Synovus · 10 hours ago
Data Governance Analyst (Regulatory Reporting)
Atlanta, GA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expSynovus is a company focused on providing financial services, and they are seeking a Data Governance Analyst to support activities related to data architecture and business intelligence reporting. The role involves working with complex data sets, ensuring data governance, and collaborating with various teams to enhance data quality and compliance.
BankingFinanceFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Provides technical expertise and supports activities related to data architecture for reporting services, and design expertise in data warehouses, data marts, and business intelligence enterprise reporting. Identifies ways to increase the use of business intelligence within the firm, designing end-to-end business intelligence solutions that provide insights and information for key decision-makers
Ensures alignment with Synovus business architecture and strategy. Participates in and supports new business intelligence initiatives related to supported business area. Participates in meetings with managers and subject matter experts to define and gather requirements and overall objectives
Works cross functionally with varying data owners across the organization to support the implementation of processes and procedures to ensure that governance, stewardship, transparency and control of Synovus data assets is maintained at all times
Participates in testing of appropriate toolsets for data governance processes. Builds an enterprise data asset map and data dictionary. Works with Engineering to establish gating, data utilization policies, and external agency guidelines
Executes system testing. Participates in the analysis and reconciliation of data and reporting projects and initiatives delivery. Maintains and reports all relevant product, site and customer metrics and applies findings to develop appropriate goals and projections. Creates documentation on data requests as they are fulfilled to include validation, testing and user acceptance
Identifies opportunities for Master Data Management to standardize data definitions. Implements accurate and complete metadata. Identifies and exploits opportunities for enhanced Business Intelligence that align with the company's business architecture and strategy
Serves as a liaison between internal business customers and Information Technology on tactical projects building a close working relationship with all partners. Participates in new business intelligence initiatives related to the supported business area. Participates in meetings with managers and other subject matter experts to define and gather requirements and objectives
Each team member is expected to be aware of risk within their functional area. This includes observing all policies, procedures, laws, regulations and risk limits specific to their role. Additionally, they should raise and report known or suspected violations to the appropriate Company authority in a timely fashion
Performs other related duties as required
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Five years of experience in Information technology including collecting business requirements related to usage of data, performing data mapping and conducting data quality assessments and developing, utilizing and writing new automation
Understanding of reporting and/or visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, SSRS, SQL Server)
Knowledge of a variety of technologies, data models, and insights across all relevant data sources
Understanding of Governance principles
Understands concepts like data mining, extraction and analysis as it pertains to a specific bank pillar (e.g., Commercial, Retail, Wealth)
Analytical and critical thinking skills
Ability to quickly shift between technology stacks
Ability to mentor and train team members
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Experience in one or more Synovus lines-of-business
Experience in the banking/financial services industry
Data Governance Expertise
Knowledge of data governance frameworks (e.g., DAMA-DMBOK)
Experience with data quality management (accuracy, completeness, timeliness)
Familiarity with metadata management and data lineage tools (Collibra, Informatica, Alation)
Understanding of Category 4 LFI requirements (FR Y-9C, FFIEC, Basel principles)
Ability to map data to regulatory reporting schemas
Awareness of data privacy and compliance standards (GDPR, GLBA)
SQL proficiency for data validation and extraction
Experience with data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, or similar)
Knowledge of ETL/ELT processes and pipeline development
Ability to design and monitor data controls for regulatory compliance
Familiarity with audit and exam processes for financial institutions
Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business language
Experience working with cross-functional teams (Risk, Finance, IT)
Company
Synovus
Synovus is a financial services company that provides commercial banking, retail banking, investment, and mortgage services.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Synovus has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (3)
2023 (1)
2022 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.5B2025-12-09Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2025-07-24Acquired
2024-10-29Post Ipo Debt· $500M
Leadership Team
Anne Fortner
Head of Enterprise Credit Risk
Blake Thrasher
Market President
Recent News
Bizjournals.com Feed (2025-11-12 15:43:17)
2026-01-11
Bizjournals.com Feed (2025-11-12 15:43:17)
2026-01-07
Retail Banker International
2026-01-06
Company data provided by crunchbase