Strategy Analyst

**Strategy Analyst**

**Requisition**: 141561

**Title**: Strategy Analyst

**Closing Date**:18 September 2025

**Specialist Recruiter**: William Mtsweni
- Job Family
- Finance
- Career Stream
- Strategic
- Leadership Pipeline
- Manage Self: Technical

**Job Purpose**
- To create and compile management and strategic reporting; that aligns to the strategic intent; through qualitative and quantitative research and analysis; and synthesis of insights into recommendations that enable sound business decisions; as per Nedbank’s Loyalty & Rewards business strategy.

**Responsibilities**:

- Seek opportunities to improve business processes and systems by identifying and recommending effective ways to operate and adding value to Nedbank.
- Produce targeted reports/presentations that summarise findings and recommendations in order to inform senior management decision-making by collecting and analyzing data timeously.
- Solve customer needs and drive the strategy for the business by analyzing and interpreting data on strategic issues and business related challenges faced by Nedbank.
- Research and analyze queries by consulting with different stakeholders across Nedbank to deliver timeous and accurate resolutions.
- Identify various stakeholder requirements and collaborate across divisions in order to achieve common purpose.
- Assist in the creation; maintenance and coordination of team effectiveness and disciplines through collaboration with stakeholders to enhance the actions and appropriateness of execution.
- Respond timeously and professionally to a variety of adhoc business requests that have an impact across the division and organization.
- Minimize risk and enhance customer satisfaction by developing embedded reporting processes and ensuring they are aligned with Nedbank standards.
- Obtain Nedbank goals and objectives and deliver within the budget by driving processes to continuously improve internal customer satisfaction within the organization.
- Report and present effectively the key findings in an appropriate way to the audience for them to execute business decisions, supported by strong storyboarding skills.
- Support the achievement of the business strategy; objectives and values by reviewing Nedbank and Business Unit Plan and ensuring delivered systems; process; services and solutions are aligned.
- Identify training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from management.
- Ensure all personal development plan activities are completed within specified timeframe.
- Share knowledge and industry trends with team and stakeholders during formal and informal interaction.
- Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes (e.g. data management processes) that will improve the functioning of stakeholders' businesses by highlighting benefits in support of the implementation of recommendations.
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc).
- Participate and support corporate responsibility initiatives for the achievement of business strategy (e.g. Green Strategy).
- Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
- Preferred Qualification
- Degree in Maths / Statistics / Computer Science or any related qualification
- Master in Business Adminstration will be an advantage
- Minimum Experience Level
- 3-5 years experience in Data / Statistical Analysis and Project Management in a financial environment.
- 5 Years Banking experience
- 3-5 years experience in Loyalty & Rewards
- Must have experience using SQL

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Banking procedures
- Business principles
- Business terms and definitions
- Business writing
- Communication Strategies
- Data analysis
- Industry trends
- Microsoft Office
- Principles of financial management
- Principles of project management
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Research methodology
- Decision-making process
- Cluster Specific Operational Knowledge
- Business Acumen
- Governance, risk and controls
- Regulatory knowledge
- Banking knowledge
- Behavioural Competencies
- Applied Learning
- Communication
- Collaborating
- Work Standards
- Managing Work
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
- **_ Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at +27 860 555 566_