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Director: Research and Consulting - Gauteng

Employer
CSG Resourcing
Location
Sandton Sandton North Johannesburg, South Africa
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Nov 11, 2024
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Job Role
Director/Board
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Introduction
We are looking for a seasoned subject matter expert with mastery of a wide range of consumer lending industry practices, products and functions through the entire customer life cycle. This role drives thought leadership in two ways: first, the incumbent manages sophisticated research initiatives aimed at understanding why consumers behave the way they do with credit, what external forces influence that behavior and what lenders need to know to manage the risks and opportunities associated with that behavior. Second, this role provides critical assistance to the Sales team in presenting advanced concepts to customers, and in exploring customer challenges across products/business units/functions, all while helping elevate the level and relevance of discussions that our Sales team has with customers. This role serves as a consumer lending product, industry and research expert for the Sales force and for our customers.
Desired Experience & Qualification
• You will draw on your extensive experience in driving thought leadership initiatives within the financial services industry.

• You have an understanding of credit data and solutions, and its' applications within the financial services market.

• You have experience in working with traditional and trended credit data and driving insights from data to address key business problems and telling an impactful story.

• You have experience in conducting a quantitative research study from start to finish designing the scope, analyzing the findings, and communicating it in a meaningful way to an audience of large scale.

• You are highly credentialed, with several years of experience in increasingly senior roles at multiple financial institutions and/or consulting firms with a focus on retail banking.

• You are also highly educated, with an advanced degree in business, statistics, operations research, finance, banking, or another related field.

• You have an innate, unquenchable curiosity to understand why consumers and businesses behave the way they do.

• You have tenacity—finding the answer to a difficult question is a challenge you enjoy.

• You are a senior leader and can drive complex projects with minimal supervision.

• You are adept at collaborating and managing a team of contributors to an initiative and maintaining their enthusiasm, even when they don't report to you.
Interested?
- If you have not been contacted within two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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