Collect, analyse, report, and interpret data for use in the development of business strategies, extract quantifiable insights from past trends and current conditions to increase TIH's profitability and improves relationship's with clients and stakeholders. Build and maintain predictive and machine learning models with guidance from managers.
Advanced and Predictive Analytics
Employ machine learning techniques and build predictive, descriptive, and behavioral models to help achieve various business performance indicators and to help identify business opportunities, linking insights to actionable recommendations. Receive manager sign-off for the machine learning analytics.
Data Exploration
Perform complex statistical analysis and utilise mining, modeling, and testing techniques to enable data analysis.
Information and Business Advice
Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving queries and issues and referring very complex or contentious issues to others.
Insights and Reporting
Prepare and coordinate the completion of various data and analytics reports for top management.
For ongoing reporting to business, assist in the automation of the various data and analytic reports.
Business Requirements Identification
Support collection of business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, and workflow analysis to express requirements clearly and succinctly.
Stakeholder Engagement
Assist with stakeholder engagement by arranging actions, meetings, events, and supporting materials to promote stakeholder understanding and commitment.
Project Management
Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals.
Implement data analytic projects from start to finish and manage stakeholders throughout the project. Communicate the project status back to business or within the team.
Continuous Improvement
Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
Data Management
Help others get the most out of data management systems by providing support and advice.
Ensure that data is accurate and is aligned to policies and procedures set out by TIH.
Personal Capability Building
Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Performance Management
Prioritise own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of productivity, quality and timeliness; use performance management systems to improve personal performance.
Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); 3 year degree in Information Technology / Sciences / Informatics / Applied Mathematics / Statistics / Quantitative sciences / Actuarial sciences / Data Mining / Economics (Essential); Master’s Degree in Information Technology / Sciences / Informatics / Applied Mathematics / Statistics / Quantitative sciences / Actuarial sciences / Data Mining / Economics (Advantageous)
3 to 5 years working experience within an analytical, data science or computer science environment (Essential); Data analytics and optimisation using the latest statistical tools and packages (Essential); Experience in financial insurance environment (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.
