Consultant - Data Governance Analyst

Job Description Summary:

About the role
At The Coca-Cola Company, we leverage data as a strategic asset to drive enterprise-wide decision-making. This role is responsible for delivering analytical insights and governance support across multiple master data domains, including Customer, Vendor, Finance, Marketing, HR, and Supply Chain. 

The Data Governance Analyst supports the operational execution of the enterprise data governance agenda. The role is responsible for hands-on monitoring, coordination and reporting activities that improve data quality, strengthen stewardship and ensure governance processes are consistently applied across key data domains.

The Data Governance Analyst will help translate governance standards into day-to-day execution, track issues through to resolution and provide stakeholders with clear, reliable governance information. This is an individual contributor role.

What You Will Do for Us

• Partner with business, technology and data teams to drive high-quality, trusted data by identifying issues, coordinating remediation and delivering sustainable solutions.
• Work closely with Data Owners and Data Stewards to embed strong governance practices, clear accountability and consistent ways of working.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to maintain and enhance metadata, business glossaries and data catalogue content, improving visibility and understanding of critical data.
• Deliver insightful governance reporting and dashboards that help teams understand performance, manage risk and prioritize actions.
• Coordinate and track governance activities, ensuring issues, actions and controls are managed effectively and resolved in a timely manner.
• Build strong relationships across functions and markets, providing practical guidance on data governance requirements and best practices.
• Foster a culture of data ownership, accountability and continuous improvement that enables confident, data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Role Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field

• DAMA certification is a plus

Work Experience

• 3-5 years of experience in data governance, data management, data quality, master data, analytics or a related field.
• Hands-on experience with data quality monitoring, issue tracking and remediation processes.
• Exposure to multiple enterprise data domains such as Customer, Vendor, Finance, HR, Marketing or Supply Chain.

Technical Skills

• Experience with data governance or enterprise data catalogue tools is preferred.
• Working knowledge of SQL and BI/reporting tools is advantageous.
• Familiarity with master and reference data concepts, data access controls and governance reporting is beneficial.

Skills

Compliance, Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Quality Assessments, Data Standards, Documentations, Enterprise Data, Governance Reporting, Issue Identification, Issue Tracking, Metadata, Stakeholder Engagement, Teamwork

Location(s)

South Africa

City/Cities:

Johannesburg

Travel Required:

00% - 25%

Relocation Provided:

No

Job Posting End Date:

October 21, 2026

Our Purpose and Growth Culture

We are taking deliberate action to nurture an inclusive culture that is grounded in our company purpose, to refresh the world and make a difference. We act with a growth mindset, take an expansive approach to what’s possible and believe in continuous learning to improve our business and ourselves. We focus on four key behaviors – curious, empowered, inclusive and agile – and value how we work as much as what we achieve. We believe that our culture is one of the reasons our company continues to thrive after 130+ years. Visit Our Purpose and Vision to learn more about these behaviors and how you can bring them to life in your next role at Coca-Cola.