IT Operations Data Analyst

Who are we?
Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of three clusters - Sanlam Corporate, Sanlam Retail Mass and Sanlam Retail Affluent. The Sanlam Life and Savings Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the three clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defense functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives. Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters - Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. What will you do?
To coordinate and enable importing, cleaning, transforming, validating or modelling data with the purpose of understanding or making conclusions from the data for decision making purposes. To present data in graphs, charts and tables for business insight and consumption. What will make you successful in this role?
⦁ Source relevant data from multiple internal and external sources for the facilitation of business data support and business decision making.
⦁ Filter and clean data, influence upstream data loading processes, identify data anomalies and inconsistencies as a holistic goal to achieve high levels of data quality.
⦁ Interpret data, analyse results using statistical techniques and provide ongoing reports.
⦁ Have a deep insight into data, use of data and attention to detail in ensuring data quality and qualitative use and presentation of the data.
⦁ Develop and implement data collection systems and other strategies that optimise statistical efficiency and data quality.
⦁ Develop dashboards, data presentations, and perform analytical insight on a regular basis to support the business
⦁ Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
⦁ Have a clear understanding of business objectives and use this as insight for information development, by engaging with multiple business teams.
Qualification and Experience
⦁ Graduate, BSc in Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, Information Management or Statistics
⦁ Proven working experience as a data analyst.
⦁ Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques.
⦁ Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing large datasets (Excel, R, etc.)
⦁ Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
Knowledge and Skills
⦁ Technical expertise regarding data models, database design development, data mining and segmentation techniques
⦁ Knowledge of statistics and experience using statistical packages for analysing large datasets (Excel, R, etc.)
⦁ Ability to understand and explain data
⦁ Excellent written and verbal communication skills
⦁ Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
Behavioural Competencies
⦁ Keen listening, understanding and high grasping skills
⦁ Self-driven and goal oriented
⦁ Driving & Co-ordination skills
⦁ Good inter & intra personal skills
⦁ Strong attention to detail
Core Competencies Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently Customer focus - Contributing independently Drives results - Contributing independently Collaborates - Contributing independently Being resilient - Contributing independently Turnaround time
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.