Rand Mutual Holding (Pty) Ltd ->RMA Admin Services (Pty) Ltd ->Corporate Services
Senior Management
FAIS Requirement
No
Travel
0 - 10%
Location
Closing Date
21/5/2021
Job Description
Purpose
Reporting into the Executive for Corporate Services, the Head: Strategy and Analytics plays an integral role in ensuring that the Group strategy is effectively translated and implemented and tracked at an organisational, divisional and individual level. The incumbent is also responsible for managing the Advanced Analytics, Data Warehouse, Business Intelligence, Data Governance and System Integration services within RMA towards the provision of accurate data for the purposes of decision making, strategy formulation and stakeholder management. The incumbent also provides leadership to the Strategy and Analytics team.
Qualifications and Experience Required :
NQF Level 8: Honours degree in Maths, Statistics, Computer Science or IT
Business Management Degree (e.g. MBA) preferred
Minimum 6 years managerial experience
At least 5 years of experience in strategic analysis and business insights
Experience implementing data governance
Experience in Data, BI, Advanced Analytics and Data warehousing
Experience in system integration services
Experience in Strategy formulation and implementation
Insurance or Financial Services experience advantageous
Key Areas of Responsibilities
Manage the implementation of RMA Group strategic plan and functional business plan, while ensuring alignment between the Group Strategy, business strategy and functional business plans
Facilitate the execution of the strategy by working collaboratively with all managers to ensure that the strategy is communicated, clearly and easily understood by all internal and external stakeholders
Identify potential risks to the achievement of strategic goals and address the same with appropriate contingency plans
Track and monitor the implementation of performance management in accordance with the organizational strategy and functional business plans
Data Warehousing, BI and Advance Analytics:
Develop a cutting-edge, world class business intelligence and analytical function to support decision making, strategy formulation and stakeholder management
Provide data to inform and guide businesses and act as an analytical powerhouse to be leveraged by critical internal and external stakeholders
Develop a group wide data strategy to determine and meet the data needs of the group
Use information, business intelligence and advance analytics to advise and inform business on issues impacting strategy and operations
Use data to monitor the implementation of performance management in accordance with the organizational strategy
Ensure that all system decisions and changes support the defined systems architecture
Ensure that wherever possible, self - service reporting or pre-existing reports are utilized – thereby ensuring the number of requests for new reports or a new layout set are kept to a minimum
Review and approve BRD’s and changes that impact the analytics and data platforms to ensure that the requirements are met
Review and approve change requests that impact for RMA analytics and data platforms systems to ensure the correct solutions are implemented
Ensure changes to data warehouse, reporting and analytical platforms only impact those platforms as anticipated and planned for
Assist the business in the automation and optimization of processes and systems using automated BI reporting and predictive analytics
Governance:
Oversee the administration and management of all enterprise data
Establish and maintain policies to manage enterprise data to ensure compliance, security and confidentiality of data (i.e. Enterprise Data Governance Policy)
Ensure that the appropriate generation, use, retention and disposal of data and information is consistent with RMA policies
Coordinate appropriate procedures that satisfy specified information security requirements, including legal and statutory compliance obligations with the Financial Services Board, Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) and Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECTA)
Ensure correct record keeping for each data element policy, data source, data provenance, data element business name, and data element definition
Coordinate activities with internal/external technology owners/service providers for the purposes of managing certificates, service upgrades, analysing impact and accountability for the continuous availability of required services
Data integration:
Manage the planning and coordinating of data integration projects from design to production implementation
Manage the technical aspect of API and ESB development/architecture
Manage and maintain mission critical services and batch integrations and develop new services
Collaborate with all stakeholders to successfully implement the Integration Strategy to enable digital transformation.
Reporting on progress:
Use appropriate templates and channels to report on progress on a weekly and monthly basis
Adhere to deadlines and ensure accuracy and quality
Knowledge, Skills and Competencies Required
Knowledge of business policies, processes and procedures, legal compliance
Thorough understanding of database management systems
Thorough understanding of data warehousing, advance analytics, data lakes, business intelligence and data reporting services and systems
Experience in complex system integration
Knowledge and skill in business strategy formulation and implementation
Building relationships
Business insight
Decisiveness and Action Orientation
Judgement and Decision-making
Leading and supervising
Strategic Leadership (Strategic thinking and planning)
Synthesizing and consolidating information
Verbal and written communication
Analytical thinking
Complex problem-solving
Managing performance (goal/target setting)
Motivating People (includes Creating and Selling the Vision)
Planning, Organising and Follow through
Process Engineering and Systems Competence
