Senior Specialist: Risk Product Analytics at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

• To provide specialist advice and support in area of specialisation enabling the effective implementation of risk product analytics frameworks.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [Level TBA: Pre-2009 was L7] in Finance Economics and Accounting

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Outputs

Process

• Coordinate investigations in order to establish and verify facts that leads to the identification and reduction of business risks.
• Identify, guide and ensure the effective utilisation of data models, analytics and mining tools, enabling extended data extraction, analysis and reporting.
• Keep abreast of changes and new legislation and developments within industries that may affect area of specialisation.
• Constantly develops and improves the quality and quantity of product specific business insights by refining and enhancing data integrity and applicability in a way that adds value to business.
• Conduct root cause analysis and develop deep knowledge and insight into product area in order to provide specialist advice and influence decision making.
• Understands key business risks, drivers, constraints of current systems and processes and provides specialist advice to business that enables product and process enhancements.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.

Customer

• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.

Competencies

Liberty Values

Technical Competencies

• Research and Information Gathering (Intermediate)
• Product and/or Service Knowledge (Proficient)
• Modelling (Intermediate)
• Insurance products and services (Proficient)

Behavioural Competencies

• Stakeholder Engagement and Management (Proficient)
• Professional/Technical learning (Intermediate)
• Analytical Thinking (Proficient)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)