Consultant - Data Governance Analyst

The Coca-Cola Company; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 450,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

The Coca-Cola Company in South Africa seeks a Data Governance Analyst to deliver governance across Master Data domains including Customer, Vendor, Finance, HR and Supply Chain.

You will monitor data quality, support stewardship, and provide stakeholders with reliable governance information while translating standards into day-to-day execution. This individual contributor role focuses on governance processes, issue tracking and reporting to enable data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; DAMA certification a plus.
• Hands-on experience with data quality monitoring, issue tracking and remediation.
• Exposure to multiple enterprise data domains (Customer, Vendor, Finance, HR, Marketing, Supply Chain).

Responsibilities

• Partner with business, technology and data teams to drive high-quality, trusted data and coordinate remediation.
• Embed governance practices with Data Owners and Data Stewards.
• Maintain metadata, business glossaries and data catalogue content to improve visibility.
• Deliver governance reporting and dashboards to help manage risk and priorities.
• Coordinate governance activities, track issues and controls to resolution.
• Build relationships across functions to provide governance guidance.
• Foster data ownership and continual improvement for data-driven decisions.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SQL

BI tools

Data governance tools

Job description

About The Role

At The Coca-Cola Company, we leverage data as a strategic asset to drive enterprise-wide decision-making. This role is responsible for delivering analytical insights and governance support across multiple master data domains, including Customer, Vendor, Finance, Marketing, HR, and Supply Chain.

The Data Governance Analyst supports the operational execution of the enterprise data governance agenda. The role is responsible for hands-on monitoring, coordination and reporting activities that improve data quality, strengthen stewardship and ensure governance processes are consistently applied across key data domains.

The Data Governance Analyst will help translate governance standards into day-to-day execution, track issues through to resolution and provide stakeholders with clear, reliable governance information. This is an individual contributor role.

What You Will Do For Us

• Partner with business, technology and data teams to drive high-quality, trusted data by identifying issues, coordinating remediation and delivering sustainable solutions.
• Work closely with Data Owners and Data Stewards to embed strong governance practices, clear accountability and consistent ways of working.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain and enhance metadata, business glossaries and data catalogue content, improving visibility and understanding of critical data.
• Deliver insightful governance reporting and dashboards that help teams understand performance, manage risk and prioritize actions.
• Coordinate and track governance activities, ensuring issues, actions and controls are managed effectively and resolved in a timely manner.
• Build strong relationships across functions and markets, providing practical guidance on data governance requirements and best practices.
• Foster a culture of data ownership, accountability and continuous improvement that enables confident, data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
• DAMA certification is a plus

Work Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, master data, analytics or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with data quality monitoring, issue tracking and remediation processes.
• Exposure to multiple enterprise data domains such as Customer, Vendor, Finance, HR, Marketing or Supply Chain.

Technical Skills

• Experience with data governance or enterprise data catalogue tools is preferred.
• Working knowledge of SQL and BI/reporting tools is advantageous.
• Familiarity with master and reference data concepts, data access controls and governance reporting is beneficial.