Data Governance Manager at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

To lead embedment of data governance and management best practices in Group Compliance

Job Description

• Knowledge of Data Management and Data Governance concepts and frameworks
• Experience in, or knowledge of Master Data Management, Metadata Management, Data Quality and Data Lineage tooling and principles
• Hands-on experience of using one or more of the following or equivalent toolsets (Informatica MDM, Informatica Product 360, SAP MDG, Informatica Axon, Azure Purview, Informatica IDQ)
• Lead the implementation of the RDARR/BCBS239 compliance controls for group compliance in conjunction with all related business units.
• Forge strong business and stakeholder partnerships to ensure widespread adoption of the data governance strategy across the enterprise.
• Align tactical initiatives to the data governance strategy across projects and programs.
• Develop and implement best practices policies and guidance across the company’s key systems and data sources, core systems and introduce a consistent company-wide taxonomy and ontology across the company and its systems.
• Lead working sessions with operational and information system owners regarding the on-boarding of new data assets including documentation of processes, procedures, system interfaces, data dictionaries, data models and requirements for all new analytical data assets.
• Actively contribute with a broad-range of stakeholders as part of the Data Governance Council.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)