New Job Opportunity at ABSA Bank Limited South Africa - Specialist: MI & BI

ABSA Bank Ltd South Africa

Jobs27 | South Africa Jobs 2020: New Jobs Vacancies at ABSA Group Limited-  South Africa, 2020

Jobs27 | South Africa Jobs 2020

About Us 
Truly African
We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.

Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.

Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.
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We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. We also have representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.

Position: Specialist: MI & BI
Location: 25 De Setembro Head Office
Bring your possibility to life! Define your career with us
With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
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Job Summary
To investigate, design, implement and maintain Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions in order to provide timely and accurate reporting and solutioning development to business in order to enable informed decision making. This is to be achieved by establishing and maintaining effective relationships with the relevant stakeholders and applying intimate knowledge of data systems in the context of the core business

Job Description
Accountabilities
Accountability: Business Intelligence (BI)

• Responsible for the analysis of market trends, quantitative analysis, financial modelling and integration of financial, credit and statistical analytics across products and segments.
• Undertakes specialist feasibility analysis, evaluations or business projects and advises on the optimisation of resources and profitability of projects.
• May research new investment opportunities (e.g. acquisition of external mortgage books) and make recommendations in terms of solutions development to Exco.
• May be involved in business presentations and interact with other departments with regard to credit and funding strategies, e.g. CVM and Treasury.
• Conducts special studies and makes recommendations to management regarding opportunities, progress and improvement strategies. May research and prepare reports on related subjects

Accountability: Management Information (MI) and Reporting

• Engage with internal business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure objectives, priorities and key requirements are agreed and understood.
• Interpret data and identify issues, risks and opportunities and relate results and insights to Business users.
• Conceptualize, design and build Management Information (MI) / Business Intelligence
• (BI) models in support of business requirements.
• Oversee integrity of reports, both when developing new reports as well as when executing existing scripts to ensure data is accurately presented.

Accountability: Governance and Control

• Create project plans where necessary in order to better manage required outcomes and coordinate with other team members to timely delivery of work product.
• Ensure compliance to policies, legislation and regulations and that staff compliance training and attestations are in place
• The incumbent in this position may be a specialist in financial and credit modelling, mathematics and statistical analysis with 6 to 8 years related experience.
• May manage junior quants analysts.

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Education and Experience Required

• Minimum Requirements - Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Business or similar with a focus on analytics, business information management or equivalent
• NQF level 6 qualification
• Preferred Requirements - M sc. Statistics / M Com. Informatics / B.Com Honours
• Three (3) to Five (5) years relevant experience in Business Intelligence / Management Information.
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) and the Internet

Knowledge & Skills:

• The incumbent in this position may be a specialist in financial and credit modelling, mathematics and statistical analysis with 6 to 8 years related experience. May manage junior quants analysts. Experience in managing a diverse team of specialists.
• Advanced Analytics knowledge, skills and abilities
• Able to mentor and transfer knowledge, skills and abilities
• Expert Data analysis skills
• Advanced Computer Literacy using all tools (e.g. Excel, SQL, Power BI ..etc.)
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Basic knowledge of the Regulatory and Industry standards in Financial Services
• Competent report writing skills
• Lateral and Strategic thinker with an appreciation for the “holistic” approach to managing information

Competencies:

• Persuading and influencing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Creating and innovating

Education
Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
Deadline: 06th November, 2020.

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