Who are we?Sanlam was established as a life insurance company in South Africa but has since transformed into a diversified financial services group that operates across the African continent, India, Malaysia and selected developed markets, with listings on the Johannesburg, A2X and Namibian stock exchanges.
In 2018 the Group celebrated its centenary as well as 20 years since demutualisation and listing in South Africa and Namibia.
Sanlam is one of the largest internationally active insurance groups in the world with a presence in 43 countries and has the biggest non-banking financial services footprint on the African continent.
The Group's five business clusters (Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz and Santam) house the Group's business operations.
The Group Office provides strategic direction and support to the five clusters, assisting them in realising their strategies and meeting their business objectives.
The Group Office is responsible for governance and for the Group's centralised functions, which include: Finance, Actuarial and Risk Management, Strategy, Human Resources, Market Development and Sustainability.
What will you do?Responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of the knowledge and information management and business intelligence architecture.
Responsible for the design and delivery of high value and high performing knowledge and information management and business intelligence solutions for the organisation.
Involved at all levels, from strategy to project execution to training.What will make you successful in this role?
Relationship Management – Management of relationships with key stakeholders, including Business Senior Management (Limited), Business Line Management, Business Staff, Audit Managers, Audit Specialists (Oversight), and Audit Staff (Oversight).
Strategic and Operational Planning – Data Analysis Strategy Setting, ensuring that the data analysis strategy and initiatives are aligned with and support the digital transformation and data enablement objectives of the department.
Influencing Internal Audit Management on how to reap the most benefit/ value through the use of data analysis.
Staff Management – Management of the day-to-day operations of the Data Analytics team, including, resource planning, recruitment and capacity management, resource skills development and coaching, performance evaluations, succession planning etc.
Methodology & Standard Setting & Maintenance – Maintaining oversight over the implementation of new data analysis methodologies & standards, .
new data analysis development checklists, data analysis coding standards, technical documentation templates, CAATs Dashboard, use of new data analysis tools and/ or techniques, data analysis approaches, etc.
Establishment of technology platforms and processes to support the overall data analysis ventures.
Requirement Setting – Clarifying the Advanced Business/ IT auditor data analysis needs, development of business specification documentation (Influence Outcomes), determining budget estimates to complete the assignment, and obtaining management approval for the development.
Data Sourcing – Obtaining an understanding of the data required to fulfil the data analysis development request.
Data obtained / imported from various external data sources.
Maintenance of data source documentation, and data QA assessment completed to confirm the integrity of the data.
Data Analysis – Design of advanced data analysis solutions and the manipulation of data to identify, analyse, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets.
Assisting Business/ IT auditors with interim feedback and the interpretation of the results presented to stakeholders.
Quality Assurance – Quality assurance of business specifications developed prior to development commencing (Situational).
Quality assurance feedback on data analysis development performed by peer data analysts.
Quality assurance of client reporting and deliverables as well as adherence to internal methodologies, standards, technologies and processes.
Reporting – Effective reporting of findings and data analytic outcomes using data visualisations or other reporting mechanisms, influencing change in the business control environment.
Automation – Automation of data extraction processes in line with best practice and department standards, as well as the automation of data analyses allowing continuous assurance to be provided.
Running & Maintenance of CAATTS – Execution of developed scripts according to available running procedures.
Maintaining oversight over monitoring of CAATTS, including the annual review and assessment of input and output data files.
Project Assurance – Assisting with data migration governance reviews in support of the project assurance work done by GIA.
Qualification and Experience Bachelor of Science in Computer Science / Programming / Statistics or related qualification Minimum of 7 years of data analysis experience at Big 4 audit firm or big Financial Services firm with a mixture of business and IT experience.
Experience with performing advanced business specification development across a variety of business areas, business processes and technologies Experience with implementing IT technologies to get data from the clients.
Agile planning and scheduling.
Strategy development and implementation.
Standard setting and monitoring.
Advanced data analysis programming experience.
ACL scripting experience (considered an advantage).
Advanced SQL scripting experience and stored procedure development experience.
Cloudera, Apache Impala, SAP Hana and SAP Business Objects experience (considered an Advantage).
Dashboard development experience.
Other data analysis programming experience, .
Python, R, WPS, SAS (considered an advantage).
Experience with using ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) technologies, .
SQL SSIS (considered an Advantage).
Experience with performing integrated application reviews (considered an advantage).
Knowledge of data analysis as it pertains to the Financial Services Industry and internal audit disciplines.
Experience in managing teams including all aspects of performance management, objective setting, and resource management Knowledge and SkillsRisk and loss controlComplex Internal AuditsReporting to various stakeholdersCoaching and mentoring of junior auditorsAudit performance and remedial actionPersonal AttributesPlans and aligns - Contributing through othersManages complexity - Contributing through othersBusiness insight - Contributing through othersBalances stakeholders - Contributing through othersBuild a successful career with usWe're all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees.
We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things.
We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth.
Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.Core CompetenciesCultivates innovation - Contributing through othersCustomer focus - Contributing through othersDrives results - Contributing through othersCollaborates - Contributing through othersBeing resilient - Contributing through othersTurnaround timeThe shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached.
The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers.
The closing date for applications is 10 September 2024
