Position Title: Executive – Data Quality

Directorate: Finance & Business Transformation

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the management and proficiency of data stored within the organisation, handling all things related to data processing, data policies, data guidelines and compliance with policy and regulatory obligations
• Operational Oversight - responsible for defining and implementing policies and procedures for the day-to-day operational, administrative, and access management of systems and data,
• Data Quality - responsible for establishing data-quality metrics and requirements, including defining the values, ranges, and parameters that are acceptable for each data element
• Privacy, Security, and Risk Management - establish guidelines and protocols that govern the proliferation of data to ensure that privacy controls are enforced in all processes
• Lead and manage master data management, and/or data governance projects through all phases of the project lifecycle
• Identification of anomalies and discrepancies, and the contribution of expertise to understand the root cause and implement corrective measures.
• Creation/Oversight/Update/Management of Data Catalogue. Information asset inventory, etc. and related processes
• Capture data requirements through working with a broad range of stakeholders
• Data Process Management – ensuring that Data Owners are performing their assigned data management roles correctly and effectively.

 

Technical/Professional Expertise

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems/Technology, Computer Science, any of the Engineering disciplines or a related field from an accredited college/university;
• In-depth current sector experience in a regulated industry such as Banking, Capital Markets, Gaming, or Insurance;
• Exceptional communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with an ability to extract, translate and communicate meaningful information at all levels of executives;
• Experience managing elements of data / IT projects spanning functional, operational, and technical domains to optimise business results;
• Experience of data lineage, taxonomies, catalogue and metadata management.;
• Experience in defining, designing and implementing policies, standards, guidelines, tools, metrics and standards;
• A proven track record of working with stakeholders to assess scope of work, developing business cases for change and delivering benefits by leveraging industry insights;
• Experience developing strategies and leading initiatives targeting optimisation;
• Ability to understand technically complex data architectures;
• Ability and willingness to learn and deliver in a challenging environment;
• Proven experience in leading a small team or workstream;
• Proven track record in master data management, data governance, and/or data quality – experience with cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure) is preferred;
• Experience with data management/governance technologies, such as Collibra, Informatica, Ataccama etc.