Great Eastern Hiring! Full Time Manager, Data Analytics (GETB) in WP Kuala Lumpur - Ricebowl

Conduct in-depth data analytics to deliver insights for management and relevant stakeholders for strategic planning and to make data-driven decisions, design and enhance dashboards and visualizations and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver actionable insights on key initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for analyzing large datasets, creating and maintaining data visualization and dashboards to meet business needs and inform strategic planning and sound business decisions.

• Work closely with business teams to understand functional and technical requirements to address business needs and challenges.

• Ensure data integrity and accuracy by implementing best practices in data management and governance.

• Lead/Support in data or AI-related projects and provide actionable next steps to address business challenges.

• Conduct research and synthesize findings into plans, processes, and playbooks that are clear and lead to actionable insights

• Collaborate with other Great Eastern entities in regional dashboard development cycle - from gathering and proposing business requirement, designing dataflow and data structure, to developing dashboard.

• Support ad-hoc data analytics and periodic reporting requests.

• Takes accountability in considering business and regulatory compliance risks and takes appropriate steps to mitigate the risks.

• Maintains awareness of industry trends on regulatory compliance, emerging threats and technologies in order to understand the risk and better safeguard the company.

• Highlights any potential concerns/risks and proactively shares best risk management practices.

• Bachelor degree in Business Analytics, Economics, Actuarial Science or equivalent disciplines that focuses on extensive use of data for analysis.

• Mathematically inclined.

• Analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics or business intelligence. Experience working in artificial intelligence or data science projects is an advantage.

• Relevant computer skills: Tableau, Python, SQL, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

• Exposure to coding and the ability to use analytical tools is an added advantage.

• Good written and verbal communication skills.

• People management skills and strong emotional intelligence, with the ability to deal with all levels of staff, especially senior levels.

• High level of integrity, take accountability of work and good attitude over teamwork.

• Take initiative to improve current state of things and adaptable to embrace new changes.

• Champion and embody our Core Values in everyday tasks and interactions.
• Demonstrate high level of integrity and accountability.
• Take initiative to drive improvements and embrace change.
• Take accountability of business and regulatory compliance risks, implementing measures to mitigate them effectively.
• Keep abreast with industry trends, regulatory compliance, and emerging threats and technologies to understand and highlight potential concerns/ risks to safeguard our company proactively.

Founded in 1908, Great Eastern is a well-established market leader and trusted brand in Singapore and Malaysia. With over S$100 billion in assets and more than 16 million policyholders, including 12.5 million from government schemes, it provides insurance solutions to customers through three successful distribution channels – a tied agency force, bancassurance, and financial advisory firm Great Eastern Financial Advisers. The Group also operates in Indonesia and Brunei. The Great Eastern Life Assurance Company Limited and Great Eastern General Insurance Limited have been assigned the financial strength and counterparty credit ratings of "AA-" by S&P Global Ratings since 2010, one of the highest among Asian life insurance companies. Great Eastern's asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors Limited, is one of the leading asset management companies in Southeast Asia. Great Eastern is a subsidiary of OCBC, the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932. It is the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker.