Data Scientist

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments is seeking an analytics-focused professional to plan, build and implement quantitative methodologies and models to uncover insights and guide business strategy in Johannesburg. The role emphasizes cost containment, service delivery improvement, cross-functional collaboration, and innovative problem solving.

You will develop advanced statistical analyses and contribute to the analytics strategy, operating under limited supervision while aligning with business goals and

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• Plan, build and implement innovative quantitative analytical methodologies and models to support insights and business strategy with minimal guidance.
• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.
• Focus on providing optimal services and improving service delivery processes to meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation.
• Ensure compliance to legislative and audit requirements and adherence to relevant processes.
• Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements.
• Utilise, refine, and enhance advanced statistical models and data analysis to inform decision making and address business needs.
• Implement localised Analytics strategy to address business needs, under limited supervision.
• Assist in the delivery of value-add outputs across the analytics value chain in delivery of business strategy.
• Contribute to creative business solutions, optimisation of processes and conduct statistical modelling and data analysis to inform strategic decisions, under limited supervision.
• Assess own performance through seeking timely, and clear feedback and request training where appropriate.
• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships within the company.

Job description

• To plan, build, optimise and implement innovative quantitative analytical methodologies, procedures, products and advanced mathematical models that provide analytical support and interpret insights, to address business opportunities and problems and implement business strategy, with minimal guidance
• Prevent wastage and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs
• Focus on providing optimal services and improving service delivery processes to meet or exceed customer expectations
• Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation
• Ensure compliance to legislative and audit requirements and adherence to relevant processes
• Develop new insights into situations and apply innovative solutions to make organisational improvements
• Utilise, refine, and enhance advanced statistical models and data analysis to inform decision making and address business needs
• Implement localised Analytics strategy to address business needs, under limited supervision
• Assist in the delivery of value-add outputs across the analytics value chain in delivery of business strategy
• Contribute to creative business solutions, optimisation of processes and conduct statistical modelling and data analysis to inform strategic decisions, under limited supervision
• Assess own performance through seeking timely, and clear feedback and request training where appropriate
• Develop, encourage and nurture collaborative relationships within the company