Job Vacancy: Job title: Unit Head, Enterprise Analytics (Finance / Data Analytics / Management) – Nigeria
Job description: As the Unit Head of Enterprise Analytics within the Finance Directorate’s Enterprise Data Management and Transformational Analytics (EDMTA) department, you will play a pivotal role in leading and driving the bank’s data-driven culture and leveraging analytics to deliver strategic value. You will be responsible for providing direction and overseeing the planning, development, and implementation of various Enterprise Analytics projects and initiatives. Through your leadership, you will promote data as a valuable asset, demonstrate its operational and strategic significance to different Business Units, and minimize data risks. Your role will involve fostering innovation through data science, developing impactful data products, and supporting the bank’s data-led transformation initiatives. You will also lead a high-performing data science and analytics team, driving their capabilities to deliver critical insights for enhanced decision-making.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement enterprise-wide analytics frameworks, including policies, standards, guiding principles, processes, tools, and best practices.
- Lead the implementation of analytics strategies and processes across the entire data lifecycle management framework.
- Oversee and drive enterprise-wide analytics initiatives, ensuring the delivery of expected outcomes.
- Develop and execute a bank-wide change management program for Analytics initiatives.
- Act as a liaison between Strategic Business Units (SBUs) and Information Technology (IT) to clarify and communicate data-related business requirements.
- Collaborate with control units (ICEG, Ops Risk, Internal Audit), promoting analytics and data science best practices.
- Provide monthly data science capability reports illustrating progress and value creation across Business Units.
- Lead analytics capability maturity across the Bank, conducting analytics sessions with Business Units.
- Support Domain Governors and Data Governance partners in achieving data-governance objectives and resolving escalated issues.
- Manage the budget and spending for Analytics Programs.
- Provide progress reports to management and oversee updates to the Data Governance Council.
- Foster collaboration with other teams within the EDMTA department to achieve unit objectives.
- Engage with Bank management levels on Enterprise Analytics and its implications.
- Manage interrelationships across enterprise projects and optimize project and BaU portfolio performance.
- Develop and obtain approval for the training plan for the Enterprise Analytics unit.
- Provide coaching and on-the-job training to colleagues to enhance productivity.
Requirements:
- Minimum of a first degree or its equivalent in a business/IT related discipline.
- Postgraduate degree in quantitative disciplines is an added advantage.
- 10+ years of experience in designing, developing, and delivering enterprise analytics capabilities.
- Proficient knowledge of data governance and quality development frameworks, concepts, and best practices.
- Proficient knowledge of structured systems analysis and design, and software development life cycle.
- Good understanding of Data Modelling (Conceptual, Logical, and Physical).
- Knowledge of Master Data Management and ability to anticipate typical MDM implementation challenges and provide solutions.
- Good knowledge of Business Intelligence, Analytics, Big Data, and their impact on ROI.
- Good knowledge of Reference Data Management Metadata Management and its benefits.
- Working knowledge of quality control/assurance.
Benefits and Contractual information:
- Permanent Position.
- Competitive salary and compensation package.
- Opportunity to lead and shape the bank’s data-driven culture and analytics initiatives.
- Access to professional development and training programs to enhance skills and expertise.
If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Matthew Taylor at mataylor@caglobalint.com
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Matthew Taylor
Recruitment Consultant
CA Finance
CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.
Location: Nigeria
Job date: Sun, 13 Aug 2023 07:31:10 GMT
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