Head -optimisation (Insights, Data and Enterprise

3 weeks ago

Sandton, South Africa SALBHRM Full time

**Head : Optimisation -**

**Department**:
Actuarial (Insights, Data and Enterprise Analytics)

**Reports to**:
Executive: Insights, Data and Enterprise Analytics

**Stakeholders (Internal and External)**:
Internal: Finance, Operations,

**Main Purpose of Role**

The role of the Optimization Head / Manager is to critically examine statistical and mathematical models and to understand the relationships between the inputs and outputs. This include, but are not limited to, the detailed understanding of scenarios, sensitivities, stress-testing, accuracy, performance, and volatility around the models to optimize the performance of our models and operational environment.

This is the proactive management of models and thus challenging the status quo of the models in the production environment.

**Required Minimum Education / Training**
- Honour’s degree in a mathematical, statistical or actuarial field.

Required Minimum Work Experience
- 7+ years

**Technical**

**Behavioral**
- SAS ( Base, Enterprise Guide and Enterprise Miner)
- Excel
- Python advantageous
- IFRS 9 advantageous
- Innovative thinking
- Deciding and initiating action
- Leading and supervising
- Analysing
- Developing results and meeting customer expectations
- Coping with pressures and setbacks

**Desirable**
- Working with people
- Adhering to principles and values
- Relating and networking
- Persuading and influencing
- Planning and organizing
- Adapting and responding to change

**Key Performance Areas**
- Critically examining and unpacking of the statistical and mathematical models
- Stress-Testing of models
- Scenario and Sensitivity Analysis of models and parameters
- Enhance model performance
- Increase operational performance
- Financial Modelling including forecasting
- Predictive and Prescriptive Modelling
- Work with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into mathematical models
- Communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify areas for optimization and implement solutions
- Monitor performance
- Propose corrective and optimal action to operational environment
- Reporting
- Governance around the models and methodologies
- Present analyses and findings to the relevant stakeholders

**Job Type**: Permanent

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