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About the Division

The value that Deloitte Risk Advisory Africa creates for organisations is synonymous with operational excellence. Deloitte Analytics is the practice of using data to drive business strategy generating business opportunities and managing risk. It includes a range of approaches and solutions, from looking backward to evaluate what happened in the past to looking forward to conduct scenario planning and predictive modelling.

Deloitte Analytics spans all of the Deloitte functional businesses to address a continuum of opportunities in Data Management, Data Engineering and Predictive Insights. By understanding decision-makers’ roles to maximise analytics value, Deloitte turns everyday information into useful, timely and actionable insights.

We assist our clients in solving a wide variety of data related challenges and define strategies for them to better manage, interpret and monetize their data assets. We are leaders in analytics both globally and in South Africa and work across all the largest organisations, focusing on financial services and Energy & Resources with a footprint across Africa.

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As a Senior Manager in the Deloitte Analytics practice, you will need to understand the data management trends, and help clients comprehend and manage their data to better deliver information and insights to improve their organisational performance and meet regulatory requirements. You will need to lead teams that help clients maximize the data management initiatives to support their business objectives and improve their business strategy.

Typical duties will include:

·       Lead/contribute to preparation of proposals/tenders and presentations

·       Develop productive, credible and trusting relationships with current and targeted clients at all levels of their organisations

·       Develop a network of senior-level internal relationships across Deloitte to understand other business unit offerings and market own area

·       Building high performing teams to deliver on client engagements

·       Managing delivery of engagements to meet objectives and customer satisfaction

·       Ensure internal risk and admin processes are adhered to, including managing WIP, billings and cash collections

·       Actively coach, mentor and develop less experienced professionals in data management

·       Translate broader strategies into a compelling team vision and goals

·       Apply deep knowledge of disruptive trends and competitor activity to drive continuous improvement and support the Data Analytics leadership in the implementation of strategic plans through the effective management of teams.

·       Adopt a holistic view when recommending solutions, leveraging leading practices to align data management solutions

·       Maintain own development and knowledge in data management, building eminence both internally and externally

·       Inspire teams in a way that drives enthusiasm and motivates them to deliver on engagement goals

Technical Competencies

·       Knowledge of data management frameworks and ability to conduct pilots to realize quick wins

·       Practical knowledge of data governance. Ability to assess, provide design input to data governance structures and execute data governance capabilities i.e. policies and processes

·       Practical knowledge of data quality principles, data profiling and data quality tools. Ability to assess, design data quality approaches and processes

·       Practical knowledge of master data and reference data

·       ​Practical knowledge of meta-data concepts, standards, processes and tools. Ability to design meta-data artefacts

·       Practical knowledge of integration methods, processes and tools. Ability to assess and design and execute data integration processes

·       Practical knowledge of data privacy

·       Ability to organize functional work based on how it adds value and where it needs to be performed to position the business/client to gain competitive advantage.

·       Experience with extracting and processing large amounts of data from systems, managing data and extracting value from data

·       Demonstrated leadership skills

·       Sales and business development skills

·       Ability to lead and execute projects

·       Demonstrated execution of complex projects to profitable outcomes and customer satisfaction

·       Skilled in drafting and presenting client proposals

Behavioural Competencies

·       Good communication skills, both written and verbal

·       Interpersonal and relationship building skills

·       Desire to develop self

·       Desire to develop others by creating a culture of learning and providing on the job coaching for managers and junior staff

·       Client delivery focus

·       Adaptable and flexible

·       Focus on quality

·       Problem solving ability

·       Analytical

·       Drives continuous improvemen

Bachelor’s degree in information technology or business informatics or computer science, engineering or related qualifications/ experience.

Qualifications in data management practices such as CDMP (Certified Data Management Professional).

Experience

·       9+ years of data management, data modelling, data architecture, data governance, master data management, meta data management and wider data analytics experience

·       Senior Management Experience

·       Demonstrated experience working across multiple functional projects to understand data usage and implications for data management

·       Demonstrated ability with assisting businesses in deriving value from data

·       Previous consulting experience will be advantageous

*Please note that this job advertisement provides a summary of the capabilities required and all candidates shortlisted will receive a full list of capabilities.