Unit Manager - Microfinance/Senior Unit Manager - Microfinance

Job Purpose
Lead the Data and BI Unit for Microfinance business . Contribute to the business formation and expansion analysis by making relevant propensity models for analysis and implementation. Drive usage of models at the field for effective democratizationDuties and Responsibilities
1.Business Planning Support for Microfinance Business Lead team in providing internal business team with relevant information/analysis on portfolio and segmentation to enable development of AOP for Microfinance business Address questions users may have with data/analysis, provide various cuts/segments for deep analysis.2.SegmentationGuide team to understand Microfinance business context and on-ground requirements/challenges faced by business teams Lead the team to create outcome-based segments within the Microfinance team and personally re-assess the homogeneity metrics/dimensions to draw any inferences/implement changes, as requiredBuild internal capability with business teams to enable appropriate usage in the field/production environment Scan external environment/industry to keep abreast with emerging technologies and methodsGuide the team during exploratory data analysis and data preparation and visualizationGuide team during development stage and conduct validation of models to determine any course-correctionsCreate use-cases for various business teams, guide team to prepare relevant data and present the use-cases to business teams for feedback and guide effective usage of segmentation data.3.Analytics and Portfolio Management Collaborate with Microfinance / Risk team(s) around campaigns/ offers to be driven to ensure acquisition and retention of desired customers across business segments and increase usageContribute to campaign design done by Microfinance & BI team by providing data around customer segments to be targetedTrack and manage key portfolio metrics on business, risk and geo side with the relevant teams and take effective actions Guide team to track movement on various metrics of the portfolio (e.g. number of customers transacting, where are transactions happening) and develop dashboards to be shared with business teams Design experimentation methodology and its levers along within the team to test, learn, adapt through various testing mechanisms on the portfolioMajor Challenges

Setting right expectations with Business teams pertaining to larger aim of portfolio management

Newness of team requires investment in technical and personal development of talent

Required Qualifications and Experience
a)QualificationsGraduate / Post Graduate (MBA)a)Work ExperienceMinimum 8-10 years of relevant work experienceDriven large projects and deep understanding of portfolio management principles Strong analytical, statistical mindset and technology orientation, hands on experience on MS Tools, SQL, Power BI and relevant Analytical tools. Very strong stakeholder management skills