Team Leader: Decision Science

• 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.

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).

• Honours Degree in Mathematics or Statistics.

• Masters Degree in Mathematics or Statistics.

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.

• Analytical Skills.
• Communications Skills.
• Decision making skills.
• Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills.
• Planning, organising and coordination skills.

• Clear criminal and credit record.