SmartSuite for the Data Governance Analyst
The Data Governance Analyst manages data quality, metadata and processing integrity across systems and vendors. They maintain records of processing activities and data flows, keep system and vendor inventories aligned with privacy requirements and supply accurate data for privacy reporting.
What you own
- Maintain records of processing activities and data flow maps
- Keep system and vendor inventories current
- Monitor data quality and metadata standards
- Support data classification and retention rules
- Supply accurate data for privacy dashboards and disclosures
- Support data stewardship across business units
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How they use the Privacy Management suite
Data mapping
Maintains records of processing activities and data flows.
Inventory updates
Keeps systems and vendors aligned with privacy requirements.
Reporting support
Supplies accurate data for privacy dashboards and disclosures.
Suites that serve this role
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How SmartSuite supports this role
Privacy. Provides structured inventories with ROPA records, system inventories and vendor linkage for data lineage visibility.
AI governance. Links data sets and systems to the AI models that use them in the model registry.
Reporting. Supplies accurate data for privacy dashboards and disclosures.
Industry reference
The DAMA DMBOK defines the data governance practice: ownership, quality rules, metadata and lineage. GDPR Article 30 requires accurate records of processing and the NIST Privacy Framework asks for a data inventory and mapping, so the analyst's registers are compliance records as well as data assets.
Sector expectations are specific. Banks must meet BCBS 239 principles for risk data aggregation and reporting; healthcare organisations maintain HIPAA-compliant data inventories and minimum-necessary rules; US federal agencies follow the Evidence Act and OMB data governance requirements; technology companies map data flows for SOC 2 confidentiality criteria and privacy obligations.
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