Specialist Master Data

CRDB Bank is looking for a Specialist Master Data to join the Data Management Office at its Tanzania Head Office in Dar es Salaam, reporting to the Manager, Master Data and Metadata. The role manages, maintains and distributes enterprise master and reference data, keeping approved domains such as Customer, Product and Location consistent in the MDM platform and synchronised with authorised systems to provide a single, trusted source of master data.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain golden records for priority domains (Customer and Product first, then Location and others), including match, merge and unmerge decisions, and clear the stewardship exception queue on time.
• Design, test and tune matching rules, confidence thresholds, source trust rankings and survivorship rules.
• Define and maintain master data structures, hierarchies, critical data elements, business definitions and relationship structures.
• Manage enterprise reference data and code sets (country, currency, ID types, sector codes) and their mappings across T24, channels and the data warehouse.
• Profile data, set validation rules at capture, measure data quality and coordinate cleansing.
• Monitor and reconcile inbound and outbound master data flows and resolve synchronisation failures with ICT.
• Ensure data handling complies with the Personal Data Protection Act 2022 and Bank of Tanzania KYC/AML rules, with audit trails for merges and overrides.
• Produce master data health scorecards and dashboards.
• Support MDM programme delivery, including requirements, design reviews, source onboarding, UAT, cutover and staff training.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Statistics, Information Management or a related field; a Master's degree in a data-related field is an advantage.
• At least 3 years of experience in MDM, data governance, data quality, metadata management, data stewardship or a related field.
• Knowledge of DAMA-DMBOK2, MDM architecture styles, entity resolution, survivorship and hierarchy management.
• Advanced SQL (Oracle or SQL Server) for profiling, duplicate analysis and reconciliation.
• Hands-on configuration of an MDM or data quality platform (e.g. Informatica, Ataccama, Reltio, Semarchy, IBM InfoSphere, Microsoft Purview); Python is an advantage.
• Knowledge of banking master data domains, T24 customer and product structures, ISO 8000/3166/4217 standards, the PDPA 2022 and BoT KYC/AML requirements.
• CDMP, an MDM or data quality vendor certification, or ISO 8000 certification is an added advantage.
• Master Data Management
• Reference Data
• Data Quality
• Entity Resolution
• SQL
• Informatica
• Ataccama
• Python

Application Instructions

• CRDB Bank does not charge any fees for the application or recruitment process.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.