Credit Risk Data Governance & Quality Analyst

1001 Absa Bank; South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is looking for an experienced Data Governance & Quality Assurance professional to join the PPB Credit Risk Enterprise Risk team. The role focuses on independent governance, quality assurance, and evidence-based control across Credit Risk data domains.

You will design and maintain data dictionaries, CDE inventories, STTM documentation, and governance artefacts while embedding BCBS 239/RDARR-aligned standards across data flows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Honours Degree in BMI - Business Management and Informatics.
• Experience in data governance and data quality assurance within financial services.
• Familiarity with BCBS 239/RDARR principles.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the Data Ownership framework with Data Owners and Data Stewards.
• Build and automate data quality controls and validation logic (SQL, SAS) to test data integrity.
• Maintain governance and reporting dashboards (Power BI, QlikView) to track DQ issues and remediation.
• Support audit readiness with evidence trails for BCBS 239 self-assessments and ICP requirements.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

SQL

SAS

Power BI

QlikView

Education

Bachelor Honours Degree: BMI - Business Management and Informatics

Tools

SQL

SAS

Power BI

QlikView

Job description

Absa Bank Limited is looking for an experienced Data Governance & Quality Assurance professional to join the PPB Credit Risk Enterprise Risk team. The role focuses on independent governance, quality assurance, and evidence-based control across Credit Risk data domains.

You will design and maintain data dictionaries, CDE inventories, STTM documentation, and governance artefacts while embedding BCBS 239/RDARR-aligned standards across data flows.