Head of Data & Analytics — Insurance & Investments

Remote, South Africa

Job Summary

The Head of Data & Analytics leads the organization's enterprise data, analytics, and business intelligence function, turning complex data into actionable insights for strategic, operational, financial, risk, customer, and investment decisions.

Within Insurance & Investments, the role typically covers analytics across underwriting, claims, pricing, customer behavior, fraud, risk, portfolio/investment performance, financial planning, regulatory reporting, and enterprise performance.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and execute the enterprise Data & Analytics strategy and roadmap.

Lead data governance, data management, data quality, and data stewardship.

Establish enterprise-wide analytics standards, frameworks, and KPIs.

Lead Business Intelligence (BI), advanced analytics, predictive analytics, and data science.

Develop dashboards, management reporting, executive insights, and decision-support tools.

Support insurance analytics covering:

Underwriting

Claims

Pricing

Customer analytics

Fraud detection

Loss/risk analysis

Support investment and asset-management analytics covering:

Portfolio performance

Investment risk

Market data

Asset...