Role Description
Job Purpose: The Senior MI Analyst contributes to the organisational goals by driving strategic analysis of data and interpreting industry trends to ensure optimised performance and recommending solutions and guidance to issues identified within the business.
Job Objectives/Outputs:
· Analyse historical and real-time data in order to identify and predict future trends and efficiencies.
· Provide and understand statistical reporting (Operation, technical and financial etc) and make recommendations therein to key stakeholders
· Provide thought leadership and drive strategy on data analytics and optimisation capabilities within the organisation
· Identifying performance issues in order to improve efficiencies.
· To drive strategic output to ensure profitability
· To conduct trend analysis and data analytics to optimise performance
· To assist the MI team with reporting in line with business requirements.
· To provide high level technical support to business stakeholders.
· Deliver on TCF principles in alignment with regulatory
Skills and Experience
· Grade 12 (Standard 10) with University Entrance
· Degree in statistics, actuarial science, computer science, applied mathematics or data analytics-related. Data analytics and optimisation using the latest statistical tools and packages
· Management experience Desirable:
· 2-3 years’ working experience within a life insurance environment Knowledge of:
· SQL
· SAS
· Statistical analysis Skills:
· Computer and system proficiency
· Advanced analytical thought leadership ability
· Advanced Excel
· Problem solving
· Ability to work under pressure
· Negotiating skills
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Conflict management skill
CORE COMPETENCIES :
· Applying Expertise & Technology: Applying specialist and detailed technical expertise; Uses technology to achieve work objectives; Develops job knowledge and expertise (theoretical and practical) through continual professional development;
· Demonstrates an understanding of different departments and functions.
· Presenting & Speaks Fluently; Express opinions, Communicating Information and key points of an argument clearly; Create presentations and / or undertakes public speaking with skill and confidence;
· Responds quickly to the needs of the audience and to their reactions and feedback; Projects credibility. Learning and Researching: Rapidly learns new tasks and commits information to memory quickly;
· Demonstrates an immediate understanding of newly presented information;
· Gathers comprehensive information to support decision making;
· Encourages an organisational learning approach (learns from successes and failures and seeks feedback)
· Adhering to Principles and Values Cultural Interpersonal Effectiveness Relates well to people in a diverse environment;
· Promotes and defends equal opportunities;
· Builds diverse teams;
· Encourages organisational and individual responsibility towards the community and the environment.
· Upholds ethics and values;
· Demonstrates integrity.
· Writing and Reporting: Writes convincingly; Writes clearly, succinctly and correctly; Avoids the unnecessary use of jargon or complicated language; Writes in a well-structured and logical way; Structures information to meet the needs and understanding of the intended audience. Analysing Information Processing / Analysing / Problem Solving Analyses numerical data and all other sources of information, to break them into component parts, patterns and relationships; Probes for further information or greater understanding of a problem; Makes rational judgements from the available information and analysis;
· Demonstrates an understanding of how one issue may be a part of a much larger system.
