Data Governance Policy & Controls Specialist
Moniepoint
- Business Analyst
- Lagos
- 5+ years
At a glance
About the company
Moniepoint describes itself as Africa's all-in-one financial platform, with payments, banking, credit and business tools. About 20 million businesses and individuals use it every month. It is Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer, and its subsidiaries process over $250 billion in digital payments a year.
Description
The text calls this a senior post. You lead data governance policy, audits and controls across the business. You will:
- Own data policies from first draft through review and retirement
- Oversee how the governance framework is put into practice across teams
- Coordinate internal and external audits that touch data
- Run the data stewardship programme
- Design and test data controls, and keep the risk and issue register
- Deliver training that builds data literacy
Qualifications & Skills
Must have 7
- A degree in a related field
- 5+ years in data governance, risk, compliance or policy and controls
- Experience in a regulated industry
- Change management or training experience
- Knowledge of frameworks such as DCAM, DAMA-DMBOK and COBIT
- Knowledge of the GDPR and Nigeria's data protection law (NDPA)
- Familiar with Medallion, Data Mesh and Data Vault 2.0 designs
Nice to have 4
- A certificate such as DCAM, CDMP, DGSP or CIPP
- Used GRC or policy management tools
- Knowledge of data quality, metadata and lineage
- Strong policy writing, controls testing and workshop skills
How to stand out for this job
Written by our team from the employer's post. Work through it in order, then apply.
1What they actually want
Our plain-words read of this job. It explains the job, not the employer's own words.
This job is about rules for data, and proof that people follow them. You write and update Moniepoint's data policies, then design controls and test whether they work. When auditors arrive, you coordinate what they need and track each failed control until it is fixed. You also run the stewardship programme and train staff. That is why much of your week is spent with teams across the bank, not alone with a spreadsheet.
Because this is a bank, Moniepoint wants five or more years in governance, risk, compliance or controls within a regulated industry. They expect you to know frameworks such as DAMA-DMBOK or DCAM, and laws like the NDPA. They also need someone who can change habits, so training and change management matter. To stand out, show a policy you wrote, the control that enforced it, and an audit it helped you pass.
2Words to use in your CV
Use the words that are true for you. The dark ones matter most for this job.
- data governance
- data policy
- controls testing
- control design
- audit coordination
- risk and issue register
- data stewardship
- DAMA-DMBOK
- DCAM
- COBIT
- NDPA / GDPR
- data literacy
- training
- change management
4Tailor your portfolio
Make a copy of your portfolio for this job and lead with these three projects. Give the problem, the data, the tools and the result as a number.
- 01
A sample data policy
A two-page policy for one data area, with owners, rules and review dates.
- 02
A controls test sheet
A small register of controls, how each one was tested and what you found.
- 03
A training deck
A short data literacy session for non-technical staff, with a quiz at the end.
3Tailor your CV
- Headline“Data Governance Specialist | Policy, Controls, Audit”
- SummaryOpen with your years in governance, risk or compliance, your sector and the frameworks you used.
- OrderPut policy and controls work first. Move general data management lower.
- Show audit resultsName an audit you coordinated and how many findings were closed.
- Show trainingSay how many staff you trained and what changed afterwards.
BeforeSupported data governance activities.
AfterWrote 8 data policies and tested 45 controls each quarter, closing all 12 audit findings before the deadline.
Example only. Use your own real numbers.
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6Before you apply
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