Reporting and Analytics Manager

Links Corporate Solutions; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Links Corporate Solutions is recruiting a Reporting and Analytics Manager for a premier financial services client. The role is permanent and based in Sandton, requiring strategic leadership and deep technical expertise to drive data-driven decision making.

You will partner with Exec and BU heads to ensure trusted information, govern KPIs, and oversee the analytics platform with Data Engineering, Pricing, and Data Governance teams.

Responsibilities

• Executive Enablement: Ensure Exco and Business Unit Heads have access to trusted, governed, and actionable information to support operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making.
• Platform Management: Work closely with peers in the Pricing, Data Engineering, and Data Governance teams to implement and maintain the organisation’s Enterprise Data and Analytics Platform.
• Data Strategy: Align reporting capabilities with business strategy and drive enterprise-wide adoption of data-driven decision-making.
• Advanced Analytics: Identify and develop machine learning and AI use cases, build organizational support for proposed solutions, and drive their successful implementation within the business.
• Governance & Compliance: Maintain enterprise KPI definitions, metric governance, and modelling minimum standards while supporting audit and regulatory requirements.
• Team Leadership: Plan, prioritize, and manage your team’s work portfolio within SLA and capacity, while leading ongoing technical training and development.

Job description

Links Corporate Solutions has been retained by a premier corporate client in the financial services sector to source an accomplished, strategic, and deeply technical Reporting and Analytics Manager (Only Black Males) for a permanent role based in Sandton.

Key Performance Areas:

• Executive Enablement: Ensure Exco and Business Unit Heads have access to trusted, governed, and actionable information to support operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making.
• Platform Management: Work closely with peers in the Pricing, Data Engineering, and Data Governance teams to implement and maintain the organisation’s Enterprise Data and Analytics Platform.
• Data Strategy: Align reporting capabilities with business strategy and drive enterprise-wide adoption of data-driven decision-making.
• Advanced Analytics: Identify and develop machine learning and AI use cases, build organizational support for proposed solutions, and drive their successful implementation within the business.
• Governance & Compliance: Maintain enterprise KPI definitions, metric governance, and modelling minimum standards while supporting audit and regulatory requirements.
• Team Leadership: Plan, prioritize, and manage your team’s work portfolio within SLA and capacity, while leading ongoing technical training and development.