Senior Manager: Business Intelligence

SUMMARY:
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POSITION INFO:

• Provide leadership and operational management to Business Intelligence and Planning Division through the ability to translate the province’s strategic priorities and development objectives into sector-specific strategies and plans through appropriate research; intelligence gathering; programme and project design.
• Ensure effective business management through the development and implementation of strategies, policies, processes, procedures, and systems to achieve the strategic business objectives of the division.
• Develop BI and Planning Divisional strategy and plan aligned to the strategic objectives. In particular.
• Develop a five-year research and sectoral analysis strategy
• Develop organizational knowledge management and retention strategy
• Develop a programme and project design approach and methodology
• Develop a pre-feasibility and feasibility study approach and methodology
• Implement, manage, and control the Divisional plans and strategies approved by the Board.
• Provide business intelligence and planning support to the subsidiaries, as required.
• Monitor and report regularly to the Board on the overall progress and results against operating and financial objectives and initiate courses of action for improvement.
• Identify the principal risks of the business and implement appropriate systems to manage these risks.
• Keep the Board fully informed of all significant operational, financial, and other matters relevant, including legal, regulatory, and governmental policy developments.
• Implement a business performance management system to track divisional performance against strategic objectives
• Develop annual capital commitment and expenditure budgets for the Division, particularly with reference to the estimated capital requirements for new programmes and projects.
• Monitor and manage annual budget and report major financial commitments, exposures, and risks to the CEO on a regular and timely basis.
• Foster effective communications and ensure that appropriate relationships are maintained with the shareholders, relevant stakeholders, and agencies, including the broader research and academic community.
• Cultivate and promote a good corporate image, maintain, and protect the corporate brand.
• Ensure that all operations and activities of the division are conducted in accordance with the PFMA, relevant regulations, the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, etc,
• Foster a high-performance corporate culture that promotes ethical practices and encourages individual integrity, accountability, and social responsibility.
• Facilitate resource availability through effective procurement processes.
• Comply with organisation and divisional reporting requirements.
• Define roles and responsibilities and establish clear delegated authority.
• Manage and monitor the performance of the direct reports against individual performance contracts.
• Monitor and Manage leadership and staff development plans to ensure sound capacity building in the division.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Commerce, Social Sciences, Public Administration, or another relevant discipline.
• 5 years’ experience in a Senior Management position in a similar environment.
• Managerial finance and budgeting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills Project Management.
• Economic Development Framework

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