Analyst, Data Security And Privacy (Fintech)

TL;DR

Analyst, Data Security and Privacy (Fintech): Driving data-driven transformation and executing enterprise-wide governance of data assets with an accent on identifying sensitive data within the organization. Focus on implementing data security and privacy requirements, managing data risks and issues, and improving data documentation.

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia, USA

Company

hirify.global is a company providing payment technology and software solutions.

What you will do

• Ensure data security and privacy requirements are implemented and enforced consistently for structured and unstructured data throughout on-premise and cloud environments.
• Employ data discovery tools to identify sensitive data, ensure implementation of the Data Classification Standard, validate protection of sensitive data at-rest, and capture sensitive data locations and business usage.
• Validate where personal data is stored/processed, capture business purpose/need, maintain sensitive data inventories, and ensure data use assessments accurately reflect current business processing activities and applicable data subjects.
• Ensure organizational inventories accurately capture data asset deployment information, hosting locations, and SaaS/PaaS/IaaS usage.
• Manage the documentation of identified data risk and issues, including entering initial/known issue date, assigning issue/remediation/acceptance ownership, and populating other necessary metadata.
• Define and provide key metrics for reporting, escalation, and communication of data risk and issue status, remediation timelines, and aging/overdue remediation/acceptance plans, milestones, and due dates.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience supporting and executing enterprise risk management, data governance, privacy, and/or information security processes and procedures.
• 2+ years of experience working in a complex technology-driven business and cross-functional environment supporting and executing issue management processes and procedures.
• Experience working with Governance, Risk, and compliance (GRC) tools, in particular RSA Archer, and Agile methodology/operations tools, such as Jira and Rally.
• Strong team-oriented interpersonal skills, with the ability to interface effectively with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills to examine identified risks and issues and relate them to appropriate enterprise policies, standards, and requirements.

Nice to have

• 2+ years of experience in a financial institution setting and/or within the payment industry.
• Experience with data management/data governance practices and approaches, including a keen understanding of the role of data governance in successful implementation of data strategy.
• Experience with complex data management engagements and use of data governance tools, specifically Informatica Axon, Enterprise Data Catalog, and Data Quality.
• Knowledge of Information Security principles, as well as data privacy and protection regulatory requirements.