Junior Data Scientist - Accounting

The role

Santam Re & International has a permanent position available for a Junior Data Scientist (Accounting), based in Cape Town (Belville) and reporting to the Financial Manager.

What will you do?

Santam Re & International Finance has 3 main operating pillars namely Financial Accounting, Technical Accounting and Credit Control. This position operates under the financial accounting pillar and will drive the data science initiatives with the support and under management of the financial manager to ensure Santam Re finance is future fit.

What will make you successful in this role?

• General monthly accounting, including execution of monthly accounting controls
• Manage monthly accounting timetable
• Define and maintain core logic for accounting data
• Manage and resolve all financial accounting technical data queries and/or issues
• Analyze data for insightful business reporting;
• Reformat data insights for easy business consumption
• Build data accounting models with associated business intelligence reporting
• Engage various stakeholders to share insights with and to obtain further insights that support data initiatives

Qualification and experience

• Relevant Tertiary Degree in Commerce, Data Science, Financial Accounting or similar
• Minimum 3 years Financial accounting knowledge and experience recommended
• Data science knowledge and experience recommended

Skills

• Strong numeracy and analytical skills
• Strong data visualization skills
• Data mining and programming skills
• Ability to break down high level business problems into concrete analytical solutions
• Planning and organizing skills
• Ability to operate in a high pressure environment
• Critical thinking skills and an eye for detail
• Problem solving
• Good communication skills

Competencies

• Collaborates
• Client focus
• Drives results 
• Flexibility and adaptability
• Cultivates Innovation
• Manage complexity
• Financial reporting
• Decision quality
• Plans and Aligns
• Interpersonal Savvy