Junior Data Scientist - Bellville, South Africa - Santam

Santam

Verified Company

Bellville, South Africa

1 week ago

Posted by:

Thabo Mthembu

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Description

What will you do?

Santam Re has a position available for a Junior Data Scientist (Accounting), based in Cape Town (Belville) and reporting to the Financial Manager for Santam Re.

Santam Re Finance has 3 main operating pillars namely Financial Accounting, Technical Accounting and Credit Control.

This position operates under the financial accounting pillar and will drive the data science initiatives with the support and under management of the financial manager to ensure Santam Re finance is future fit.

What will make you successful in this role?

General monthly accounting, including execution of monthly accounting controls
Manage monthly accounting timetable
Define and maintain core logic for accounting data
Manage and resolve all financial accounting technical data queries and/or issues
Analyze data for insightful business reporting;
Reformat data insights for easy business consumption
Build data accounting models with associated business intelligence reporting
Engage various stakeholders to share insights with and to obtain further insights that support data initiatives Qualifications and Experience

Relevant Tertiary Degree (BCom, Data Science & Financial Accounting)
Minimum 3 years Financial accounting knowledge and experience recommended
Data science knowledge and experience recommended Skills

Strong numeracy and analytical skills
Strong data visualization skills
Data mining and programming skills
Ability to break down high level business problems into concrete analytical solutions
Planning and organizing skills
Ability to operate in a high pressure environment
Critical thinking skills and an eye for detail
Problem solving
Good communication skills Competencies

Collaborates
Client focus
Drives results
Flexibility and adaptability
Cultivates Innovation
Manage complexity
Financial reporting
Decision quality
Plans and Aligns
Interpersonal Savvy