compliance and usage standards required for production-ready data products.
• Contribute to maintaining high standards of data quality and integrity across the data platform layers populated by the ingestion pipelines.
• Collaborate with data engineers and other stakeholders to embed data governance principles into the data ingestion and transformation processes.
• Enable the availability and trustworthy use of data for high-value data products
• Support the operational readiness of the data platform from a governance perspective for future product scale-up.

What You Will Bring

• Strong understanding of data governance principles and frameworks.
• Experience with data quality management, metadata management, data lineage, and access control concepts and tools.
• Familiarity with concepts related to data warehousing, data lakes, or lakehouses.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to effectively interact with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive governance adoption.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to define and document data standards, policies, and procedures.
• A desire to work in a collaborative, intellectually curious environment.
• Experience in a similar data governance or data quality focused role is beneficial. The cost profile suggests a role level comparable to the permanent Data Engineers.

*Why work with us?*

• 8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends
• Hybrid working
• Generous cash bonus for every successful referral
• Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school
• Up to 26 weeks' paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work
• 3 days' paid leave per year to participate in charity initiatives
• Discounted health insurance premiums
• Access to learning and development programs through LinkedIn

Iress is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture. We strongly believe that diversity is what makes our teams and our products succeed. Our people have different experiences, skills, perspectives and beliefs and everyone's uniqueness is valued and celebrated.
Our hiring decisions are never based on sexual orientation, race, gender identity, religion, disability, citizenship, marital or family status and age. Even if you feel you don't meet all of the requirements of the role, we would still like to hear from you
We're also proud to be globally recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer that promotes and supports all women in the workplace.
For more information about what we do, our people and values, please visit our website -
Employment Type
Employee

Time Type
Full time