Information Management Specialist/Data Governance Officer
Empowering Africa's tomorrow, together…one story at a time.
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary
This is NOT a Data Analyst Role; it is a Data Governance & Knowledge Management role. Utilize your 3-5 years of experience and IT qualification to provide specialist advice and support on Knowledge Management and Data Governance & Management discipline.
Job Description
Overall Job Purpose: This role aims to establish data governance policies, standards, processes, and guidelines. Responsible for governance and enforcement of data governance policies, standards, processes, and guidelines. Monitors performance of data governance processes, communication, training, awareness, and change management. Monitor risk issues raised and facilitates resolution of issues and escalates data issues where required.
Data Capabilities: Build analytical tools to generate insights, recognize patterns, and predict behavior.
Business Partnership: Present insights/tactical plans to business areas to enable enhancements and new initiatives within the specific business being supported, ultimately enabling a better customer experience.
Data Governance and Control: Ensure accuracy of data collected and ensure data governance requirements are met and adhered to.
Develop and implement data governance policies, processes, and standards covering all aspects and disciplines of data governance. Develop a data governance (policy, standards, and process) implementation and monitoring strategy and plan. Actively monitor the implementation and adherence of the data governance/management policies, standards, and processes. Review, update, enhance (where appropriate), and publish data governance policies, standards, and processes. Define and implement a One Africa data ownership model. Assist in defining a practical and comprehensive data governance framework/methodology. Contribute to the development of Barclays Group data governance requirements.
Education
Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce, and Management Studies (Required).
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.
About Us
Truly African
We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management, and insurance.
Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa's largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41,000 employees.
We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.
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