Data & Analytics at Hollard Insurance

Job Advert Summary

Hello…an exciting new opportunity has just become available in our HINT, Data & Analytics area. We are looking to recruit a Senior Consultant Analytics and Data Science.

Reporting to the Head: Data and Analytics - the main purpose of the role is to drive the analytics agenda within the Hollard International business. Hollard International is a division of the Hollard Group and is responsible for enabling growth within the African markets in which it operates. The overall objective is to create bottom line value by transforming the organisation’s key decision processes and operating models across functional areas to be led by management information, insights and analytics.

This role requires travel within Africa.

The incumbent will be responsible for:

• Owning and delivering against the HINT Analytics Short Term Insurance Strategy for Rest of Africa businesses.
• Acting as the data and analytics liaison for HINT, driving buy-in and change management with offshore leadership teams to achieve medium to long term goals and grow analytics maturity
• Design, build, implement and maintain management information dashboards that provide actionable insights to offshore C-Suite and Executive teams.
• Delivering ad hoc analysis work to test hypothesis or validate findings that deliver bottom line value and drive resolution to problems
• Lead the development of machine learning models in support of distribution, retention, fraud etc.
• Supporting the design and delivery of the right data infrastructure to achieve long medium to term goals
• Lead the development of machine learning models in support of distribution, retention, fraud etc.
• Drive business value by identifying and designing data science solutions to business problems

Key stakeholders:

• The country heads and country managers of the respective business areas
• The HINT portfolio managers for the Short-Term business
• Data Engineering teams

The Head of Digital and Technology

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 2-5 years related experience
• Previous Consulting experience is prefferd.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent relationship management, facilitation and thought leadership skills.
• Strong project management and delivery skills.
• Experience in analytics (database mining, statistical, modelling and programming knowledge, test and learn).
• Experience working with data visualization tools (Power BI).
• Experience with SQL, Python.
• Experience with Azure/AWS (preferred)

Educational Requirements

• BSc/MSc in Maths/Stats, Engineering, Actuarial Science or similar.