Experience

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  MediKredit

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Data and Reporting Analyst

    • Jun 2009 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    Duties/Responsibilities:• Ensure that the Marketing/Relationship Managers has access to relevant information required to obtain new business or retain current clients• Formulate, submit and manage ad hoc requests for changes to existing standard reports or requests for new reports for internal or client use• Drive the development of new reporting products, as well as enhancement of existing products• Drive automation of reporting where possible • Ensure timeous delivery, QC and ongoing enhancement of ad hoc and standard reports• Establish and maintain relationship with BI/Data Warehouse division to ensure the above• Design, publish and manage delivery of some internal and client reports • Training of internal staff on the use of Data Warehouse tool (Cognos Analysis Studio) and data cubes

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  Prosperity Health

  • Statistician

    • Feb 2002 - May 2009

    Duties/Responsibilities:• Establishment of Business Intelligence unit• Project Manager: Report Automation project• Analysis support to top management• Monthly financial and clinical reports, including actuarial reports for certain medical aid schemes• Monthly Trustee Board pack reports and automation thereof• Ad hoc reports (claims, contributions, membership,etc.)• Administration of users for Business Intelligence tool (Business Objects)• Assist in benefit design analysis for purposes of new/changed products• Clinical data analysis in support of Managed Care Clinical Director (see detailed section later on)• Various analysis done in identifying scheme risk factors, as well as identification and specification of information requirements for the department in the broader Data Warehouse project.• Provision of reports for monthly Board of Trustee meetings (Managed Care part). Included studies of scheme demographics, geographics, diseases (especially CDL conditions) and how these all influence the scheme risk, especially where the profiles have changed (growth/loss of members).

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  Medscheme

  • Statistician

    • Oct 1996 - Jan 2002

    Duties/Responsibilities:• Health Care/Medical Aid data analysis (financial and clinical)• Assistance in the definition, planning and provision of information requirements for various Managed Care products• Managing projects within division (ad hoc/research queries)• Production of several types of standard reports• Initialising and managing the automation of standard reports• Ad hoc Medical Aid/Health Care data analysis• Analysis support to senior management• Value-adding analysis input• Empowerment and coaching of MIS team• Research projects• Assistance in the definition, planning and provision of information requirements for Integrated Care products (eg. Family Care and Medicines (Medpharm) reporting)

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  National Department of Health

  • Biometrician

    • Jan 1990 - Sep 1996

    Duties/Responsibilities:• Statistical/Epidemiological analysis of health data (internal and external clients)• Project Manager (Survey planning and analysis) for National Nutritional Survey amongst school children (1994)• Responsible for information aspect of Nutritional Surveillance Programme • Responsible for information aspect of Woman’s and Children’s Health Programme • Legal Abortion Reporting system• Maintenance of Hospital and other databases

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  University of the Free State

  • Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

  • Professional Official

    • Jan 1988 - Dec 1989
    • Bloemfontein Area, South Africa

    Duties/Responsibilities:• Assisting senior academic personnel with various administrative and academic tasks• Responsible for Statistical Library• Student Assistant for first year Statistics/Biometry practical classes