Senior Data Scientist Gauteng/Western Cape at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

This role is accountable for rendering data and analytics-based support within MWL to enhance operational effectiveness/innovation, enable better sales and solve business problems.  Key responsibilities are:

• Manage the leads pipeline
• Render technical support with selected investigations and data analytics
• Provide input into business plans/projects
• Provide data/analytics support and solutions
• Manage client profiles and segmentations
• Ensure data governance and integrity
• Stakeholder management
• People management

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualification & experience:

•     Related qualification in data science/quantitative analysis preferable (maths and statistics)
•     Relevant accreditations in tools, applications (i.e.:  Python, R, SQL, etc)
•     Management diploma (preferable)
•     3-5 years’ experience within a data analytics environment

Knowledge and skills
IT:

•     MS: Excel, Word, PP, Outlook, Access
•     Pandas (Python), R
•     Standard Data storage reading/writing: SQL, flat files including CSV
•     GLM and Machine learning techniques
•     BI and Big Data tools would be an advantage: Hadoop, MapReduce, Hive, Pig, Data streaming 

Business:

•     Sound financial services industry knowledge 
•     A business operating model and strategy
•     Digital and alternative distribution operations (including call centres)
•     Relevant regulatory legislation and compliance knowledge 
•     Statistical analysis
•     Quantitative modelling/analytics
•     Data modelling 
•     Data management /storage and transformation
•     Database design and management
•     Architecture and Infrastructure management and enablement
•     Data Science solutions for Big Data problems. 
•     Data governance and security
•     Client profiling and behavioural modelling
•     MIS and reporting
•     Business modelling and feature engineering 
•     People management

Personal attributes:

•     Analytical, detail minded, accurate
•     Balanced and integrative thinker (conceptual and analytic)
•     Synthesis and practicality (translate complex data into simple solutions)
•     Innovative in looking for ways to improve process/practice
•     Proactive, initiates actions
•     Communication skills 
•     Planning and structuring
•     Collaborator
•     Problem solver
•     Client orientated 
•     Good communicator
•     Able to build relationships/partnerships
   

Qualification and Experience

• Degree or Diploma with 3 to 4 years related experience
• Knowledge and Skills
• Database Knowledge
• IT Data Analysis
• Data Security
• Risk Management
• Reporting and Administration

Personal Attributes

• Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
• Decision quality - Contributing independently
• Plans and aligns - Contributing independently
• Optimises work processes - Contributing independently

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 realize their worth. 

Core Competencies

• Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
• Customer focus - Contributing independently
• Drives results - Contributing independently
• Collaborates - Contributing independently
• Being resilient - Contributing independently