Axis Bank - Business Analyst - SAS/SQL

Business Analyst - SAS /SQL

Analytics

Location : Mumbai/Bangalore

Axis Bank's (Business Intelligence Unit) : This is a high profile team with a mandate to drive data based decisions within the bank. Reporting in to Head Banking Operations and Transformation, this department works with all businesses of the bank including retail, small business and corporate to drive analytics.

In terms of functions, the department has teams focused on all aspects of analytics for the bank including risk analytics, financial analytics, crime analytics, business and marketing analytics, building predictive scores, data engineering and business reporting.

About the Role :

The person would be a part of the Analytics group in the field of Data Science, Data Engineering, Business Analytics or Business Reporting and the placement could be in either retail or corporate areas.

The team primarily focusing on banking products & services. The role will involve - diligent understanding of data, systems and processes to be able to come up with data based decision making solutions for these business groups. The incumbent also needs to be able to work across the matrix organization structure to oversee the recommendations through implementations.

Key Responsibilities :

The candidate will be responsible for the following in their job role :

- Develop product strategy, conduct portfolio analysis

- Leverage analytics to drive insights to optimize Pricing / Channel mix for consumer portfolio

- Creating business insights by performing root cause analysis using Regression and Decision trees

- Performing Profitability (Valuation Models) analysis for all asset products

- Pro-actively working with Product/Risk/Marketing team to drive business strategies

- Work closely with the program team to create analytical strategies

- Perform exploratory analytics to pin point pockets of opportunities within the assigned line of business

- To create insights & drive actionable through statistical tools & techniques

- To work on large data sets with different technical tools to help analyze the data in logical manner

- To create dashboards and reports as needed by the business teams to drive insights.

Role Proficiencies :

- Knowledge

- Design and implementation of analytical strategies to drive profitability for the bank

- Regular synthesis, reporting, analysis and insight driven approach for the bank's products

- Analytically driven sales and services using propensity based models and valuations

Skills :

- Should have experience on SAS or R or Bigdata or Python.

- Strong data handling, interpretive and problem solving skills with the ability to process large volume of transaction level data and efficiently derive actionable results.

- Having a 'result oriented' attitude with 'go get it done' skill

- Good project management skills while working with both internal and external partners

- Should have a high degree of motivation with a continuous thirst for learning

About Axis :

Incorporated in 1994, Axis Bank is one of India's most trusted banks & the third largest in the private sector. At Axis Bank, customer centricity has always been the foundation of our business. Our efforts to address the requirements of a diverse customer cross-section are powered by robust infrastructure, advanced technology, a comprehensive monitoring & control framework & a large talent pool.

The Bank has a young & engaged workforce with an average age of 30 years. We are an equal opportunity employer & believe in empowering our employees by offering rich roles, learning opportunities & flexibility to chart their career, their way.