Data Governance Analyst

EXL (NASDAQ: EXLS) is a global data and artificial intelligence ("AI") company that offers services and solutions to reinvent client business models, drive better outcomes and unlock growth with speed. EXL harnesses the power of data, AI, and deep industry knowledge to transform businesses, including the world’s leading corporations in industries including insurance, healthcare, banking and financial services, media and retail, among others.

EXL was founded in 1999 with the core values of innovation, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

We are headquartered in New York and have more than 60,000 employees spanning six continents. For more information, visit

Role

Title:

Data Governance Consultant

Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid working 4 days a week in the office)

Employment Type: Permanent

EXL Analytics provides data-driven, action-oriented solutions to business problems through statistical data mining, cutting edge analytics techniques and a consultative approach. Leveraging proprietary methodology and best-of-breed technology, EXL Analytics takes an industry-specific approach to transform our clients’ decision making and embed analytics more deeply into their business processes. Our global footprint of nearly 2,000 data scientists and analysts assist client organizations with complex risk minimization methods, advanced marketing, pricing and CRM strategies, internal cost analysis, and cost and resource optimization within the organization.

EXL Analytics serves the insurance, healthcare, banking, capital markets, utilities, retail and e-commerce, travel, transportation and logistics industries.

• Conduct governance reviews, assessments, and sign-offs for strategic and transformational initiatives to ensure compliance with the organization's Data Minimum Standards (DMS).
• Provide governance oversight across a portfolio of ongoing strategic initiatives, supporting each project through the end-to-end governance lifecycle from initial engagement and assessment to completion and sign-off.
• Represent Data Governance at weekly enterprise review forums, including the Architectural Review Board (ARB), Salesforce Review Board (SRB), and Change Approval Board (CAB), as well as relevant Data Governance forums.
• Act as the primary conduit between project delivery teams and Data Governance, ensuring governance requirements and Data Minimum Standards are considered and applied throughout the project lifecycle.
• Review initiatives at the ARB stage, providing governance guidance and oversight before solution design activities commence.
• Assess whether projects have appropriately addressed data ownership, data quality, metadata management, and governance requirements before progressing through delivery.
• Participate in Salesforce Review Board discussions to ensure Salesforce-related initiatives align with enterprise data governance principles and standards.
• Attend Change Approval Board meetings to validate that governance requirements have been met before solutions are approved for production deployment.
• Ensure all relevant projects complete the required governance artefacts, including the Data Readiness Checklist (DRC) and Metadata Capture Template (MCT), prior to governance approval.
• Provide reviews and guidance to project teams so that governance requirements are understood, appropriately addressed, and delivered in line with organizational standards.
• Drive consistency and quality in governance assessments, supporting improved data management, accountability, and compliance outcomes across the organization.
• Strengthen collaboration between Data Governance, Architecture, Technology, and Business teams to embed governance…