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To steward the data, find and fix quality problems, and reconcile between the contingent workforce platform and the HR and finance systems, so that reports and controls rest on accurate records.\nThe role suits a data analyst or steward who enjoys tracing a break back to its source.\nAbout the Service\nA leading South African financial institution is mobilising a managed service to run its contingent workforce process end to end. The service covers the full contractor lifecycle: requisitions, supplier routing, onboarding, contractor care, renewals, timesheets and deliverables, billing control and exits. It operates for a large population of contractors and consultants placed by a panel of more than 200 recruitment suppliers.\nThe service is delivered by a neutral managed service provider, on the client's systems and under the client's policies. The client keeps every decision that matters: policy, budget, rates, selection, payment and settlement. The provider administers, controls, reports and improves, and treats every supplier equally.\nKey Responsibilities\n Data Stewardship\nMonitor completeness, accuracy and consistency of the workforce, supplier and financial data.\nMaintain data definitions and quality rules.\nReconciliationReconcile between the vendor management platform and HR and finance systems, and resolve breaks.\nTrack data exceptions to closure with the owner of the source.\nReportingReport data quality metrics and root causes, and recommend fixes to the reporting lead.\nWhat success looks like\n\nData quality measured and improving against defined rules.\nReconciliation breaks between systems resolved with source owners.\nRoot causes of recurring data errors identified and fixed.\nBoundaries of the role\nIndependence is central to this service. This role does not:\nchange source records without the owner's approval, or use data access to influence supplier or candidate outcomes.\noverride, or act in place of, a client decision on policy, budget, rates, selection, payment, settlement or risk acceptance.\nfavour or disadvantage any supplier or candidate.\ninfluence supplier allocation, candidate screening or progression, rate outcomes, commercial disputes or supplier standing. This role sits in a ring-fenced specialist team.\nYou must declare any current or recent relationship with the client institution or with any supplier on its panel.\nRequirements Qualifications\nDegree or diploma in information systems, statistics, business or a related field.\nExperienceAt least 7 years in data quality, data stewardship or data analyst roles.\nExperience with SQL and data reconciliation across systems.\nSkills and knowledgeData quality management.\nSQL and reconciliation.\nRoot-cause analysis.\nAttention to detail and communication.\nSystems and toolsSQL, Excel, business intelligence tools, and familiarity with HR and finance systems.\nAdvantageousExperience with HR or workforce data.\nPersonal attributesPersistent in tracing breaks to source.\nDiplomatic when a source owner must change a record.\nDocuments rules and findings.\nWorking relationships\n\nThe MI/BI and Service Performance Lead.\nReporting and Analytics Analysts.\nOwners of HR, finance and platform data at the client.\nPlease Note:\nAs all iqbusiness roles require honesty in the handling of or access to cash, finances, financial systems, or confidential information; our recruitment process requires that the following background checks be completed: credit, criminal, ID, and qualification verification.\niqbusiness is committed to sustainable growth and transformation, we embrace diversity and employ previously disadvantaged individuals","description_format":"text","description_chars":3686,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["IT Consulting & Digital Transformation","Management Consulting","IT Staffing & Staff Augmentation"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-03T14:14:28Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":39,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.703,"p_room":0.55,"age_days":29,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["conf:1","velocity","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-10-27T05:46:45Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/iqbusiness-data-quality-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/iqbusiness-data-quality-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-27T06:04:40Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":6095,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-28T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":177347},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=177347"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fiqbusiness-data-quality-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fiqbusiness-data-quality-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fiqbusiness-data-quality-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/iqbusiness-data-quality-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fiqbusiness-data-quality-specialist"}]}