NextEra Energy

Director Data Governance - Palms Insurance

NextEra Energy$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree required
  • 10+ years of experience in data governance or related field
  • 5+ years of leadership experience
  • Proficient in data compliance regulations (e.g., NYDFS, CCPA)
  • Strong background in implementing data governance frameworks and policies

Responsibilities

  • Establish and implement a Data Governance Framework across all business functions
  • Define and execute the data governance roadmap including best practices and controls
  • Support the Data Compliance Program to meet legal and regulatory requirements
  • Chair the Palms Data Governance Committee for executive leadership
  • Ensure data lifecycle management from collection to disposal
  • Lead initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and customer experience
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to prioritize data initiatives that drive business value

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Support for employee and eligible family members
  • Relocation assistance offered if applicable
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 96884

Position Specific Description
• Collaborate with accounting team members, underwriters, actuaries, and other personnel to ensure that assumptions and forecast model calculations are appropriately updated (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cashflow Statement, and other metrics)
• Review the results of the forecasting process to ensure that they are reasonable and align with business plans.
• Review and assist with the explanation of variances between actual results and expectations.
• Provide strategy support through development of forecast scenarios and other financial analyses used in strategy decks and leadership decision-making.
• Support the monthly close process by reviewing non-affiliate entries against expectations, investigating unexpected results, and identifying potential data quality issues.
• Assist with parent company reporting requirements in terms of timely financial submissions and business commentary.
• Work with the CFO to participate in the development of enhanced reporting to Palms' leadership (CEO, President, underwriting leaders), and facilitate meaningful discussions on business performance and expectations.
• Assist with the implementation of new business arrangements and entities into the forecasting processes.
• Assist with the enhancement of the current procedures to be more streamlined and integrated with other processes.
• Work with the Palms CFO on new business initiatives

Job Overview

The Data Governance leader plays a critical role in supporting the organization's daily operations and enabling long-term growth by driving enterprise-wide data quality and governance standards, with a focus on the Insurance Programs and Specialty P&C insurance business. This role is responsible for establishing and enforcing data governance policies, frameworks, and controls, while partnering closely with business, technology, and compliance teams to ensure alignment on data privacy, security, storage, and regulatory requirements.

The ideal candidate will lead data quality initiatives, manage governance-related projects, and chair the Palms Data Governance Committee. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution, with the ability to work across departments to translate complex data needs into clear, actionable outcomes that drive consistency, transparency, and operational effectiveness.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Establish the Data Governance Framework, which includes designing and implementing comprehensive data governance policies, standards, and procedures across all business functions; defining data ownership, accountability, and stewardship models to ensure clear responsibility for data quality and integrity; and creating and maintaining data dictionaries, class tables, and other similar standards
  • Define and execute the company's data governance roadmap including best practices, controls, data quality checks and security protocols
  • Support the implementation and maintenance of the Data Compliance Program across the business functions, ensuring Palms meets its legal, regulatory, and reputational responsibilities
  • Support Compliance in maintaining documentation for annual certifications regarding data compliance and reporting to relevant governance bodies; including compliance with NYDFS and CCPA regulations
  • Establish and chair the Palms Data Governance Committee reporting into Palms executive leadership
  • Establish and implement standards for HIPPA, PII, PCI and PHI compliance
  • Ensure data lifecycle management - from collection to storage retention, archival and disposal
  • Lead data initiatives to enhance operational efficiency, customer experience and business growth.
  • Develop and enforce policies, procedures and standards to ensure data security, system reliability and work efficiency
  • Collaborate with senior leadership to identify and prioritize data initiatives that drive business value
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned


Required Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor's Degree
  • Experience: 10+ years
  • Leadership Experience: 5+ years


Preferred Qualifications

  • None


NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

Employee Group: Exempt
Employee Type: Full Time
Job Category: Finance, Accounting & Business Analytics
Organization: Palms Management Services, LLC
Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable

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A growth-oriented limited partnership formed by NextEra Energy, Inc., NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) acquires, manages, and owns contracted clean energy projects with stable, long-term cash flows. They own interests in wind and solar projects in North America, as well as natural gas infrastructure assets in Texas. Renewable energy projects are fully contracted, use technology, and are located in regions that are favorable for generating energy from the wind and sun. The seven natural gas pipelines in the portfolio are all strategically located, serving power producers and municipalities in South Texas, processing plants and producers in the Eagle Ford Shale, and commercial and industrial customers in the Houston area. The NET Mexico Pipeline, the largest pipeline in the portfolio, provides a critical source of natural gas transportation for low-cost, U.S.-sourced shale gas to Mexico.

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Size
15,000 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$51 million
Founded
2014
5 Year Trend
+4.9%
Revenue
$917 million
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