Senior Reference and Master Data Specialist (NM)

via Mediro ICT · Pretoria, Gauteng

About the role

Our client in Pretoria is recruiting for Senior Reference and Master Data Specialist to join their team.

To define and document reference data, master data requirements, business rules, measurements and metrics for data domains to create an authoritative source of truth for critical business information to enable effective decision making and operational effectiveness.
To define and manage master data relationships, hierarchies, and structures to enable integrated entity views and support advanced analytics.
To implement standards, guidelines, processes, procedures for reference and master data within the client.
To define and implement data matching and merging business rules to create a single version of the truth.
To create, maintain, manage and integrate a reference and master data environment that enables the standardisation of business information.
To create the data taxonomies, catalogue, dictionary and manage the overall metadata in scope.
To monitor, measure, remediate, and report on reference and master data quality metrics to ensure sustained data quality and identify areas of non-conformance.
To develop, manage and maintain a reference data repository and a master data repository for data domains across the client.
To contribute to the development of reference and master data standards, frameworks and standard operating procedures.
To implement appropriate governance controls to maintain and manage reference and master data.
To develop and manage stakeholder relations effectively to promote reference and master data management across the organisation.

Qualifications/Experience:
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Management OR equivalent.
A minimum of five to eight years’ experience in a data management environment.
Key performance measures:
Competencies,
Analysis and problem solving,
Effective communication,
Planning and organising,
Service and stakeholder focus,
Conceptual thinking,
Drive for results,
Attention to detail.