Information Management Specialist at South African Reserve Bank

    The main purpose of this position is to manage information management capabilities in order to provide an integrated view of the information management landscape to improve the information management maturity levels within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group, and to support reliable and effective decision-making.

Detailed Description        
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

•          Support the business in the implementation of the various data management disciplines (i.e. Reference and Master Data Management, Data Quality Management, Metadata Management, Data Modelling, and Design and Data Security).
•          Provide a consolidated and integrated view of the information landscape within the SARB Group to support different use cases.
•          Rationalise the information landscape within the SARB Group for the purpose of continuous improvement and effectiveness.
•          Oversee and manage the information life cycle and related interdisciplinary activities, from data acquisition, retention, archival and deletion.
•          Facilitate changes related to data and information, analyse the impact thereof, and coordinate the implementation of information management activities based on the changes,
•          Ensure alignment between the various data management disciplines in order to promote cross-functional cohesion in providing business value.
•          Lead and participate in engagements with stakeholders within the SARB Group and external parties to ensure service delivery.
•          Provide input into how data is stored, maintained and used in the database management implementation process.
•          Provide periodic reports, including technical reports, as well as information management reports for decision-making purposes.
•          Develop and manage stakeholder relations effectively to promote data management across the organisation and to support reliable decision-making and appropriate data usage.
•          Participate and provide technical support in cross-organisation activities relating to any of the above- mentioned data management activities.

Job Requirements        
To be considered for this position, candidates must have:

•          a Bachelor’s degree in Informatics or related fields such as Management Information Systems, Computer Science and Computer Engineering, or an equivalent qualification; and
•          five to eight years’ experience in the field of data management.

The following would be an added advantage:

•          an Honours or Master’s degree in Economics, Finance or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and job-related experience.

Additional requirements include:

•         extensive knowledge of best practices/methodologies in data warehousing and multi-dimensional data analytics (e.g. OLAP, such as ESSBASE or MicroSoft analysis services), systems design and management;
•         extensive knowledge of the most common RDBMS technologies (e.g. Oracle, IBM, SQL Server and MySQL);
•           experience in deploying and managing big data environments (e.g. Hadoop, Spark and NoSQL);
•           knowledge of database querying languages (e.g. SQL);
•           experience with a variety of programming languages, including but not limited to R and Python;
•         experience with development using a broad variety of integration techniques, patterns, tools and methodologies; and
•           experience in all the data management disciplines.