Senior Banking Data Strategist

Sanlam Limited; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanlam Limited in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Data Analyst within the Banking BU, partnering with GoTyme to measure P&L drivers, activation, and segment strategy. You will start from financial outcomes and translate them into actionable insights linking revenue to customer behaviour.

You will build driver-based models, deliver performance visualisations, and provide data-driven stories to inform banking adoption.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in insights-producing role as a data scientist or data analyst.
• A proven track record of defining KPIs/metrics that influenced decision-making.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with at least one BI/visualisation tool (Tableau, PowerBI).
• Experience partnering with senior business stakeholders.
• Senior I role, comfortable with ambiguity and a high growth mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build a driver-based model of the banking P&L covering all revenue and cost streams.
• Deliver curated performance metric visualisations that decompose variances into driver behaviours.
• Connect distribution attribution data to banking transaction behaviour data to identify valuable channels/segments.
• Generate insights on activation propensity and product appetite to inform banking strategy.

Skills

Data storytelling

Stakeholder engagement

KPI definition

Analytical thinking

Business partnering

Tools

SQL

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Sanlam Limited in Cape Town is seeking a Senior Data Analyst within the Banking BU, partnering with GoTyme to measure P&L drivers, activation, and segment strategy. You will start from financial outcomes and translate them into actionable insights linking revenue to customer behaviour.

You will build driver-based models, deliver performance visualisations, and provide data-driven stories to inform banking adoption.