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Website Old Mutual
Job Description:
This role is responsible for turning data into actionable insights for business partners. The role focusses on delivering insight and will also be responsible for creating end to end solutions which includes problem definition, data acquisition, data exploration and visualization, experimenting with statistical and machine learning methods when required, implementing statistical models or solutions where appropriate and providing business with the required insights
Job Responsibilities:
- Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality over periods of up to a year.
- Data extraction, manipulation and maintenance (SQL, R, SAS, Excel)
- Develop advanced analytics data driven solutions to difficult business problem
- Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
- Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
Job Requirements:
- Knowledge of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and their real-world advantages/drawbacks.
- Statistical analysis and predictive modelling (R, SAS Enterprise Miner, Alteryx, SPSS)
- Data extraction, manipulation and maintenance (SQL, R, SAS, Excel)
- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications
- Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and concepts (regression, properties of distributions, statistical tests and proper usage, etc.) and experience with applications.
Qualification & Experience:
- 5 – 8 years’ work experience of which at least 5 years must be in an advanced analytics type role with model building experience
- End to end experience and understanding of data analytics
- Relevant tertiary/post- graduate qualification in statistics or another advanced analytics related field
Job Details:
Company: Old Mutual
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Functions: Financial Services
Job Location: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Application Deadline: N/A
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