Lifestyle Benefits Analyst at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

The individual appointed to this position will be responsible for:

• The development and management of a framework on client engagement and behaviour for rewards value propositions.
• Build and maintain financial models to estimate and track usage and cost of lifestyle benefits for internal and external purposes.
• Research new engagement opportunities and assist with business development to offer new loyalty & rewards benefits for key behavioural science outcomes.
• Engage with stakeholders across our business to design and produce reports on financial performance of products with loyalty bonuses and belonging to loyalty members.
• Assist in the development and execution of key functions within the Product Team to support the Sanlam L&R with analytical insights and management feedback.
• Support Marketing, Sales & Operational functions with developing and driving personalised customer rewards value propositions
• Business development skills including thinking out of the box in assisting with new partnerships for loyalty and Rewards.
• Client and contract management on key benefit partnerships.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s in business science, data science, computer science or related field
• Experience in financial modelling and behavioural science will be preferable.

Experience and Skills

• A demonstrated history of financial management, modelling, budgeting and forecasting in a business environment.
• Design thinking and business innovation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions.
• Experience querying databases and using statistical computer languages when managing data: (eg. R, Python, SQL, etc.)
• Experience visualizing/presenting data for stakeholder use.
• Proven track record in partnership engagement
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Enjoys applying technical and analytical knowledge to visualize business outcomes and client engagement.
• Organized and self-starter: Mature professional with high standards for quality and quantity of delivering impactful business results.
• Team player with a pro-active approach and enjoys open and honest communication.
• Problem solver: Enjoys challenges and applies pragmatic thinking towards collaborating on solving complex business problems.
• Fast technical learner: Has a good approach towards learning and understanding new technologies and its business application.