Data Analyst – Life Insurance

Company Description

OUTsurance has been propelling the South African insurance industry forward for the last 24 years. As leaders in the field, we’re always looking for innovative ways to create digitally-advanced solutions, without losing sight of our human values.

OUTsurance Life has launched several new products over the last few years and has recently launched an exciting new product offering sold through tied agents. We continue to hire the best people for the job. Are you passionate about using your critical thinking and technical skills to solve real-world business problems? Then we want you on our team!

Our culture is one of collaborative and inclusive decision-making, so we work closely with our suppliers, business operations staff and IT to achieve this goal. Our business has a dynamic high-performance culture, and we welcome those who like to challenge the status quo.

Job Description

The main responsibility of the successful candidate will be to work alongside the Operational Management Team to drive data driven decision making and excellence in execution of strategies. Additionally, providing both analytical and technical support to the OUTsurance Life tied agency force.

Other responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain management reports/dashboards (SQL, Visual Studio, Data Models and Power BI)
• Build and maintain internal data-driven automations (SQL/internally developed apps)
• Maintain and improve Life insurance commission models
• Modelling different data sources to drive up sales
• Build, maintain and improve predictive models to support business objectives including:
• Work allocation models
• Performance management models
• Distribution strategies
• Work closely with a rapidly growing distribution team

Personal Requirements:

• Technical proficiency and an eagerness to expand skills and develop knowledge
• Should have a strong affinity towards coding and designing robust solutions
• Must have a passion for working with numbers and analysing data
• Enjoy finding unique solutions to problems and implementing these solutions
• An ability to thrive in a busy environment with multiple deliverables
• Be able to communicate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Apply attention to detail 

Qualifications

Undergraduate or postgraduate degree in Actuarial Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Engineering, Informatics , Engineering or equivalent

Any of the following would be beneficial:

• Successfully completed the Foundation & Intermediate Technical actuarial examinations (A1 & A2)
• Hands on experience with SQL programming.
• 0 2 years’ experience in a data or actuarial analyst role

Additional Information

An ideal candidate will be able to align their personal work values to the OUTsurance values of awesome service, dynamic, honest, human, passionate and recognition.

In accordance with OUTsurance Insurance Company Ltd Employment Equity goals, preference will be given to individuals who meet the job requirements and are from the various designated groups.