Senior Manager - SAS/Predictive Modeling - Cards Analytics - Banking

Opening for SAS based predictive modelers with Cards Analytics experience, for a Senior Managerial role for a Banking major in Bangalore.

Expertise in Cards Domains (Mandatory)

Expertise in SAS (Mandatory)

Key Requirements:

- 8+ years of experience in providing analytical services, with a significant experience working in a global delivery environment

- Experience in Cards business will be a plus. Should have the good understanding of the financial services industry

- Provide analytics support to the business teams, understand the business context, formulate and execute an appropriate analytical approach to address the business situation.

- Develop/own comprehensive end to end solutions to address business problems. Drive innovative analytical approaches across the broader team and conceptualize and execute solutions to ambiguous problems. Independently manage end to end partner communication

- Understand business priorities and work out data-driven solutions

- Hands-on execution on a variety of projects using analytical techniques deliver on multiple projects and the ability to manage timelines around them

- Ability to handle complex data and generate meaningful business insights

- End to end project management and coach team members

- Analytic Project Management: Build effective teams to deliver on business priorities.

- Decompose business priorities into candidate projects. Consult with partners to initiate project aligned to business needs. Manage the project pipeline to ensure prioritization and resourcing. Influence analytic approaches through learning's and insights

- Establish a structured interaction model with the partners

- Mentor junior team members to develop their advanced analytics skillsets

- Communication: Effectively communicate strategic considerations with team, partners and senior management

- Participate in Periodic Meetings with Manager and Business Partners to share the overall status of work, progress, issues

- Make an objective assessment of the performance of the team and identify opportunity areas to enhance performance

- Collaborate with colleagues to leverage best practices

- Organizational Development: Drive organizational development initiatives.

Analytical Skills:

- Hands-on working with data

- Proficient in Designing Analytical solutions, identifying trends and patterns with data

- A sound grasp of business and ability to marry analytics with business results

- Expertise in predictive modeling techniques

- Good awareness of next-gen/machine learning modeling techniques

- Understanding of big data concepts and their application with digital data

Qualifications

Soft Skills:

- Good stakeholder management skills

- Client management

- Build and manage high-performance teams

- Act as a Change leader

- Coaching and Mentoring team members

- Interviewing skills and precision questioning

- Strategic Ability

- Critical thinking

- Working with Ambiguity

- Strong project management skills