Data Governance Specialist

Recruiter:

Mindworx Consulting

Job Ref:

CON001352/LD

Date posted:

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Data Governance Specialist The primary objective of the position is to roll out an enterprise wide Data Governance Operating Framework, with a focus on improvement of data governance and data quality through modifications of organization behaviour, policies, standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture.

POSITION INFO:

Collaborate with Risk and Legal departments to interpret data-related acts and laws
Translate compliance requirements to technical and business requirements for IT and data stewards to action
Collaborate with data stewards to analyse data for data quality issues and define requirements for what quality measures needs to be tracked, define acceptable data quality levels in conjunction with the business and define rules that the company must use to ensure data is available, at the right quality levels and accessed securely by authorised personnel
Manage, investigate, and resolve data quality issues within enterprise applications, using various techniques while safeguarding against data loss
Create and implement an enterprise wide Data Governance Framework
Create data governance processes and controls
Create data governance policies and standards
Ensure that new systems and/or applications adhere to existing data management practices, policies, and procedures

Requirements

Must have SHORT TERM insurance experience
Master Data Services
Data Profiling Tools
Data Modelling Tools SQL Delivering Results
5 years of Data Governance operations, oversight function, risk measurement, or managed data governance
Thorough knowledge and operational skills in Data Governance and Data Quality. Ability to coach and mentor juniors
Minimum 3 years of Data Quality operations

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