Senior Analyst: Pricing

South Africa's leading Car Rental Group

**Location: Isando, Johannesburg**

**Salary**:R24 500 - R52 000 pm (Gross) depending on experience

**Benefits**:Retirement Fund, Company Car, Medical Aid, Cell phone Allowance

**Note**: Quarterly travel within SA and to the Regional Countries will be required.

**Core purpose of the role**:To provide business insights and intelligence by accurately analysing and interpreting critical business data based on past, current and futuristic trends of both current and potential customers and markets for competitive advantage. Assess and manage the fleet and rental capital investment risk for the business to minimise financial losses and ensure required return on investment.

**Academic qualifications**
- BCom / BSc Honors degree in Mathematics, Statistics or Economics (Essential)
- Data analytics; statistical software as part of degree (Essential)
- Driver’s License (Essential)
- BCom / BSc Honours degree in Mathematics, Statistics or Economics (Advantage)
- Certifications in AI/ML (Advantage)

**Work experience**
- 1 - 3 years’ experience in business financial performance (Essential)
- 1-3 years of Previous experience in car rental/automotive industry (advantage)

**Knowledge**
- Broad mathematical and statistical knowledge
- Broad understanding of different statistical time series models
- Thorough understanding of the business segments
- Broad understanding of the contribution/ROIC model and other business related profitability measures
- Broad understanding of project management
- Keep abreast of industry best practice

**Skills**
- Highly developed numerical reasoning and interpretation skills
- Complex judgement based on advanced analytical thought
- Computer, technology and system skills - Advanced level of MS Excel and MS SQL, Cognos and intermediate SAS/ R/AI/ML/other statistical software, Power BI and other BI tools
- Well-developed communication skills to articulate and present technical information to non-technical audiences
- Developed communication skills and broad persuasive and influencing skills to debate issues with stakeholders
- Broad written analysis skills
- Broad note-taking skills to capture details
- Well-developed internal resilience (EQ)
- Well-developed deductive reasoning skills
- Well-developed analytical and diagnostic skills
- Broad networking skills
- Multi-tasking skills

**Personal Attributes**
- Commitment to behaving correctly and ethically
- Focus on analyzing and solving problems
- Customer centricity and focus
- Perseverance
- Concern for communicating clearly
- Appreciation for challenging others with respect
- Remain resilient with stress and pressure
- Preference for team working

Important:

- Commitment to maintaining business awareness
- Focus on innovating
- Enthusiasm for learning, sharing and growing
- Orientation towards growing and nurturing relationships
- Focus on convincing and persuading

**Competencies**
- Upholding standards
- Examining information
- Documenting facts
- Interpreting data
- Providing insights
- Interacting with people
- Articulating information
- Team working

Important:

- Checking things
- Meeting timescales
- Managing tasks
- Producing output
- Embracing change
- Challenging ideas
- Exploring possibilities
- Adopting practical approaches
- Understanding people

**Key deliverables and outputs**

**Operational**

**Price Modelling**
- Through effective understanding of the value drivers, build and maintain pricing model/s that will enable effective and competitive pricing decisions.
- Generate, validate and analyse the data and present findings on regional/business trends and profitability to inform business decisions
- Liaise with business stakeholders in order to determine optimal pricing and communicate findings to all relevant stakeholders
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to evaluate demand for new and existing products
- Liaise with department analysts to implement efficient pricing structures and provide productivity improvements
- Review and update pricing model for competitive and effective pricing digressions and future rates
- Identify and implement improvements into the pricing tool model and manage versions (document and model change management)
- Develop statistical models as required
- Maintenance Fund management. Quarterly actuarial valuations and results analysis
- Prepare an annual budget and ensure that expenses are in line
- Ensure that accurate and complete analysis and interpretation of various data sets, concepts and/or ideas (related and unrelated) is provided in order to convert this into business intelligence and guide decision making.
- To provide insights on market trends, competitive landscape, etc. for input into the annual business plan.

**Projects and additional revenue opportunities**
- Analyse revenue targets
- Develop and present feasible pricing proposal and implement timeously
- Action project plan as per steps identified, report on progress