Database Manager

CO_SANFPL Apex Fund & Corporate Services SA (Pty) Ltd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group invites applications for a Database Manager to support the global proposal management team, interfacing with data, compliance, IT, and other units to ensure data integrity and governance across the platform.

The role emphasizes platform administration, regular maintenance, and data validation while coordinating with HR for user access and with business teams to resolve data issues.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years industry experience in a database management within financial services sector being an advantage.
• Experience of using proposal specific software (Responsive, Ovidian) being an advantage.
• Experience with big data technologies and AI tools.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving database issues.
• Good interpersonal and written communications skills.
• English speaker and additional languages being an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage database to support proposal management team data and business operations and processes.
• Platform administration and maintenance.
• Perform regular database maintenance, updates, and optimization.
• Serve as the point of contact for database-related inquiries relating to the proposal management team.
• Data Integrity, reviews, and quality assurance.
• Enforce Apex Group and proposal management team data governance policies and procedures to maintain data quality.
• Implement proposal management team proposal process to ensure effective data validation to ensure completeness and correctness.
• Performa regular data reconciliation to identify discrepancies and errors in data and records.
• Work with business teams to resolve data integrity issues and maintain data consistency.
• Maintain data validation and cleansing process.
• Managing user access to database and platform.
• Manage access controls and permissions ensuring users have the appropriate level of access and correct user profile.
• Work with HR to manage user onboarding and offboarding procedures.
• Handle database requests, approvals, and periodic user access reviews to ensure controlled data access.
• Monitor user activity to mitigate unauthorised access.
• Optimisation and automation.
• Identify database optimisation to improve efficiency whilst leveraging AI capabilities.
• Implement regular reviews of database structures and records leveraging industry best practices.

Skills

Data management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Working under pressure

Team collaboration

Tools

Responsive

Ovidian

Big data tech

AI tools

Job description

Summary

We are looking for a database manager to join the global proposal management team reporting directly into the head of proposal management in the UK. The role involves closely working with data, compliance, IT, and other teams across the Apex Group to ensure the integrity, compliance of data within the global platform. The vision of the Proposal Management Team is to provide experienced resources, tools, and client centric content helping deliver high quality proposals and presentations at speed whilst building credibility to become the centre of excellence for proposal management.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage database to support proposal management team data and business operations and processes.
• Platform administration and maintenance.
• Perform regular database maintenance, updates, and optimization.
• Serve as the point of contact for database-related inquiries relating to the proposal management team.

Data Integrity, reviews, and quality assurance.

• Conduct data reviews to ensure accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
• Enforce Apex Group and proposal management team data governance policies and procedures to maintain data quality.
• Implement proposal management team proposal process to ensure effective data validation to ensure completeness and correctness.
• Performa regular data reconciliation to identify discrepancies and errors in data and records.
• Work with business teams to resolve data integrity issues and maintain data consistency.
• Maintain data validation and cleansing process.

Managing user access to database and platform.

• Manage access controls and permissions ensuring users have the appropriate level of access and correct user profile.
• Work with HR to manage user onboarding and offboarding procedures.
• Handle database requests, approvals, and periodic user access reviews to ensure controlled data access.
• Monitor user activity to mitigate unauthorised access.

Optimisation and automation.

• Identify database optimisation to improve efficiency whilst leveraging AI capabilities.
• Implement regular reviews of database structures and records leveraging industry best practices.

Skills Required

• 1-3 years industry experience in a database management within financial services sector being an advantage.
• Experience of using proposal specific software (Responsive, Ovidian) being an advantage.
• Experience with big data technologies and AI tools.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for resolving database issues.
• Good interpersonal and written communications skills.
• English speaker and additional languages being an advantage.

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals. We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies. Prepare to accelerate. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. Positive change starts with you. We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster. The journey is yours to own. When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey. Find out more about us