Team Leader: Decision Science

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