Data Governance Business Analyst

TransUnion's Job Applicant Privacy Notice

What We'll Bring:

The Data Governance Business Analyst will act as a key analyst on the Global Business Intelligence (BI) team and is responsible for supporting data governance initiatives. This position will serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring that business processes are accurately captured and translated into actionable solutions. This role will be focused on data frameworks that drive reporting and analytics across internal business processes. This will be accomplished through investigating and documenting data lineage across multiple systems by engaging with stakeholders to uncover the true origins and flow of data. The position requires someone skilled at asking the right questions of technical and non technical users and translating their insights into meaningful data mapping. Success in this role depends on strong critical thinking, curiosity, and the ability to anticipate the next steps independently.

What You'll Bring:

• Investigate and document data lineage across systems by engaging directly with business and technical stakeholders to uncover data sources, transformations, and downstream usage.
• Proactively identify the right questions to ask nontechnical users to understand how they collect, store, and report on their data.
• Build trust and gather information from stakeholders using strong communication and relationship‑building skills.
• Identify and analyze ambiguous or incomplete information and map out end‑to‑end data flows with minimal direction.
• Anticipate next steps in the discovery process, identifying gaps, risks, or inconsistencies in data definitions or documentation before they become issues.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (e.g., data engineering, analytics, governance) to validate findings and ensure alignment with enterprise data standards.
• Maintain and update lineage documentation to ensure it reflects the most current understanding of source systems, business processes, and reporting dependencies.
• Escalate blockers or risks when stakeholder engagement, data access, or process clarity impact the ability to complete lineage mapping.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by recommending enhancements to data collection processes, definitions, or governance practices.

Impact You'll Make:

• 2+ years’ experience in business analysis, data management, data governance, or data quality roles
• Experience conducting data audits, maintaining data dictionaries, and supporting data governance frameworks
• Understanding of data privacy regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA)
• Experience with dashboards and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Strong collaboration abilities with cross-functional teams (Sales, Marketing, IT, Legal, Compliance)
• Skilled at acting as a bridge between business units and IT teams.
• Attention to detail and time management

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Consultant, Data Governance