Lead Specialist: Data Insights

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time
Bring your possibility to life Define your career with us

  • With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
Job Summary

To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice/s and to ensure operational implementation and adoption i.t.o. customer analytics methodology, governance and delivery objectives.

The role will lead a team of business intelligence analysts, database administrators, solutions designers, visualisation experts and data analysts to delivery accurate reporting, dashboards and insights to drive decision making.

The role will also lead decisions on technologies, techniques, and standards in the broader business intelligence community.

Job Description:

Key accountabilities

  • Gathers business intelligence from a variety of sources including company data, industry and field reports, public information, or purchased sources
  • Assesses market strategies by analyzing related products, markets, or trends.
  • Uses business intelligence data and tools to identify and monitor current and potential customers.
  • Identifies markets for future product development and methods to improve sales of existing products by analyzing technology trends.
  • Compiles business intelligence or trends to support actionable recommendations.
  • Maintains current knowledge of industry and business trends through communication with professional organizations, suppliers, customers, competitors, and other informed individuals.
  • Summarizes financial and economic data reports for review by executives, managers, clients, and stakeholders.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.
  • Required Skills/Abilities:_
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
  • Preferably knowledgeable/ prior experience programing languages Python, Pyspark, R. SQL, SAS
  • Ability to collect and compile relevant data.
  • Extremely organized with great attention to detail.
  • Excellent ability to analyze information and think systematically.
  • Strong business analysis skills.
  • Works well independently and as part of a team.
  • Thorough understanding of the companys business processes and the industry at large.
  • Ability to handle databases and understand technologydriven business intelligence tools.
  • Education and Experience:_
  • Preferably Honours/ Masters degree in Statistics, Economics, Business Management, Accounting, Finance, or Computer and Data/ Information Science required
  • Relevant working experience in Financial Services and Market research and analytics (5+ years)
Education

Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas:
Business, Commerce and Management Studies

  • Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_


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