Data Governance Analyst

Perth Contract or Temp

Meet Carla, our Lead Recruiter and Operations Manager, who, after swearing she’d never work for a recruitment agency again, found her soul mate in the Sense mantra and has been an integral part of the team ever since. Carla has that rare knack for “getting it” while keeping things refreshingly down to earth, proving that recruiters are human too (who knew?).With a background in banking and finance, coupled with her experience running a recruitment business, Carla joined us to expand our corporate and technology recruitment family. She’s a creative, tenacious professional who values the potential of finding the perfect fit for both businesses and individuals. Having earned her stripes in finance and corporate recruitment, Carla has also caught the tech bug, driving our tech team and embracing the dark side with enthusiasm.Clients find great comfort in Carla’s extensive experience, after 15 years in the industry, she’s walked a mile (or more) in their shoes. There’s no one better placed to find the next pea for their pod, she is credited by her natural flair for building genuine relationships with candidates and clients alike, and while she’s figured out how far a block of chocolate can go in the office (spoiler: not very far), Carla’s also our office prankster. No screen is safe when left unlocked, and her talent for content creation and marketing spreads also to the creation of gifts and cards for the team and is rivaled only by the joy of receiving one of Granny’s knitted jumpers at Christmas.Despite her calm demeanor, Carla’s feet are always madly pedaling under the desk with the heater on. As a mother of five, she’s mastered the art of balancing a busy life and a bustling office. She has single handledly blown out the tea bag budget by 200%, we even had to instal a hot water machine to minimise her kettle waiting time.Voted “most likely to whisper to herself in the corner,” she embodies the saying, “give something you need doing to a busy person.” Carla is our operations guru, this partnered with the uncanny ability to fill a role before you can blink. She’s truly a keeper, always keeping us on our toes and brings a touch of joy to every day.

Recruiter :
Carla Underwood

Carla Underwood
Not every data role is about dashboards, reporting or maintaining what already exists.

Some are about building what comes next.

We’re partnering with our client to find a Data Governance Analyst who wants to be involved at the ground floor of a major enterprise-wide data uplift. This is a planning and scoping role designed for someone who enjoys making sense of fragmented information, uncovering where the gaps are, and helping define what a mature, business-led data governance capability should actually look like.

This is not a BAU governance position where you inherit a framework and simply administer it.

This is discovery work. Design work. Strategy work.

You’ll be working across the business to assess current-state data quality, ownership, accessibility and reporting maturity, while helping shape future-state governance principles, stewardship models, processes and implementation roadmaps that will underpin enterprise decision making for years to come.

For the right person, this is the kind of role that gives you real visibility. You won’t be buried in a technical team producing reports in the background. You’ll be sitting in the conversations that define how the organisation treats data as a strategic asset.

You’ll engage with business SMEs, technology leaders and project stakeholders to unpack how data is currently flowing, where ownership is unclear, where reporting confidence is low, and what needs to be established to move toward a far more governed and trusted data environment.

There is a strong analytical component, but just as importantly, this role requires someone who can translate ambiguity into structure.

Someone who can look across multiple business functions, understand different data domains, document findings clearly, and contribute to a roadmap that can secure funding and executive support for full implementation.

What you’ll be doing will include:
  • Assessing current-state data definitions, ownership, quality, access and consumption across key business areas
  • Supporting the design of a future-state enterprise data governance framework
  • Working with stakeholders to define governance roles including data owners, stewards and custodians
  • Assisting with phased roadmap development, planning artefacts and business case inputs
  • Identifying risks, opportunities, dependencies and governance requirements to support executive decision making
We’re looking for someone who understands enterprise data from a strategic lens.

You may come from data governance, enterprise analytics, information management, reporting transformation, or large-scale business and data projects. What matters most is that you know how data moves through an organisation, how poor ownership impacts reporting confidence, and how to engage stakeholders to define a better path forward.

Exposure to ERP, finance, HR/payroll, asset or operational data environments will be highly regarded, as will familiarity with tools such as Power BI, Snowflake and broader enterprise reporting ecosystems.

This role will suit someone who enjoys early-stage transformation work, the planning before the delivery, the thinking before the implementation, and the opportunity to influence something meaningful before it becomes business as usual.

If you are someone who likes bringing order to complexity and can see the bigger enterprise picture when it comes to data, we would love to have a conversation.

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