Data Governance Lead

Australian Ethical· AU·16d ago

LeadContractHybrid

About Us

Australian Ethical is one of Australia’s fastest-growing super fund and ethical investment managers. We are ASX-listed with over $14 billion in funds under management and offer a selection of award-winning managed funds and superannuation products.

Our purpose is to invest for a better world, and we have been pioneers in this space for almost 40 years. For us, investing has two aims – generating solid financial returns and a positive impact for people, planet, and animals. At Australian Ethical, we prove that money can be a force for good. We do this by staying true to our purpose, which is embedded throughout our organisation and drives our everyday activities as a business, investor, brand, employer, and corporate citizen. We’re a registered B Corp and fully committed to an inclusive, equitable and forward-thinking workplace culture.

Your New Role

In this 10-month contract as Data Governance Lead, you will help uplift data governance across Australian Ethical by establishing a practical framework, clear ownership model, and the policies, standards and controls needed to improve data quality, accountability and risk management.

Key Responsibilities Include:

Establish and embed data governance policies, standards, controls and practical ways of working across the business
Define data ownership, stewardship and accountability across key business domains, ensuring roles and responsibilities are clear
Identify Critical Data Elements and support risk assessments with Data Owners to determine what data is most important to the organisation
Set data quality standards and monitoring processes to improve the accuracy, completeness and reliability of key data sets
Design issue management processes to support timely detection, escalation, remediation and ongoing monitoring of data issues
Partner with Internal stakeholders and external vendors to understand data flows, risks and business requirements
Support governance forums and working groups to drive adoption, accountability and alignment with CPG 235 expectations
Deliver training to help teams understand and apply data governance policies, standards and controls in day-to-day practice

What we’re looking for:

You are a pragmatic, delivery-focused data governance professional who can design practical frameworks, bring stakeholders together and turn policy into measurable adoption. You bring a strong risk mindset, clear communication style and the confidence to work across business and technology teams to lift data governance maturity in a regulated environment.

If you have the following, we’d love to hear from you:

Minimum 4+ years’ relevant data or information governance experience, including hands-on framework design and implementation
Financial services experience, ideally across superannuation, banking or funds management
Strong experience designing and embedding data governance policies, standards and controls across core data governance domains in a regulated environment.
Excellent understanding of CPG 235 and how it applies to data management, controls and risk
Experience defining data ownership, stewardship, Critical Data Elements, data quality and lineage
Knowledge of data retention, archiving and destruction practices
Strong internal and external stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence across business, technology and vendor groups.
Tertiary background in Data Information Management or a related discipline
Alignment with and demonstration of our values – Authenticity, Action, Connection, Curiosity and Empathy