Job Description

Closing Date 2024/07/10
Reference Number LAN240621-4
Job Title Manager: Strategy Insights and Reporting
Division Strategy and Stakeholder Relations
Unit Corporate Strategy and Innovation
Job Type Classification Permanent
Location - Country South Africa
Location - Province Gauteng
Location - Town / City Centurion
Job Advert SummaryThe Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africas only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the banks sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.To play a pivotal role in supporting the strategic decision-making process and enhancing organizational performance through data-driven insights and comprehensive reporting. Reporting to the Head of Strategy & Innovation, the candidate will lead efforts to gather, analyze, and communicate strategic insights, monitor key performance indicators (KPIs), and drive continuous improvement initiatives.To Contribute to the strategic planning process during key business periods (corporate plan, quartely report, integrated annual report, and tactical strategic planning development).Collaborate with global and local stakeholders to develop business intelligence platforms that provide consistent, reliable and working data that can be used across divisions and is aligned to global strategic insights requirements.
Key Performance Areas1. Strategy and Quantitative Analytics

• Establish the core analytical capabilities to serve the Strategy Division and the Bank at large:

• Oversee the measurement, analysis and reporting of key metrics, developing optimised reports that can be used across the Bank
• Derive market insights, from acquisition of data from external sources and marry with internal data to enable analysis, to inform strategic decisions
• Use analytics insights to understand the performance of the Bank, and use data and analytics to inform decisions around improvement of the Banks KPIs
• Use information to analyse and advise on growth opportunities for the Bank
• Translate market insights into quantifiable benefits and actionable recommendations and strategic initiatives that drive business growth and enhance competitiveness.
• Assist business in determining and measuring the quantitative benefits of strategic initiatives and business cases

2. Developemnt and Utilisation of Strategy Insights

• Utilisation of gathered and interpreted Macro and Micro economic insights and key industry indicators to respond to specific organisational business problems and opportunities
• Assist the business to respond with speed to market changes through strategic insights..
• Insights will be incorporated into the annual strategic planning process on the basis of a clear understanding of where the Bank and the market is.
• Conduct in-depth analyses of market trends, competitive landscapes, and industry dynamics to generate actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Develop strategic frameworks, models, and tools to support decision-making processes and identify growth opportunities.
• Provide strategic guidance and recommendations based on quantitative and qualitative analyses of internal and external data sources.
• Contribute to the strategic planning process during key business periods, business reviews, tactical strategic planning and Annual Strategic Plan development.
• Put forward strategic recommendations that enrich the strategic compass of the Bank based on sound market and competitor insights as well as industry knowledge.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assist them with quantitative and qualitative analyses to develop and implement business strategies that capitalize on market opportunities and address key challenges for the Bank.
• Define clear objectives, action plans, and performance metrics to measure progress and success against strategic goals.
• Evaluate strategic alternatives, conduct scenario analyses, and make recommendations to senior leadership based on sound analysis and insights.

3. Strategy Insights Reporting

• Contribute insights to the Strategy and Innovation department in accurately defining the requirements and designing reporting templates, dashboards, and scorecards to track strategic initiatives and KPIs.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive suite of Insight Reports that provide relevant insights into key business drivers, performance trends, and areas of opportunity.
• Ensure accuracy, consistency, and timeliness of reporting outputs, and address any data quality issues or discrepancies as needed.
• Track progress against strategic goals and targets, and highlight areas of concern or opportunity to senior leadership through regular performance reports and presentations.
• Monitor industry benchmarks, best practices, and emerging trends to benchmark performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop action plans, initiatives, and interventions to address performance gaps and drive continuous improvement.

4. Cross Functional Integration

• Work in close collaboration with respective Managers within the Strategy & Innovation department, as well as cross functional stakeholders in order to ensure alignment on strategic business insights requirements.
• Work effectively in cross-functional teams and build consensus around priorities for strategic insightsand initiatives.

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience * A bachelor's degree in Business Management, Finance, Economics, Statistics or related field

• 7 years experience including:

• Strategy and Quantitative Analyst role preferably within the Financial Sector or Financial Services environment
• Knowledge of SAP
• Strategy Analyst or development
• Quantitative Analysis
• Sound command of written, spoken English. Excellent use of computers and software packages with specific high level of skills in excel and data analytics
• Experience in market research, competitive analysis, and financial modeling is highly desirable
• Microsoft Office Applications

Critical Competencies * Advanced Microsoft Office

• SAP Systems knowledge
• Strategy and quantitative analysis, development and implementation
• Market research, competitive analysis, and financial modeling
• SAP ERP, SAP Banking, MSS/ESS Portal, Business Objects

Additional RequirementsKnowledge and understanding of the company policies and procedures applicable to the specific work environment to ensure that work outcomes are compliant to the policies and procedures i.e. ICT and general policies and procedures.

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