Old Mutual
DUE: 03 FEB 2024
Job Description
The role is responsible for analysing output of data processing and identifying deficiencies, providing recommendations for improvement. For liaising with stakeholders and ensuring that information provided is accurate and complete by using variety of analytical tools and techniques (regression, logistic, decision trees, machine learning, artificial intelligence) to carry out analysis and drive conclusions.
- Analyse output of data processing and identifying deficiencies, providing recommendations for improvement. Liaising with contacts and ensuring that information provided is accurate and complete using a variety of analytical tools and techniques (regression, logistic, decision trees, machine learning, artificial intelligence) to carry out analysis and drive conclusions.
- Execute primary and secondary research, including quantitative survey-based research, qualitative research, and desk research.
- Enhance current offering and creating improved processes.
- Collaborate with the client team to develop strategic recommendations across multiple data sources.
- Work directly with stakeholders to solve customer and marketing effectiveness problems by use of statistical methodologies.
- Deliver on Insurance and/or banking analytics projects, meeting stakeholders tactical and strategic requirements over a full project life cycle.
- Become fully engaged in deployment activities providing technical guidance to the project team and work with business and functions to map planning and budgeting and reporting business requirements against Insurance and/or banking analytics leading practice design considerations.
- Provide technical “know-how” around Insurance and/or banking analytics consolidations, planning and reporting.
- Collaborating within the required team to develop hypotheses, gather data, brainstorm strategic options and make choices about the strategic initiatives.
- Rationalizing reporting, data and information across to help inform required planning and management.
Skills Required for the Job
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work under pressure.
- Ability to work well in a team environment.
Team results
- Sets clear and challenging objectives, inspiring and encouraging high performance in allocated teams and individuals.
- Review progress achieved regularly, publicly and privately recognizing achievement by others.
- Able to strike balance between all stakeholders: e.g., technology vendors and business.
Innovation.
- Thinks of and/or encourages new ideas and is keen to experiment and see ideas implemented.
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity and a willingness to contribute to the organization’s knowledge base and team development. Familiarity with technology innovation cycle.
- Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; execute with limited information and ambiguity.
Tech savvy
- Keen interest in technology trends and development and ability to integrate these technologies to business needs and objectives. In addition, must have the ability to tap knowledge from various potential service providers.
- Analytical business understanding – Excellent business analysis and communication & presentation skills, both written and verbal.
- Programming – Competence and specific interest in key programming languages for mobile, and internet applications.
Minimum Requirements / Experience (Required for the Job)
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or equivalent
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in business and technology analysis.
- High familiarity with the latest statistical methodologies and technology.
- Demonstrated ability to conduct research and create new analytic solutions.
- Knowledge of programming languages an advantage.
Skills
Analytical Thinking, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Business, Business Analysis, Computer Programming, Group Problem Solving, Ideation, Innovation, Microsoft Excel, People Management, Researching, Systems Integration
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science (BCoSc): Information Technology And Computer Science: Information Technology Management
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