Team Lead: Data Enablement

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- 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

We are seeking a Team Leader to lead the Advise & Investments data insights/MI/BI portfolios. This role is central to enabling strategic, data-driven decision-making and customer-centric innovation across the Advise & Investment Business Unit.

Importantly, the current teams are at varying levels of maturity and are primarily focused on reporting. This role requires a leader who can build and scale insight-generation capabilities, embedding advanced analytics practices and uplifting the overall data maturity.

Job Description

Qualifications & Experience required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Information Systems, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field (required).- Postgraduate qualification in Data Analytics, Business Intelligence, or Applied Statistics (preferred).- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience in data analytics, insights, or data enablement roles within a commercial bank, specifically in Personal and Private Banking.- Basic understanding of advice-led, non-banking financial products such as investments (preferred).- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence data strategy across business and technical domains.- Demonstrated experience in working with engineering and data architecture teams to define and deliver structured, scalable data solutions.

Preferred Certifications _(not all required)_- SAS Certified Advanced Analytics Professional- Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate- Certified Analytics Professional (CAP)- Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate- Advanced SQL Certification

Key Responsibilities:
- Insight Leadership & Capability Building: Transition reporting-focused teams into insight-driven analytics hubs. Develop and embed advanced modelling and analytics capabilities to unlock deeper customer and product insights.- Team Integration & Development: Lead two specialist teams, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture that values continuous learning, innovation, and delivery excellence.-
- Data Quality & Governance: Champion high standards of data integrity, accuracy, and compliance. Implement robust governance frameworks aligned with regulatory and internal policies.- Operational Efficiency & Automation: Lead initiatives to automate reporting and streamline data processes, freeing up capacity for strategic analysis and innovation.- Cross-Functional Collaboration:- Partner with the Enablement team to embed horizontal capabilities, standardised tooling, and best practices across the data value chain.- Work closely with the Customer team to ensure insights are aligned with customer needs across products and channels.- Collaborate with the Engineering team and the Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO) to define and structure data requirements, ensuring optimal data warehouse design and accessibility for analytics use cases.- Strategic Enablement & Monetisation: Translate insights into business opportunities, supporting sustainable growth, product optimisation, and data monetisation initiatives.- Functional Leadership: Influence and provide structure to key value elements within the data enablement function, aligning delivery with ABSA-wide strategic goals and benchmarking for optimal fit.- Change Enablement: Lead the planning and execution of controlled changes to data practices and processes, fostering innovation and organisational agility.

Education

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