Job Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Data Management and Data Governance. The job holder is a subject matter expert responsible for:

• Implementing the data warehousing process for the Research Department.
• Implement guidelines for data handling.
• Track quality and resolve data-related issues.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Strategic Responsibilities

• Ensuring all research data is placed in a central repository enterprise data warehouse-EDW
• The role is fundamental in driving the Bank towards its Vision and data-driven future by ensuring accuracy, timeliness and availability of data.

Technical and Operational Responsibilities

• Knowing where all research data is located, definitions and meaning, economic and statistical rules, data flows, data quality, documentation.
• Coordinating with data compilers in various data units in the Research Department to collate and ensure all research data is up to date in the EDW in a timely manner.
• Monitoring data quality and preparing and implementing data quality improvement initiatives.
• Analysing data quality issues and proposing and executing resolution.
• Work with Research analysts to identify data pain points and propose/execute solutions
• Collaborate with database administrators and other data management professionals in the Bank to support analytics in the Department.

Other Responsibilities

• Provide support to ensure compliance with Bank policies and processes including staff performance appraisals.
• Contribute, as appropriate, to the performance of other functions in the Bank and to the overall achievement of the Bank’s mandates and strategic objectives.
• Mentor, coach and mobilize teams to achieve Division’s objectives.
• Support capacity building initiatives at the Divisional level.
• Coordinate the team on external collaboration and networking with other institutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Mathematics or Statistics or related field from a recognised university.
• Master’s Degree in Economics, Statistics or related field.

Work Experience

• At least five 5 years’ experience in compilation of macroeconomic statistics and/or analysis.
• At least three years’ experience working with relational databases and SQL
• Experience working with business intelligence and reporting solutions such as Oracle BI.
• Experience working with providers of economic data
• Understanding of statistical reporting
• Experience working in an agile team.