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Takealot.com , South Africa's leading online retailer, is looking for a highly talented Advanced Analytics Manager to join our team in Cape Town.

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The Advanced Analytics Manager is a key leadership role within the Engineering Data department, responsible for overseeing a team of data analysts who support various business units across the group of companies. This role will be instrumental in establishing new data analysis methodologies, standards, and best practices to ensure efficient and effective data-driven decision-making across the Takealot group. The Advanced Analytics Manager will work closely with BI and Analytical engineering teams to ensure seamless delivery of data analysis outputs through BI systems and reporting tools.

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This position reports to the Engineering Director (Data)

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Lead and define the Advanced Analytics strategy, ensuring alignment with the Group Data Strategy through the effective use of predictive and prescriptive analytics.
• Lead and oversee a team of cross functional analysts, providing support to various business verticals.
• Manage advanced analytics initiatives from start to finish, encompassing problem definition, data analysis, model development, testing, implementation, and ongoing oversight.
• Work with cross-functional teams to identify business needs and convert them into analytical projects and solutions.
• Establish consistent methodologies for analytics processes, tools, and frameworks to guarantee the scalability, performance, and quality of data products.
• Train and mentor team members, while fostering an environment of continuous learning and innovation.
• Manage stakeholder relationships to prioritize analytics workstreams aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Integrate advanced analytics processes with the group data platform and BI systems.
• Ensure adherence to analytics governance standards, data privacy, and compliance policies in all delivered solutions.
• Provide input and strategic direction on adopting emerging technologies in the advanced analytics space.
• Drive cultural change toward analytics adoption and data-informed decision-making across the group.
• Own key data products to ensure that they are catalogued and maintained according to standards.

Skills we need:

• Introduce new standards and best practices for analytics and insights across the group.
• Support analysts in their professional development and career path by building their career framework.
• Develop training and upskilling programs to improve general data literacy across the group.
• Create new data product certification standards and drive the adoption.
• Demonstrates knowledge of key business functions and the technologies supporting their analytics and decision making.
• Leads discussions with senior leaders across the business to encourage and enable analytical insights.
• Sets expectations for and reviews management and key stakeholder reports and dashboards.
• This role entails securing substantial business ownership and commitment partnering with data teams guided by Data Mesh principals.
• Holds self and team members accountable for achievements, publicly recognizing successes.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Preferably a Bachelor’s Degree or advanced Diploma in Data Science, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Statistics, or a related field.
• Advanced degrees (Master’s/Ph.D.) are highly advantageous.
• Demonstrable expertise in statistical analysis, predictive modeling, and machine learning techniques.
• Extensive experience working with SQL and programming languages such as Python or R
• Skilled with data tools and integration frameworks, especially in cloud-based environments.
• Strong knowledge of advanced analytics platforms and frameworks.
• A strong grasp of the entire analytics pipeline, from preparing data to deploying data products into production.
• Additional Preferred Experience:
• Experience in the retail or e-commerce industry.
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of data governance frameworks and best practices.

Let’s talk about life @ Takealot Group

• The power is in your hands : We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package that allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on, be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors : We aren’t fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like? High five, collab, and make something great.
• Remote working : Love water cooler chats and working from home? Takealot.com offers a hybrid working model for the best of both worlds.
• Mentorship programme : We aren’t kidding when we say the people with the best people win. Now’s your chance to be one of the best by learning from the best.
• Naspers Tech Community & Online Learning : Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn? Up-skill with free access to courses on MyAcademy, Udacity, Coursera, and more.
• Good times : Get to know the other extraordinary minds at takealot.com during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes, think mini-golf, think good times).
• Staff discount . Millions of products across 28 departments. What more could you ask for?
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
• Right tools, right job : Mac or Windows, two monitors or one. Whatever your preference, you’ll work on the latest tech of the latest tech.
• Help when you need it most : Confidential counselling, legal support and financial guidance, for free, anytime, anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

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If you meet the above, you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!

Takealot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference.

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Business Segment: Personal & Private Banking

To perform deep specialist analysis, develop intelligence and report robust insights in order to influence the strategic objectives of the Standard Bank Group and enable executive decision-making. Act as the subject matter expert to collect data from various sources in order to perform analysis utilizing various visualization and business intelligence tools to provide a clear understanding and insights.

Minimum Qualifications

1. First Degree in Business Commerce, Mathematical Sciences, Statistics, or Engineering.

Experience Required

1. 2-3 years of experience in reporting, accounting, and statistical analysis.
2. Assist with analysis that informs the fee price points for Standard Bank customers and build models that proactively identify and address revenue leakage.
3. Collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data for effective decision making.
4. Specialist experience in applying statistical methodology to complex data.
5. Designing and implementing data gathering/management computer systems, software, and statistics to make forecasts and provide projected figures to senior leaders within a financial services organization.

