Manager, Data Governance - ESG

At KPMG, you’ll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause: turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.  

The opportunity

KPMG’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) services address the biggest issues facing our planet, including climate change, biodiversity, and human rights.  As we and our clients articulate the goals and effort to address these issues, we are leading the way in our ESG commitments and the assistance we provide to our community and our clients.

We are looking for a dynamic professional to join our growing practice, with a specific focus on Data Governance.

• Lead and/or assist current situation assessments and maturity analysis based on leading practices, industry trends and KPMG’s various data and information governance and management maturity frameworks.
• Lead and/or assist developing and implementing roadmaps, data management strategies, process and data flow mapping, data quality management programs, governance frameworks, internal controls, business cases, cost/benefit analyses and deliverables related to the implementation of recommendations, such as policy writing, data classification or profiling.
• Support and guide clients in implementing recommendations over their data systems required to meet the ESG reporting and disclosure requirements.
• Assist business and practice development efforts by supporting the team in preparing proposals, marketing material, internal and external presentations, seminar materials, articles, etc.
• Lead workstreams by supervising and coaching team members

• Relevant university degree.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in data management and data integrity.
• Understanding of Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) concepts, frameworks and global developments and related use of operational and data systems.
• Understanding and implementing data governance frameworks and best practices.
• Experience in the areas of master data management, meta data, data quality, etc.
• Understanding of data architecture.
• Understanding of domestic and global data privacy standards.
• Understanding of data security protocols.
• Experience with deploying data governance tools.
• Experience with tracing data lineage.
• Experience with coordinating data owners/stewards to make decisions about data
• Data modelling skills, especially naming and defining data elements.
• Knowledge and experience with various governance or data management tools (Collibra, Informatica, IGC, etc.), an asset.
• Knowledge of governance and data management standards, such as DAMA-DMBOK, CMMI and DCAM.
• Ability to communicate with the client’s business and technical personnel about their data and technology.
• Experience leading people.

KPMG individuals Deliver Impact | Seek Growth | Inspire Trust and understand that a diverse workforce enables us to deepen relationships and strengthen our business. 

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best 

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Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters

KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here.

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