Job Purpose
Use data to extract quantifiable insights from past trends and current conditions that increase TIH profitability and improve efficiency. The primary role is to turn data into knowledge to enable and improve key business processes.
Responsibilities
Insights and Reporting
Prepare and coordinate the completion of various data and analytics reports, identifying and interpreting complex patterns and trends, and translating those insights into actionable recommendations.
Solutions Analysis
Analyse specific problems and issues to find the best solutions. Solutions could be technical or professional in nature. Contribute to development of existing and new applications and processes by analysing and identifying areas for modification and improvement.
Data Collection and Analysis
Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.
Needs Assessment
Explore issues or needs, establishing potential causes and barriers as well as related issues.
Data Management
Use data management systems to deliver prescribed outcomes with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes being responsible for operating key elements of the system.
Stakeholder Engagement
Contribute to stakeholder engagement through identifying stakeholders, finding out their needs/issues/concern and reacting to these by arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment.
Business Requirements Identification
Collect business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
Building Capability
Develop personal capabilities using existing formal and informal training opportunities, while also coaching others as required.
Organisational Capability Building
Provide training or coaching to others throughout the organisation in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Statistics, Economics, Informatics, Computer Science or similar (bachelor degree requirement might be waived with proven specialised training/certifications) (Essential); Majoring in Statistics or Data Science (Advantageous)
Experience
3 or more years of proven business analysis or related experience (Essential);
Experience and knowledge of the financial insurance industry (Advantageous).
Telesure Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (TIH) is the holding company of some of South Africa’s leading and innovative financial institutions.
These financial institutions are licensed to provide financial products and/or services ranging from short-term, long-term and health insurance as well as a comparison and investment platforms.
Our origins go back to 1 June 1985, when Auto & General Insurance was launched into the South African market. We have since grown into a group of subsidiaries of which Auto & General now forms a part.
Today, we own some of South Africa’s most loved and recognisable brands, each finding a better way to give their unique group of customers peace of mind.
We exist to continuously find better ways to give people peace of mind, whether it is to protect what they own, their loved ones or their greater ambitions and life plans they’re working so hard for.
We’re proven pioneers with a hunger for doing and being the best we can, bringing customer-focused innovation and service excellence to the financial services industry.
We’re an undivided team of diverse thinkers and doers who believe in leading through technology and pushing past their limits.
TIH is a licensed controlling company.
