Team Leader: Decision Science

Date: 5 Nov 2024

Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

Company: Capitec Bank Ltd

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