Principal Specialist VodaPay Insights

Role purpose:
With Vodacom Financial Services commitment to pushing the boundaries in Fintech innovation and our recently announced partnership with the worlds largest Fintech player Ant Financial / Alipay, we are looking for the highest calibre individuals to help drive our reporting and predictive analytics activities within our Consumer Fintech division. This division is primarily tasked with the creation and roll out of our upcoming super app VodaPay.

This role will define and deliver the analytics and reporting requirements necessary for understanding the performance and growth within the VodaPay app as well as identifying and executing on opportunities that deliver commercial value. Additionally, you are expected to communicate analyses and findings using high quality visualisations and presentations to business stakeholders and executive management.

Your responsibilities will include:
Ensure that a best in class analytical environment and data architecture within VodaPay is put in place and maintained (software, tooling, hardware, automation etc.)

Conduct exploratory and in-depth data analytics using SQL, Python and Spark

Complete data quality validation to identify deviations from trends and generate possible corrective actions

Propose and perform complex analysis on customer characteristics and behaviour to identify opportunities and inform product development and marketing activities

Prepare high quality Power Point and Excel analyses to be presented to end stakeholders

Constant innovation and experimentation to identify opportunities and improvements.

The ideal candidate for this role will have:
Technical / professional qualifications:
Bachelors or honours degree in mathematics, statistics, informatics or similar degree

Core competencies, knowledge, and experience:
At least 8 years working experience in an analysis or reporting related role

Expert knowledge and experience in working with SQL , Python and Spark

Expert knowledge of descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytical techniques

Experience in working with data visualisation and dashboard tools essential

Presentation and communication skills; analytical thinking and problem solving ability essential

Closing date for Applications: 30 May 2023
The base location for this role is, Midrand, Vodacom Campus
The Companys approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.

Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates and values diversity & inclusion.