Senior Manager: Product Performance & Costing

SUMMARY:
Are you a seasoned analytics leader with a passion for financial modelling, product profitability, and data‑driven strategy? Join a market‑leading financial services organisation where your insights directly influence business decisions and product performance. If you excel in SQL, Python or R, and love working with high‑impact datasets, this opportunity is built for you.

POSITION INFO:
Company and Job Description:
Our client, a respected leader in the financial services industry, is seeking a Senior Manager: Product Performance Analysis & Costing to lead a team of analysts and drive financial modelling, product performance analysis, costing optimisation, and strategic insights that support executive decision‑making. This role offers extensive collaboration with finance, operations, BI teams, auditors, and fund committees, along with industry‑leading exposure to complex analytics, strong executive support, and the opportunity to develop and guide an analytics team. The position offers a market‑related salary, a 20% discretionary annual incentive, medical aid, retirement benefits, and long‑term stability within a growing organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain financial and pricing models for value‑added products
• Analyse product performance and present insights for financial and management reporting
• Manage and update the analytics database and SQL models
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of analysts
• Drive automation of monthly reporting processes
• Conduct claims experience analysis and assess economic pricing factors
• Prepare budgets and support external auditors and fund valuators

• Degree in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics or any quantitative field with advanced Excel and strong SQL/Python/R skills
• 5+ years’ analytics experience with proven management capability
• Financial services or insurance exposure advantageous
• Strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and presentation skills
• Highly analytical, detail‑oriented, able to work independently under pressure
• Must have own/reliable transport and be credit & criminal clearance

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