Data Analyst - Prescriptive Analytics R750 000 - R960 000

It Notion; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A data-driven solutions company is looking for a candidate to create measurable value for clients through analytical methods focused on prescriptive analytics and predictive modeling. The role involves close engagement with business clients, communication between teams, building machine learning models, and presenting insights to stakeholders. Candidates should have experience in SQL and Python or R, and a degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or similar fields. Practical experience in high-paced environments is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must have knowledge of SQL, Python, or R.
• Experience with data science model operationalization preferred.
• Understanding of supervised and unsupervised Machine Learning techniques required.

Responsibilities

• Engage with internal clients to identify business questions.
• Communicate between business and technical teams.
• Design and propose new data-driven solutions.
• Collaborate with data provisioning team for reliable data.
• Create machine learning models to enhance offerings.
• Monitor model performance and track anomalies.
• Present data science opportunities to stakeholders.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Data analysis

Machine Learning

Education

Undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Finance, or Economics

Job description

Introduction

Create measurable business value for internal and external clients by working with them to ask great business questions, employing leading, fit-for-purpose analytical methods and techniques, to provide data-driven insights to answer these questions, with a big focus on Prescriptive Analytics and Predictive Modelling.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Engage with internal business clients with business questions, always probing for the deeper questions and needs, to find the best possible solutions for the business.
• Play a key communication role between business and technical teams to ensure business context is retained when building analytical and data-driven solutions.
• Build a deep contextual understanding of the business and the data to design and propose new solutions that could add meaningful business value.
• Work closely with the data provisioning team to ensure they can provide the reliable, consistent, and context-rich data assets that the team requires for data use cases.
• Create algorithms and build machine learning models to enhance product offerings and solve business problems.
• Create monitoring and anomaly detection systems to track model performance.
• Presentation of data science opportunities and model outcomes to a variety of stakeholders with a varied understanding of data principles.

Desired Experience & Qualification

• Undergraduate degree / diploma in Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, Finance, or Economics (or similar).
• Knowledge and execution capabilities of common data structures, languages, and tools (e.g. SQL (must), Python or R (must)).
• Experience or familiarity with data science model operationalization on-prem or in the cloud (GCP or Azure preferred).
• Understanding and interpretation of statistics and data with a foundational knowledge of regression analysis.
• An understanding (must) of Machine Learning techniques (supervised and unsupervised learning).

Practical experience preferred.

Experience working in a high-paced environment, where prioritisation is essential.

Package & Remuneration

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