Stanbic IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa’s financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

Standard Bank is a firm believer in technical innovation, to help us guarantee exceptional client service and leading edge financial solutions. Our growing global success reflects our commitment to the latest solutions, the best people, and a uniquely flexible and vibrant working culture. To help us drive our success into the future, we are looking for resourceful individuals to join our dedicated team at our offices.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Specialist, Metadata

Job Ref ID: 80448786A-0001
Location: Walter Carrington Crescent, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Business Segment: Group Functions

Job Description

• 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Additional Information:
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

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.