Enterprise Data Steward: Client Data

**Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact**
- REQ 127097 - Mandisa Martins- Cluster- Group Technology- Career Stream- Operational Risk
- Leadership Pipeline- Manage Self: Professional

**Job Purpose**
- The Data Steward is a data governance role within Nedbank that is responsible for ensuring the quality and fitness for purpose of the organization's data assets, including the metadata for those data assets. To provide data management services for the client data domain that spans more than one cluster. Ensure a complete view of client data throughout the organisation and inform and implement the decisions of the data governance council.**Responsibilities**:

- Engage with stakeholders to obtain an understanding of their data quality practices to contract, manage and meet expectations.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with stakeholders to facilitate accomplishments of data quality objectives.
- Become a trusted advisor to, and influence decision making of stakeholders by providing an advisory service, guidance and support on data quality practices.
- Facilitate collaboration between stakeholders by identifying and addressing conflict issues to ensure optimised data quality practices are implemented across stakeholder groups.
- Collaborate and maintain relationships internally by communicating business requirements and assist in the buy-in and usage of products and services to enhance efficiencies and improve delivery to stakeholders.
- Participate in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. Barrett Surveys etc.) contributing to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals.
- Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (eg.
- Social responsibility, Nedbank Green Strategy).
- Identify opportunities to influence the improvement or enhancement of business processes and methodologies by researching and recommending improvement initiatives and effective ways to operate and add value to Nedbank.
- Responsible for implementing a wide range of data management services on client data as required.
- Identifies client data quality concerns, conducts root cause analysis and provides feedback to the data governance council and data management competency centres of excellence.
- Be consulted for input on, and be informed of, all data management services as they relate to client data.
- Provide input into, and advice on the alignment between data quality and Nedbank clusters' risk profile and risk appetite by recommending corrective action or mitigating strategies.
- Provide input, related to data quality deliverables, into the Group Operational Risk Management (GORM) budget in line with Finance requirements and business plans.
- Contract deliverables, services and pricing with Nedbank clusters and agree transfer pricing allocation to clusters.
- Utilise budget allocation effectively by implementing enhancements to data governance practices and improve efficiencies for the benefit of stakeholders.
- Review Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensure delivered systems, process, services and solutions are aligned to support the achievement of the business strategy, objectives and values.
- Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management to improve personal capability and to stay abreast of developments in field of expertise.
- Share operational risk related knowledge, resources and practices (e.g. internal loss data, trends and industry benchmarks) with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction to enable up-skilling.
- Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. operational processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
- Qualification requirements- Minimum Degree or Diploma in IT/ Computer Science/Analytics or related qualifications
- Essential Certifications- DAMA certified data management professional (CDMP) or similar data management certification
- Minimum Experience Level- Minimum 3 - 5 years' experience in data and / or information technology risk management and governance

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Nedbank policies and procedures
- Relevant regulatory, compliance and risk legislation
- Industry trends
- Business Acumen
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Banking knowledge
- Research methodology
- Principles of financial management
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Operational risk management
- Behavioural Competencies- Adaptability
- Building Partnerships
- Communication
- Decision Making
- Stress Tolerance
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_