2579_Test Specialist
Location: Gauteng
Contract Term: 1 May 2024 - 31 December 2026

ESSENTIAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Testing and Ops Tools: Selenium, Cucumber, XRay, REST-assured, GitHub Advanced Security, Contrast Assess, Grafana k6, Karate, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Logstash / Influx DB, JMeter
• Languages: Java, JavaScript, Python (Django)
• CI/CD: GitHub Version Control, SonarQube, Build and Deployment Pipelines, Unit Testing
• Databases: SQL Language
• Tools: Jira, Confluence
• Infrastructure: AZURE cloud

• Automate front end, back end, API and integration.
• Test data management.
• Performance, security and load testing.
• Evaluate test scenarios.
• Execute manual tests.
• Document test cases.
• Write/maintain test scripts.
• Document test results.
• Report test results.

• DevOps experience: Java Programming, Spring Boot, API development, Ops Service Management, IAM
• Business Analysis: Requirements gathering, elicitation, documentation, Business process modelling, data modelling
• IT Architecture: Cloud Architecture, On-prem/hybrid
• Cloud/Infrastructure: Ansible/Chef, Kubernetes, Terraform, FINOPS
• Requirements management tools: Codebeamer

Relevant IT Degree
3 years plus in a test automation role, more than 5 year’s total experience in software development
ISTQB Certification (Advantageous)

• Design and execute test cases of new commercial off the shelf Codebeamer versions, testing of configurations and testing of specific plugins.
• Document and report test results.
• Collaborate with team, system analysis, design, development and testing for their assigned technical products or applications within the context of an agile/DevOps delivery model.
• Interpretation of Testing Results and logging and tracking of Defects on JIRA.
• Automation of Frontend, Backend and Integration, performance and load testing and security testing using industry standard tools, fit for purpose.
• Integrate automation testing at various stages of the build and deploy pipeline for development, regression & release cycles. Working with the feature teams to build up disposable test environments.
• Overall management and maintenance and preparation of test data.
• Coordination between development and support environments.
• Track new/changed requirements and ensure these are addressed during automated and/or manual testing.
• Independently analyse, design as well as develop medium, complex testing components required for Automation.
• Perform continuous quality analysis and provide internal tools to help ensure that quality of the products we ship to customers are of the highest standard.
• Establish, implement, and evolve the formal QA processes to ensure that the group is using industry accepted standard methodologies.
• Design and develop the testing infrastructure i.e., testing tools, test frameworks, test reporting mechanisms to test software and services, applying NoOps principles.
• Integrate the testing infrastructure with the continuous integration and continuous deployment systems to ensure all the tools, services developed are accurately tested and meet the quality goals.
• Stay knowledgeable of new testing tools and strategies and evaluate the technologies to incorporate into the projects.
• Ability to work interdependently as well in a team and to submit deliverables on time and with excellent quality.
• Excellent interpersonal and organisational skills with the ability to communicate effectively (both verbally and in writing) with both technical and non-technical colleagues / users.
• Willingness to be part of an interdisciplinary DevOps team and to learn and take on tasks from other areas of the team.

Business Segment: Business & Commercial Banking

Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, Baker Street 30

To analyse economic and product trends and make recommendations to improve the performance of an allocated product portfolio for Business and Commercial Banking South Africa. To provide the relevant Management Information Systems and economics reporting for the development, implementation, and management of an allocated product portfolio in line with business requirements.

• Mathematical Sciences Degree or Finance and Accounting Degree

• 3-4 years experience in analysing economic trends and preparing relevant reporting for a product portfolio. Experience in sourcing data and translating into usable format.
• Experience in scenario analysis and exposure in implementing analytical projects.
• Exposure to actuarial, mathematical, financial and statistical modelling or advanced analytics.
• Practical experience within banking is advantageous.

Join a Global Leader in the Motor Industry as a Software Engineer (Advanced)!

Are you ready to take your career to the next level by working on mission-critical systems within a cutting-edge IT environment? Our client in the Motor Industry is seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer (Advanced) to join their innovative team supporting Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and other critical infrastructure.

What You’ll Bring to the Team:

Minimum 5 years’ experience in operations of production-critical software

Expertise in Problem, Incident, and Change management (PIC processes)

Strong background in infrastructure management — both cloud (AWS, Azure) and on-prem

Proficiency with Unix/Linux/Windows internals and networking fundamentals

Skilled in scripting languages like BASH, Python, or PowerShell

Experience with containerized middleware technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes

Solid understanding of monitoring and alerting tools (Grafana, Prometheus, Elasticsearch)

Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform

Excellent teamwork and communication skills, with a structured approach even under pressure

Willingness to travel internationally twice a year and to take on diverse tasks within the Agile Working Model

Bonus Skills:

Deep technical understanding of IT systems and networking (subnetting, routing, firewalling)

Development experience in C# is a plus

What You’ll Enjoy:

Exposure to a cutting-edge global IT landscape featuring Microsoft Azure and Edge technologies

Flexible working hours with a 1960-hour yearly schedule supporting work-life balance

Hybrid work environment with options to work remotely or on-site at modern offices

Access to attractive vehicle buying and leasing offers

Energetic, fast-paced, and motivating global team environment

Application of Agile methodologies (Scrum) for collaborative success