Data Services Manager - ICT Data and Analytics Services at FSCA South Africa

Purpose of the Job:

• The main purpose of this position is to manage data services to achieve the goals of the organizational data strategy and data governance related programmes.
• The role involves actively implementing controls that will ensure compliance of data assets to the relevant data related frameworks, policies, and standards.
• The focus will include driving implementation of data related initiatives and projects, as well as making sure that the FSCA achieves the required level of data consistency, quality, and protection to meet overall business needs.
• This position will work closely with business area counterparts and ICT technical teams  to improve the quality and value of core data assets, respond to regulatory protection requirements as well as support the strategic requirements of the related departments.
• The person appointed to this position will report directly to Senior Specialist: Data and Analytics.

Key Performance Areas:

•  Drive implementation of data projects and initiatives. 
•  Responsible for supporting and implementing required data services in line with the DAMA framework.
•  Drive the Data Quality Management program.
•  Support the implementation of controls as required by the data governance framework, data quality framework and the data management framework.
•  Develop control structures within the environment to ensure the accuracy and quality of data through all upstream and downstream data channels.
•  Manage, monitor and report on data governance compliance as well as data quality.
•  Implement a business glossary.
•  Provide thought leadership and participate with projects that involve any of the upstream or downstream data flows and processes.
•  Ensure controls are in place over applications to ensure the data integrity by performing data integrity gap analysis.
•  Coordinate the resolution of data integrity gaps by working with the business owners and ICT.
•  Implement a data asset catalogue.
•  Ensure the right information is available to the right stakeholders at the right time in support of the organization’s objectives.
•  Ensure that information is available only to authorized parties and that its use does not put customers, partners, employees, or the brand in harm’s way.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree information-technology, business, or related equivalent, with more than 10 years of relevant experience in at least 5 years of data management experience or equivalent, including experience in Business Analysis, financial services and data quality.
• DAMA certification will be an added advantage.