Asst Dir-Data Governance

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today's risks into tomorrow's opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways. Moody's is transforming how the world sees risk. As a global leader in ratings and integrated risk assessment, we're advancing AI to move from insight to action—enabling intelligence that not only understands complexity but responds to it. We decode risk to unlock opportunity, helping our clients navigate uncertainty with clarity, speed, and confidence.

If you are excited about this opportunity but do not meet every single requirement, please apply You still may be a great fit for this role or other open roles. We are seeking candidates who model our values: invest in every relationship, lead with curiosity, champion diverse perspectives, turn inputs into actions, and uphold trust through integrity.

Skills And Competencies

• Experience with financial data and regulatory reporting requirements (e.g., Basel, IFRS, US GAAP) to ensure compliance and integrity of Moody's financial templates
• Understanding principles of credit analysis of corporate, banks or insurance companies and associated financial metrics
• Understanding of data governance frameworks and principles, including data quality, metadata management, and data lineage
• Working knowledge in data management tools and platforms (e.g., Databricks, Collibra, or similar)
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data structures in financial reporting
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to collaborate across business and technology teams

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Data Science, Information Management, or related field
• Preferred: Advanced degree or professional certifications (e.g., CFA, DAMA, etc)

Responsibilities

• Contribute and maintain data governance policies, standards, and controls for financial data domains
• Monitor and enhance financial data quality metrics, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance across Moody's products
• Collaborate with external data providers and internal teams to maintain and enhance financial templates aligned with new regulatory standards (e.g. IFRS 18)
• Partner with business units and technology teams to define and administer financial data monitoring and accountability frameworks
• Oversee metadata management and data lineage tracking to ensure transparency and traceability of Moody's financial data
• Ensure financial data integrity and relevant documentation to support sales and AI enablement and data acquisition strategy
• Act as a subject matter expert for external and internal clients, explaining how financial data flows through our products and its aggregation and mapping principles

About The Team
Our Financial Data Governance team is part of Data Estate segment and responsible for ensuring the integrity, quality, and compliance of Moody's critical financial data assets

We contribute to Moody's by:

• Enabling trusted data for financial and credit analytics, AI enablement and regulatory reporting
• Supporting data quality management through robust governance frameworks and guidelines
• Answering analytical questions from clients on financial data and verifying its integrity and spreading accuracy
• Interacting with financial information providers on data quality and spreading guidelines
• Managing and building new financial templates to reflect customer needs and changing regulatory reporting standards
• Supporting financial data acquisition strategy to enhance client outreach and product functionality

By joining our team, you will engage in exciting, knowledge-intensive work focused on financial data governance, client interaction, and financial template management

Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.

Candidates for Moody's Corporation may be asked to disclose securities holdings pursuant to Moody's Policy for Securities Trading and the requirements of the position. Employment is contingent upon compliance with the Policy, including remediation of positions in those holdings as necessary.