Job Description
Who are we?
Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of the following business units Retail Mass, Corporate, Risk and Savings, Glacier and various business enabling functions. The Sanlam Life and Savings Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the four clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defense functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives.
What will you do?
Key responsibilities include:
Data Preparation
- Acquire data from various data sources and combine & transform data into interpretable datasets, reports or dashboards.
- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques
- Extend the company’s data with third party sources of information when required
- Process, cleanse and verify the integrity of data used for analysis
- Perform data profiling of data contained in source systems
- Provide detailed analysis of all data implemented into the database
- Provide the data mapping and associated transformation rules for each data item
- Ensure that the business requirements and subsequent development activities are supported by accurate information.
- Ensure preparation of technical specifications for new data sources or enhancements to existing sources.
- Maintain the data models with enhancements or new requirements.Work with data engineers and other stakeholders to understand the dynamic nature that is required to support the solution that needs to be built.
Analytics
- Interpret data, analyse results using analytical techniques to develop reports
- Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets
- Work with Product Owners and use data to answer key questions about the business.
- Own and maintain dashboards, ongoing reporting, and ad hoc requests from the organization.
- Support and maintain the project data models at multiple levels of detail and functionality (conceptual, logical, normalised, relational, dimensional, application level, subject-level, integrated, etc.)
- Assist Data Modelers to draw up detailed data models.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Work directly with management and other business users to gather requirements, provide status updates, and build trust relationships.
- Drive source data quality requirements with data owners
- Present information using data visualisation techniques
- Facilitate requirements gathering workshops with the business
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to analyse information needs, functional requirements and business processes
Coaching/Mentorship
- Provides problem solving assistance to other team members.
- Knowledge sharing related to business and project experience.
What will make you successful in this role?
- Diploma/Bachelor’s degree (Information Systems; Statistics; Data or Computer Science; Engineering) or equivalent (preferred but not essential)
- Functional experience in analytics, data visualisation or reporting
- 3-4 years of experience performing business and data analysis
- Knowledge of and experience with reporting packages
- Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings for stakeholder use
- Experience working with data in various data sources and databases
- Ability to translate business requirements into technical and non-technical terms
- Demonstrated experience in handling large data sets and relational databases with proven SQL skills
- Ability to comply to and manage data assets under strict governance framework
- Experience in agile development desired
- Business experience in financial services and/or asset management would be advantageous
- Ability to work with data profiling, data quality and reference data toolsets advantageous
Knowledge and Skills
Issues Management
Data Collection
Business Analysis
Problem Solving
Personal Attributes
Self-development - Contributing independently
Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently
Nimble learning - Contributing independently
Tech savvy - 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 realise their worth.
Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.
Core Competencies
Cultivates innovation - Contributing independently
Customer focus - Contributing independently
Drives results - Contributing independently
Collaborates - Contributing independently
Being resilient - Contributing independently
Turnaround time
The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
Closing date 3 August 2026
Our commitment to transformation
The Sanlam Group is committed to achieving transformation and embraces diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace as we believe that these are key components to ensuring a thriving and sustainable business in South Africa. The Group's Employment Equity plan and targets will be considered as part of the selection process.
