3 Months Contract | Sydney/ Melbourne About the RoleWe are seeking an experienced Senior Analyst - Information Governance to support enterprise-wide information governance and lifecycle management initiatives across both physical and digital records. This role will play a key part in ensuring regulatory compliance, effective risk management, audit readiness, and the implementation of best-practice information governance frameworks across business operations and technology platforms.The successful candidate will work closely with business, technology, risk, legal, and external service providers to embed practical governance controls and drive continuous improvement across information management processes.
Key Responsibilities

- Lead and support large-scale physical records destruction and digitisation programs.
- Manage information classification, retention, disposal, and retrieval processes across digital and physical records.
- Maintain and enhance business classification schemes and records retention schedules.
- Design and oversee digitisation triage processes, including quality assurance, exception management, and business approvals.
- Identify, assess, and escalate information governance risks and remediation activities.
- Monitor governance controls and ensure compliance with regulatory and organisational requirements.
- Develop dashboards, metrics, and executive reporting on governance performance, risk, and control effectiveness.
- Partner with technology, business, risk, and legal teams to embed governance requirements into projects and operational processes.




- Manage external storage and information management suppliers, including service performance and operational oversight.

Skills & Experience Essential

- 5-7 years' experience in Information Governance, Records Management, Data Governance, or Information Management.
- Experience working within highly regulated environments.
- Strong knowledge of records lifecycle management and information governance principles.
- Demonstrated experience implementing governance controls and compliance frameworks.
- Robust operational risk management and issue remediation experience.
- Experience collaborating with technology and delivery teams to embed governance requirements into solutions.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement, communication, and documentation skills.
- Strong analytical and reporting capabilities with experience interpreting audit, compliance, and operational findings.
- Proficiency with Microsoft 365 and information management tools supporting records governance and retention.

Preferred

- Tertiary qualification in Information Management, Records Management, Business, Technology, Law, or a related discipline.
- Experience managing third-party information storage or records management providers.
- Understanding of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
- Knowledge of Australian privacy and regulatory frameworks relevant to information governance.

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📌 Senior Analyst, Information Governance (Sydney)
🏢 Hays
📍 Sydney