Consultant Data Analysis

About the Role

Elm Company is seeking a Consultant to support the implementation and operation of Data Management practices across the organization. This full-time role is based in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and requires 5-10 years of experience. The Consultant will contribute to data quality initiatives, metadata management, data catalog maintenance, and data governance activities.

Role Purpose

The primary purpose of this role is to improve data accuracy, accessibility, discoverability, and compliance. The Consultant will support business stakeholders in utilizing trusted and well-governed data assets that align with organizational data privacy and governance requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of data quality standards, controls, and monitoring mechanisms.
• Perform data quality assessments and identify inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and data integrity issues.
• Assist in tracking and resolving data quality findings across enterprise data assets.
• Maintain and enrich enterprise data catalog information to improve data discoverability.
• Ensure business and technical metadata are accurately documented and kept up to date.
• Support the collection, maintenance, and governance of metadata across enterprise systems.
• Support implementation of data governance standards, policies, and control requirements.
• Develop and maintain documentation related to data definitions, data lineage, business glossaries, and data assets.
• Analyze data sets to identify trends, issues, and opportunities related to data management objectives.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to support data management initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to enhance data management processes, tools, and practices.

Compliance and Standards

• Monitor data quality metrics and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure metadata standards and documentation requirements are consistently applied.
• Assist in monitoring compliance with approved data management and governance practices.
• Ensure documentation is complete, accurate, and aligned with enterprise standards.
• Follow all relevant departmental policies, processes, standard operating procedures, and instructions.
• Comply with all relevant safety, quality, environmental management policies, procedures, and controls.
• Comply with all relevant information security practices and standards to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Stakeholder Engagement and Improvement

• Promote adoption and effective utilization of data catalog capabilities.
• Identify metadata gaps and collaborate with stakeholders to improve data documentation quality.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to address governance findings and improvement opportunities.
• Assist data owners, stewards, and stakeholders in applying data management standards.
• Support awareness and adoption of data governance practices across the organization.
• Contribute to building a data-driven culture through continuous improvement activities.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of relevant experience.