Analytics Manager

Job Description

To implement the Analytics standards in allocated business units, that contribute to the monetisation of data through the

development and delivery of advanced mathematical models and business principles that find hidden patterns and associations in data used to influence business strategy, inform channel design and make predictions on the behaviour of clients.

Job Description summary

To implement the Analytics standards in allocated business units, that contribute to the monetisation of data through the development and delivery of advanced mathematical models and business principles that find hidden patterns and associations in data used to influence business strategy, inform channel design and make predictions on the behaviour of clients

**Job Description**:

- Prioritise resource allocation to minimise and reduce wastage
- Build relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in
- Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support
- Ensure that delivery is accurate, timeous and of an acceptable standard
- Know and understand customer needs to deliver a quality service
- Ensure adoption and localisation of appropriate model building policies, standards, frameworks, and governance process and integration of business modelling and analytics value chain
- Establish goals and strategies for area of accountability in collaboration with senior data analytics management
- Ensure ethical usage of information that complies to restrictions applied for privacy and sensitivity classification
- Provide and use data and analytic insights to improve customer experience through a better understanding of the customers on text to identify monetisation opportunities
- Manage analytics team in the creation of high-quality analyses for all functions of the business, across area of accountability
- Create tactical plans for achievement of outputs / deliverables in collaboration with business stakeholders to understand information requirements for strategy delivery and define metrics that track performance
- Drive team performance of analytics solutions; drive and enhance data systems and streamline business processes to impact overall business results while keeping costs in check
- Analyse available data to identify information commercialisation opportunities that have not been explored to address business needs and revenue options
- Ensure analytics productionization in the approved FirstRand architecture by translating technical data information into practical business information that addresses identified needs
- Analyse information requirements, availability and quality of data to feed into Data and information management function and forums for resolution
- Integrate analytics into operational processes to improve efficiency and client experience
- Ensure development of core analytical capabilities or model libraries using advanced statistical, quantitative or econometric techniques
- Address business problems and opportunities through robust underlying analytics
- Provide requirements to Business Information
- Enable business unit to understand its own health, finds growth levers, and identify opportunities for optimization
- Collaborate with numerous departments across the business to assist in the proper use of data that ensure delivery of desired operational results
- Identify training/development needs and pro-actively identify effective solutions to address own and employee development gaps
- Ensure that each employee prepares a personal development plan, review these plans and ensure implementation
- Create an environment conducive to cross-functional skills transfer
- Build team succession plans for roles in own area and influence resource planning

Qualifications and Experience:

- Minimum Qualification - Relevant Degree in Maths, Stats, Engineering, Computer Science, Econometrics, Physics or Actuarial Science
- Preferred Qualification - Honors Degree
- Experience - 5- years’ experience in a data analytics environment. Experience in pricing role advantageous

Job Details

Application Closing Date

09/04/24