Junior Data Analyst : SBI at Sanlam Group

Role Summary

These include traditional life insurance risk and savings products, investment, retirement, health and fiduciary services. Designed to facilitate long-term wealth creation, protection and niche financing, these solutions are engineered around client needs.

Are you analytically minded, curious and enthusiastic about data? Passionate about finding insights in datasets, with the ability to synthesise and clearly communicate the results and drive business impact?

An exciting opportunity exists in the SBI Quality and Integration team.

We are looking for an individual with experience in using a variety of data tools and analysis methods to create information assets to be consumed by descriptive and advanced analysts.If you believe you have what it takes, then come join the team and assist us to mature our data analytics capability as you grow your skills and competencies in this exciting field. You will be responsible for the end-to-end tasks within the data analysis framework working with business representatives, product owners, etc. to define and elicit requirements, analyse data and assist developers in creating information.
 

What will you do?

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. 

Analysis and Visualisation

• Interpret data, analyse results using analytical techniques and provide reports and/or dashboards

• Identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets

• Use data to answer key questions about the business.

• 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 relationships

• 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

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree (statistics/data or computer science/engineering) or equivalent 

• Practical experience in analytics, data modelling and data profiling

Knowledge and Experience 

• 2 years of experience performing data analytics

• Strong knowledge of and experience with reporting packages (Business Objects), databases (SAP HANA, Cloudera), querying (SQL)

• Business experience in financial services an advantage

• Strong analytical-thinking and problem-solving abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Experience working with data in various data sources and databases

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy

• Ability to translate business requirements into non-technical terms.

• Demonstrated experience in handling large data sets and relational databases.

• Experience working in an agile environment

• Excellent attention to detail

Competencies 

• Communication skills

• Accountability

• Analytical thinking

• Innovative thinking

• Building and maintaining relationships

• Results driven

• Team success

• Adaptability

Personal Attributes

Interpersonal savvy - Contributing independently

Decision quality - Contributing independently

Optimises work processes - Contributing independently

Plans and aligns - 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 four business clusters – Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

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 : 14 October 2021

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.