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Manager - Data Analytics (Remittance & Fintech Business Development)
MTN Group Fintech
Posted 3 months agoRoodepoort, South Africa
Location
Roodepoort, South Africa
Job Type
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Data & Analytics
Job Description
The
Manager: Data
Analytics role is to automate data pipelines, structure datasets, and leverage internal and external datasets to build and evolve
Group
Fintech's
Services and
Product capabilities using best practice methodologies and statistical techniques.
Responsible for structuring datasets at both OPCO and
Group level, designing and providing insights based on analytics, structuring and delivering reporting through OPCOs, and developing decision models and data-based rules in support of the product portfolio strategy.
Minimum 1-2 years experience in Data Science at specialist level within financial/banking or telecommunications industry.
Proficiency in Python (Numpy, Scikit-learn, Pandas, Scipy, Matplotlib, Tensorflow, Keras, Seaborn, Bokeh), SAS or R/Scala.
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Requirements
- 4-year Degree in Business Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science or related field.
- Master's in Business Administration is advantageous.
- Minimum 5 years experience in financial services, consulting, strategy, analytics, engineering or related industry.
- 2-3 years experience in data structuration, data management, analytics and big data.
- Experience working in a medium to large organization.
- Experience working in an Agile/DevOps environment.
- Working knowledge in Hadoop, Apache Spark and Big Data technologies (MapReduce, PIG, HIVE).
- Experience with SAS, Tableau, Power BI, D3, VBA, SQL, and Business Objects.
- Highly proficient in database management systems like Postgres, Oracle, Mongo, MSSQL.
Responsibilities
- Support Fintech Analytics strategy execution in line with overarching business and functional goals.
- Provide reports and analysis to support and contribute to the development of functional strategy.
- Support execution and development of data mining and analysis frameworks.
- Ensure accurate and timely reporting to enable regular review of functional strategy, roadmap and performance.
- Drive analytics and reporting roadmap for business; prioritize business insight requests.
- Develop and manage models to ensure business and customer growth.
- Develop models in the areas of machine learning and data sciences for the semantics layer.
- Develop advanced quantitative modules using a variety of programs/software to support predictive assessment.
- Develop automated processes for data ingestion, transformation and visualisation.
- Develop BI content - reports, dashboards, scorecards, analytic solutions supporting business decisions.
- Perform complex analyses including optimization, text analytics, machine learning, and statistical analysis.
- Collate business intelligence data through public information, industry and field reports.
- Establish intuitive reporting methodologies and perform ad-hoc market analysis.
- Work with Technology teams on development of new data capabilities and architecture.
- Define and optimize targeting approaches for Remittance Products and Services.
- Develop predictive models to forecast remittance volumes, transaction patterns, and currency exchange rates.
- Support fraud detection and risk management strategies using machine learning techniques.
- Monitor transaction data to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
How to Apply
Apply via the MTN Group Fintech careers portal before 30 March 2026.
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