Specialist : Data Governance

2 weeks ago


Midrand, South Africa Vodafone Full time

**Role purpose**:
Join the Vodacom Group Data & Analytics team as a member of the Data Governance team. You will be responsible for implementation and adoption of the Vodacom Data Governance Policy to ensure our data is governed to standards, owned, catalogued and trusted by quality processes.
This role will require the individual to have basic data analyst skills such as coding, data visualisation creation and the ability to reconcile different data sources. The position will allow an individual to advance their data analytical skills as well as gain considerable stakeholder management experience as you work with business to understand the business processes and data flows. In the role you will work closely with the data stewards across the business to drive remediation of data quality issues identified in each data domain.

**Your responsibilities will include**:
**Business process**: To document in detail all business process and related systems, indicating data flows from creation through to warehouse, identifying any possible issues. Identify any manual inputs and recommend possible automation.

**Data quality design**: Design and implement the data quality model across all the data quality metrics including alignment between the different source systems.

**Data analysis**:Understanding the data structures and how the data would map to the targeted measures and attributes.

**Data stewardship**: Responsible for the relationship with the data steward to ensure they understand their role in the creation of data and actions to remediate data issues arising from data quality checks.

Degree/diploma in computer science, data analytics or related degree/diploma
1 - 3 years working experience, of which 1 year in Data Governance
Excellent knowledge of SQL (Teradata, Oracle, Informix) and working with relational databases
Developer experience in visualisation tools like Tableau, QlikSense or Power BI
Experince in Visio, Bizagi, Aris on any related process mapping software
Trained in Agile to deliver as part of a high-performance diverse team across different technical capabilities
Telecommunication experience would be advantageous

**Core competencies, knowledge and experience**:
Communication skills - Strong verbal and written communication skills to present to stakeholders and team members
Technical skills - Experience querying large, complex data sets requiring SQL skills as well as experience in visualisation tools like QlikSense or Tableau.
Analytical skills - Problem solving ability to identify where business processes don’t support the creation of accurate data
Agile experience - Ability to work in an agile squad to ensure incremental data product delivery.
Business process mapping - Understanding of business practices and processes with the ability to document processes, business definitions and user documentation in meticulous detail.
Data Governance experience - Understanding data governance principles and framework including experience with Abinitio data models
Team player - Excellent team player capable of supporting the different teams across Vodacom
Application knowledge: Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Visio/Bizagi and Jira

Closing date for Applications**:09 August 2023.**

The base location for this role is, **Midrand, Vodacom Campus.**

The Company’s approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.



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