A great place to work

When you join Capricorn, you become a part of something bigger than a typical company, because as a co-operative we exist to improve the lives of our Members by supporting them in building stronger businesses – not the other way around.

We are purpose-led and are committed to empowering our community to thrive. Our community includes our employees, and we know what is important to them, because we asked! And here's our commitments to you:

• Provide a diverse and inclusive workplace – because we know how important it is for everyone to be treated fairly and with respect.

• Give you flexibility – it's important to recognise we are all unique and need to create work life balance.

• Offer paid parental leave – that supports both parent's leave and their transition back to work.

• Create a fun environment – our social calendar is full up with a range of different virtual and face-to-face events to keep us connected.

• Work perks – that our employees actually use, such as a fantastic reward and recognition program, wellness program, additional leave purchase and so much more!

Role Summary

Reporting to the Group Manager, Data, this role is responsible for the coordination of analytics and implementation of Capricorn's data strategy to deliver actionable insights across the organisation to unlock the full potential of our data. The Data and Analytics Manager will provide leadership and training to data analysts, promoting a collaborative culture and fostering strong relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive deliverables outlined in Capricorn's data strategy to ensure we realise the potential of our data to meet business goals and optimise new value opportunities for our organisation.

• Display strategic leadership in problem solving, conceiving and developing sound methodologies to inform approach including the design, configuration and implementation of analytic solutions.

• Lead and develop a team of data analysts to work with large datasets mixing both quantitative and qualitative information.

• Ensure team members have clarity of team and individual goals, accountabilities and responsibilities.

• Support team to create compelling and informative data visualisations for reports, interactive dashboards, and presentations to deliver insights and recommendations to enable timely and informed decision making.

• Develop strong relationships with internal stakeholders to understand success and to share an acquired in-depth knowledge of Capricorn's data assets.

• Represent the team to the highest professional standards to effectively communicate complexity to diverse stakeholders.

Skills, Knowledge and Attributes:

• Demonstrated business acumen coupled with excellent problem-solving skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Able to construct relatively complex SQL scripts to manipulate large datasets, develop systemic solutions and automate reporting.

• Able to inform and prepare professional standard artefacts using Microsoft Office suite.

• Exposure to data visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau or similar.

• Exposure to programming languages such as Python or R would be highly regarded.

Experience:

• Demonstrated success in leading a team of analysts working on cross functional projects and reporting.

• Demonstrated success in working with large datasets in a SQL environment.

• Experience in a similar role in financial services, automotive or logistics would be highly regarded.

• Only applicants eligible to work in Australia / NZ will be considered.

Qualifications:

• A tertiary level qualification in a computer science, commerce, statistics, mathematics, data science or other quantitative field.

Who are we?

Capricorn is a member-based financial services organisation which exists to improve the lives of over 25,000 Members across Australia and New Zealand by supporting them in building stronger automotive businesses. We provide products and services including trade credit, risk protection, equipment finance, trade events, travel services, fuel cards and more. Last financial year Member purchases exceeded $2.93 billion and Member returns exceeded $72.5 million.

The next steps:

If you think you are the right person for this role and you believe in a Member first culture, then please apply now. Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, so it is better to apply sooner rather than later.

For further information, support with your application and detail on Capricorn, please visit our website at www.capricorn.coop/careers.