Team Leader: Decision Science
Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA
Purpose Statement
- To lead a decision science team, prioritising and overseeing analysis to translate active business data into usable strategic information which informs the business regarding critical and measurable credit and risk indicators.
- To ensure the delivery within the area of responsibility aligns with the objectives, plans, processes and standards of Decision Science
Experience
Minimum:
- Over 6 years’ experience in an analytical science role, at least 3 of which in a leadership or management role requiring validating work
- Extracting and aggregating data from large relational databases
- Data mining and predictive modelling
- Stakeholder relationship engagement and management
- Responsibility for delivery in a fast moving environment
- Programming (SAS, SQL, R, Python)
Qualifications (Minimum)
- Honours Degree in Mathematics or Statistics
Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)
- Masters Degree in Mathematics or Statistics
Knowledge
Minimum:
- Advanced analytics
- People management practices and principles
- Business acumen to identify the impact technical issues may have on design and delivery of solutions.
- Analytics
- Predictive modelling and machine learning
- Project management methodologies
- IT implementation cycle
- Credit cycle
- Technical understanding and knowledge
- Interpretation of user requirements and translation into business requirements specifications
- Retail credit environment / industry
Ideal:
- Capitec Bank experience
- Retail credit environment / industry
Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Communications Skills
- Decision making skills
- Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills
- Planning, organising and coordination skills
Conditions of Employment
- Clear criminal and credit record
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Region:
Africa
Country:
South Africa
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