Master Data & Data Quality Manager at KCB Group

Kenya, Nakuru, Kenya -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 Jul, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Master Data Management, Data Quality Management, SQL, Python, Stakeholder Management, Data Governance, Root-Cause Analysis, Data Profiling, Metadata Management, Data Lineage, Data Security, Team Leadership

Industry

Banking

Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 1. Master Data Management (MDM) * Execute the Enterprise Master Data strategy to ensure a single source of truth across all KCB Group technology and platforms. * Ensure the creation, maintenance, matching, merging, syndication, and retirement of master data across systems, ensuring data consistency, integrity and effective management of hierarchies and relationships. * Collaborate with the Metadata Manager to ensure master data entities map accurately to enterprise data catalogs and business glossaries. * Ensure compliance with regulatory, business, and data governance requirements for master data. 2. Data Quality Management * Lead the institutionalization of Data Quality frameworks, defining metrics, KPIs, and thresholds (accuracy, completeness, consistency). * Deploy automated continuous profiling and monitoring tools to proactively catch and flag data defects. * Liaise with the Data Governance Team to assign data stewards and establish data quality issue escalation paths. * Conduct root-cause analysis on data anomalies and execute remediation strategies with technical and business owners. 3. Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration * Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Data Quality Analysts and MDM specialists. * Collaborate with IT, Data Engineering, and Analytics teams to implement robust, automated data cleansing and standardization processes. * Embed a data quality mindset across bank business units. MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS The preferred candidate will meet the following minimum criteria: * Hold a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Data Science, Statistics or similar related field from a recognized university. * Professional qualifications in data management or relevant quality management is an added advantage. * At least five years' relevant working experience in data management in a similar sized organisation, including specific experience in the below areas: * Master data management, preferably in financial services sector. * Working with data quality frameworks and tools (e.g., Great Expectations, Deequ, Talend, Informatica, Collibra DQ, Ataccama). * MDM platforms and data warehouse environments * Working with python, SQL and data transformation tools * Stakeholder management of diverse calibre and multi-cultural environments * Core banking systems and/or CRM architectures will be an added advantage. * Strong knowledge of metadata concepts: business/technical metadata, data lineage, ontologies, glossaries, and catalog best practices. * Strong knowledge of data protection and data security protocols. * Excellent verbal, written and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

The role leads the bank's Master Data Management and Data Quality programs to ensure a single source of truth across all platforms. It involves defining data quality frameworks, monitoring data defects, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement cleansing processes.