Statistical Analyst

Category: Vitality Research & Development

Job Title: Statistical Analyst

Type of employment: Permanent

Location: Sandton

Key Outputs:

• Supporting Vitality’s ongoing research projects with data extraction, cleaning, and analysis.
• Performing preliminary analyses on new research topics to assess their viability and potential.
• Keeping in touch with Vitality’s research partners, ensuring that all their data needs are met and resolving any issues that arise.
• Serving as key liaison between Vitality Research and the various MIS data teams across Discovery, ensuring that the team has access to all the data required for its various projects.
• Performing ad hoc analyses to assist Vitality Management with valuable insights for decision making.

Competencies:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail when working with large datasets
• Rigorous, efficient and innovative approach to complex analyses with the ability to draw insightful conclusions from the results of an analysis
• Ability to support several large projects at the same time
• Highly-self motivated

Qualifications & Experience:

• Mathematical Statistics or Actuarial Science degree
• Familiarity with statistical modelling software, particularly STATA (preferable)
• Knowledge of SQL (preferable)

Work experience in a research environment will be an advantage

Equity Statement: Preference will be given to applicants from designated groups and suitable internal candidates in line with Discovery’s policies.

CVs can be loaded on our website www.discovery.co.za under Careers / Actuarial

For more information contact Dr Deepak N Patel: deepakp@discovery.co.za Tel (w) (27) 11 5293180 Cell (27) 82 6024441