Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

This role is accountable to manage a team responsible for delivering advanced analytics, data visualization & reporting, data engineering, and data partners that engage with key people analytics stakeholders. In this role, you will work within Human Capital (HC) to help define priorities and map long-term insights and intelligence strategy including an analytics roadmap, with short and long-term goals, and a focus on gaining and improving predictive capabilities. Solve relevant business problems and get data to inform business leaders when making critical strategic workforce decisions. Translate the work of the Analytics function into findings for application by the broader business, including for use in strategic decision making and planning. Implement analytical approaches and methodologies and assist in the interpretation of results

Requirements

Over 5 years in data and analytics, including 2 years as a manager or team lead within an analytical team

People Analytics Certifications advantageous

Data Science Certifications advantageous

Experience in a People Data & Analytics role advantageous

Analytics insights

Proficiency in SQL

Data visualization

Proactive and Adaptive Thinking

Project Risk Management

Degree in Information Technology, Informatics, Engineering, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related field

Manage a team of business analysts, statisticians, data scientists, and data modelers in using data to provide insights into business performance and suggest areas for and methods of improving operations. Translate the work of the Analytics function into findings for application by the broader business, including for use in strategic decision making and planning. Implement analytical approaches and methodologies and assist in the interpretation of results. OML Roles mapped to this profile are: Senior Manager Analytics and Regional Head: Digital & Data.

ResponsibilitiesData and Analytics Strategy

Lead the implementation of data and analytics strategy by developing a data insights integration approach and process aligned to key business processes and decisions. Conceptualise, design and implement strategic plans through the effective management of projects and or team/s through Data Analytics.

Enterprise Business Analysis

Proactively interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level. Lead the improvement efforts to be made that are within span of control at this level, in line with industry best practice.

Data Exploration and Manipulation

Lead the performance and integration of highly sophisticated analytics to promote understanding of different business areas or critical business challenges/opportunities.

Insights and Reporting

Set and lead execution of the data and analytics reporting plan, creating strategies and templates to report data in a meaningful way. Create, present, and communicate high-impact data and analytics insights and recommendations to critical internal and external stakeholders.

Leadership and Direction

Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the business area or department; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.

Performance Management

Manage managers and report on performance within the department or area of responsibility; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and hold them accountable for achieving these; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.

Business Requirements Identification

Elicit the most complex 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, in order to garner the "why" of the requirements and the benefits of such requirements.

Performance Improvement through Business Intelligence

Make authoritative recommendations about technical or professional solutions that would significantly improve business performance and seek incremental improvement in an agile manner.

Budgeting

Deliver budget plans with guidance from senior colleagues.

Organizational Capability Building

Evaluate the capabilities of staff within the department to identify gaps and prioritize development activities. Implement the organization's formal development frameworks within the area of responsibility. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the organization's talent pool.

Information and Business Advice

Provide authoritative specialist and thought leadership advice to senior managers at the business unit or regional level to enable the implementation of policy, projects, and change initiatives.

Internal Client Relationship Management

Manage relationships with strategic internal clients and act as a business partner to them, building high levels of professional credibility and mutual trust, and mobilizing appropriate internal and/or external resources to support in delivering business strategy and plans.

Data Management

Take responsibility for developing and delivering a key element of the organization's data management system.

Data Commercialisation

Take responsibility for ensuring data and informatin provided to business is of commercial value.

Skills

Action Planning, Adaptive Thinking, Agile Project Management, Analytical Thinking, Business Requirements Analysis, Business Strategies, Commercial Acumen, Computer Literacy, Data Analytics, Data Compilation, Data Controls, Executing Plans, Human Capital, IT Network Security, Management Reporting, Negotiation, Policies & Procedures, Project Risk Management, Readiness Assessments, Report Review, Strategic Decisions, Workflow Management

Competencies

Builds Effective TeamsBusiness InsightCommunicates EffectivelyCultivates InnovationDecision QualityDevelops TalentDrives EngagementDrives Results

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

18 March 2025 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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