OM Bank - Data Governance Analyst

Old Mutual; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is seeking a Data Governance Analyst in Johannesburg to enhance data governance activities and ensure quality and protection of data assets. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in data governance and excellent stakeholder interaction skills. This role requires close collaboration with business units to align data governance with overall business goals. Applications will be considered until December 1, 2025.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4-6 years of strategic analysis or data governance experience.
• Strong stakeholder interaction skills.
• Experience operating data governance and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Execute the data governance strategy and overall objectives.
• Monitor quality of data assets and manage sensitive data protection.
• Collaborate with leadership to implement data governance processes.

Skills

Business Requirements Analysis

Data Governance

Database Administration

Data Modeling

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields

Data Governance certification(s)

Job description

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Job Description

At OM Bank, we strive to attract great people who are passionate about coming together for a higher purpose—building something unique and aspirational, always aiming to be the best they can be. We are rooted in our purpose of inspiring and enabling our customers to grow and sustain their prosperity.

The Data Governance Analyst will monitor and enhance enterprise data governance activities including monitoring the quality of data assets, managing the protection of sensitive data and ensuring appropriate access to data assets. The position will focus on ensuring adherence to the data policies, standards and processes, by all squads in the bank, to achieve the required level of consistency, quality and protection to meet overall business needs.

The Data Governance Analyst will work closely with Business squad leadership to improve the quality and value of core data assets, respond to regulatory protection requirements as well as support the strategic requirements of the squads. The analyst will also establish and enhance Data Policies, Standards and Processes and assist the Squads in adhering to the established standards and process. These standards will ensure the democratisation of all data assets in the bank and provide a well‑documented, discoverable register of all data and its related business meaning. This will also enable the meeting of regulatory requirements by ensuring all data in the bank is owned, managed, curated and documented. Driving Data Quality improvements and further ensuring trust is built in all data assets in the bank.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Operational Delivery

• Execute the data governance strategy and overall objectives set by the relevant data governance forums
• Align data governance with the business goals and priorities
• Provide performance related reports and build consensus for the data governance strategy across the bank
• Establish and govern an enterprise data governance implementation roadmap including strategic priorities for development of information-based capabilities in line with the bank’s information management strategy and principles
• Roll out an enterprise-wide data governance framework, with a focus on improvement of data quality and the protection of sensitive data through modifications to organization behaviour policies and standards, principles, governance metrics, processes, related tools and data architecture
• Eliminate redundancy and streamline external data sources
• Identify new business opportunities with the use of data assets to achieve efficiency and represent the data as a business asset
• Coordinate the implementation of Data Governance Strategy across operational units
• Collaborate with leadership across the organisation to identify business needs and implement data governance processes
• Responsible for development and maintenance of standard data operating procedures
• Ensure adherence to an enterprise data governance framework for data practices, policies, and standards both at a technical and functional level
• Focus on minimizing the risk of regulatory fines
• Define the roles and responsibilities related to Data Governance and ensure accountability for the stewardship and master data assets of the enterprise
• Serve as a liaison between business and functional as well as technical areas of the technology and protect sensitive and confidential data

Compliance

• Ensure effective internal controls by monitoring metrics and driving performance through improvement initiatives
• Champion enterprise data governance and data initiatives
• Ensure appropriate representation and participation in data governance forums across the business
• Lead and guide the data governance organisation to achieve desired business results
• Deliver on data governance strategy and overall objectives
• Ensure data governance initiatives result in enterprise and functional benefits
• Serve as a liaison between Business and Functional areas and technology to ensure that data related business requirements for protecting sensitive data are clearly defined, communicated and well understood and considered as part of operational prioritisation and planning
• Develop & maintain inventory of the enterprise information maps, including authoritative systems and their owners
• Facilitate the development and implementation of data quality standards, data protection standards and adoption requirements
• Define indicators of performance and quality metrics and ensure compliance with data related policies, standards, roles and responsibilities, and adoption requirements
• Provide progress reports on data governance issues and oversee periodic updates to Data Governance Roadmap

Delivery Management

• Ensure the data is manageable and provides more support to accelerate data-driven digital transformation
• Assist with the assignments of the roles and responsibilities to the Data Users, Data Owners, and Data Stewards
• Assist business with identifying data quality requirements and implement monitoring and remediation processes
• Develop and maintain inventory of the enterprise data
• Facilitate the development and implementation of data protection and data quality standards across the enterprise
• Assist in resolving end-to-end issues regarding Data Governance that may arise from different departments in the enterprise

Technical Leadership

• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Data Governance
• Business Analysis Techniques
• Master Data Management

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar fields like Information Systems, Big Data, etc. or a minimum of 4 - 6 years of strategic analysis, or data governance experience
• Data Governance certification(s) - advantageous
• Minimum of 4 -6 years of strong data governance industry focussing on:
• Operationalizing data governance and data quality
• Implementing data management and governance roles, principles, processes and procedures
• Implementing enterprise level data quality, master data management and related metrics
• Conducting customer interviews
• Strong stakeholder interaction skills

Skills

Business Requirements Analysis, Confidentiality, Current State Assessment, Database Administration, Database Queries, Database Reporting, Data Classification, Data Compilation, Data Compression, Data Controls, Data Encoding, Data Modeling, Executing Plans, Gateway Servers, IT Architecture

Competencies

Action Oriented Builds Effective Teams Communicates Effectively Cultivates Innovation Ensures Accountability Manages Complexity Optimizes Work Processes Persuades

Education

Closing Date

01 December 2025 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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