Specialist, Metadata

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To maintain, enhance, and govern enterprise metadata to support data discovery, lineage, governance, and analytics across the bank. The role ensures accurate and standardized metadata to enable trusted data usage, regulatory compliance, and improved data quality. Support the execution of Metadata strategies in line with Enterprise Metadata policies and frameworks to ensure data has context, is easily accessible, and there is high-quality and integrated metadata.

• Create, update, and maintain metadata within enterprise data catalog tools (e.g., Azure Purview / Microsoft Purview).

• Support automated and manual metadata ingestion processes.

• Develop and maintain end‑to‑end data lineage for critical data flows.

• Apply data classification rules based on sensitivity, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

• Implement data quality rules for metadata and report exceptions.

• Conduct periodic audits and integrity checks on metadata and data models to ensure adherence to defined rules and standards, identifying areas requiring remediation of non-compliant metadata and support corrective actions.

• Bachelor’s degree in information management, Computer Science, Data Science, Library Science, or related fields.
• Professional certifications in Data Governance, i.e. Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), Certified Information Management Professional (CIMP) or related Data Management, or Azure Purview can be an advantage.

Experience:

• 3–6 years of experience in Metadata Management, Data Governance, or Data Management roles.

• Experience with metadata catalog tools (e.g., Microsoft Purview, Collibra, Informatica).

• Familiarity with data lineage, business glossary development, and data quality management.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Examining Information
• Interpreting Data
• Providing Insights
• Showing Composure
• Taking Action

Technical Competencies:

• Business Acumen (Audit)
• Data Management (Administration)
• Evaluation of Internal Controls
• Information Security
• Process Governance
• Remedial Action Development