Job Description

Brief description

The main purpose of this position is to is to analyse and provide insight into the current state of data and its maturity in order to support reliable and effective decision making within the Prudential Authority (PA).

Detailed description

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


Prepare and provide accurate and reliable data and information products in support of strategic decisions.


Discover data by applying data discovery mechanisms in order to establish the datasets within the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Identify the data profiles of the datasets discovered in order to determine their completeness and compliance as well as for the purpose of inventory management. Establish relationships between data elements and their impact on the business. Understand the business requirements, and address matters of data completeness and data quality. Conduct analysis in order to track the dataset life cycle from its initial generation to its eventual archival and/or deletion. Conduct data analysis in order to determine the various categories of data and information. Conduct data analysis in order to determine the importance of the data to the business and the probability of reuse. Produce regular reports and provide status updates as well as information for the business domain. Develop and manage stakeholder relations effectively to promote data management across the organisation. Support reliable decision making and appropriate data usage. * Provide input as data transitions from source to destination.