Data Scientist and Modelling Analyst

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Who We Are We’re part of Super Group, the NYSE-listed digital gaming company behind some of the world’s leading Sports and iGaming brands.

At DigiOutsource, we bring passionate people and innovative tech together to create market-leading online gaming solutions.

Our multidisciplinary teams are passionate about products, customer experience, technology and security.

We’re empowered to achieve the ultimate in high-performance gaming experiences using the best technology available.

Who We’re Looking For We’re on a thrilling journey of growth and innovation, and we need passionate, driven individuals to join us.

At DigiOutsource, every day is action-packed, and we expect you to bring your A-game.

In return, you’ll find a supportive environment where your skills can flourish, and your career can soar.

Why we need you We’re on a mission to create extraordinary experiences for our customers, and we believe that your unique skills, passion and SuperDrive will help us achieve our vision.

As a Mid or Junior Actuary at SGHC, you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing our Actuarial Super Model (ASM) and supporting our subsidiaries with robust financial forecasting and scenario analysis.

Your expertise will help us deliver accurate, actionable insights by developing user-friendly tools, integrating advanced modelling techniques, and collaborating across teams to ensure our models are accessible and impactful.

By joining us, you’ll empower non-actuarial colleagues, drive innovation in our modelling processes, and support strategic decisions—from due diligence on acquisitions to ongoing commercial performance analysis.

Your analytical mindset, technical skills, and collaborative spirit will be key to shaping the future of our business and delivering value to our customers and stakeholders.

Ready to become a game-changer?

Supercharge your career with us and be part of something extraordinary.

What You’ll Be Doing

As part of your role, your responsibilities will include:

• Assistance in the ongoing development of the ASM (writing code, testing / debugging, etc.)
• Development and maintenance of user-friendly tools for assumption setting
• Development and maintenance of reporting dashboards in PowerBI
• Working with software engineers to integrate model outputs into group financial and reporting systems
• Onboarding and providing support to non-actuarial users of the ASM
• Using the ASM for financial forecasting purposes, including the following subtasks
  • Extracting, transforming and analysing customer and transactional data;
  • Setting assumptions by reference to past experience and future expectations;
  • Executing model runs and analysing / reporting on the results.
    
    
• Scenario analyses
• Regression modelling
• Ongoing analysis of the commercial performance of SGHC’s various subsidiaries in order to inform the structure, design and future development path of the ASM.
  
  
• Roll out and support the use of the ASM by SGHC’s subsidiaries, including assistance with setting of assumptions and interpretation of results;
• Sense-check the budget setting and capital market guidance outputs derived by SGHC’s subsidiaries, including explaining significant variances (if any) in outputs compared with that which experience and data supports;
• Due diligence and evaluation of potential acquisition targets, with particular reference to analysis of the target company’s customers and revenues, modelling of scenarios for expected future revenue streams of the target business and projecting the value of potential synergies (if any) resulting from the consolidation of the target business into SGHC.
  
  

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities.

You may be required to complete other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

Essential Skills You’ll Bring To The Table

The necessary skills that we require for this role include:

• BSc, BBusSc or similar 3- or 4-year degree qualification with actuarial science and statistics as majors
• Ideally 3 years of actuarial work experience within an actuarial valuations / pricing / modelling team in the fields of life insurance or retirement funds (specifically DB fund valuations or PRML valuations or similar)
• Advanced Excel and at least intermediate SQL skills
• Experience with Python, VBA and other software languages
• Have passed or been exempted from the following ASSA Exams (or similar)
  • A213 – Contingencies Exam (previously CT5)
  • A211 – Financial Mathematics (previously CT1)
  • A113 – Business Finance (previously CT2)
• Good communication and report-writing abilities, including the ability to articulate complex concepts in simple terms to lay audiences

Desirable Skills You’ve Got Up Your Sleeve

• Experience with coding in cashflow modelling software (e.g. Tyche, Prophet or similar)
• Experience with stochastic modelling and Monte Carlo methods
• Experience with GLMs and time series analyses
• Experience with ML and AI modelling
• Experience with PowerBI or similar
• Beneficial to have passed or been exempted from the following ASSA exams (or similar)
  • NS Model, Documentation Analysis and Reporting (A402/A420) / Module 3 of N111 (i.e. Modelling Fundamentals)
  • N211 – Professional Communications for actuaries
• Experience in consulting to clients

Our values are non-negotiables

Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies.

Along with the below behavioural competencies, these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward.

These Competencies Are

• Adaptability
• Ownership and accountability
• Initiating action
• Resilience
• Team orientation
• Integrity
• Innovation

What You’ll Get Back

We offer a great variety of personal and professional benefits to help you thrive at DigiOutsource and Super Group.

This includes:

• We’re dedicated to your supergrowth.
  
  Our comprehensive learning and development programmes give you a range of resources and opportunities to expand your skills and advance your career.
  
  
• Your hard work and achievements won’t go unnoticed.
  
  Our innovative Performance Tool ensures you receive regular, constructive feedback, helping you to continuously improve and reach your full potential.
  
  
• Our Employee Assistance programme offers a variety of benefits which you and your family can benefit from.
  
  
• Free Daily Meal
• Free Massages On-site
• Free On-Site Gym
• Group Life Cover
• Funeral Fund Benefit
• Financial Services Assistance
• Curro School Fees Benefit
• Income Continuation Benefit
• Leadership Training
• Referral Bonus
• Medical Aid Subsidy
• Free Sleep Coaching
• On-site Barista
• Retirement Annuity Subsidy
• Work from home allowance
• Team socials

Be part of that Superclass feeling.

At Super Group, diversity is part of our DNA.

With teams across 16 countries, 85 nationalities, and 27 languages, we take equal opportunities seriously, championing a supportive, inclusive and empowering environment wherever you are in the Group.

It’s all about putting your experience first and ensuring honesty and fairness in all we do.

Here, your growth is supported and your contributions valued.

The perfect place to work, play and grow!

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting, Software Development, and Retail

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