Years of experience: 12
Startup FounderITConsultingAdvisorBI AnalystBusiness Analyst
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Exceptionally trusted; proven professional excellence.
James's Career Path
Jan. 2025 -Present
YocoDirector of Risk
City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South AfricaI lead risk strategy and analytics at Yoco, ensuring risk is understood and managed in a way that enables growth. My focus is on enterprise risk, payments & credit risk, and anti-financial crime, using data to drive better decisions and governance. I work across data, product, finance, and operations, aligning risk with strategy and embedding it into how Yoco operates. I also partner with the...
Jan. 2023 -Jan. 2025
YocoDirector - Business Alignment
As the Director of Business Alignment at Yoco, I play a pivotal role in shaping and steering cross-functional processes, projects, and initiatives, reporting directly to the CEO. I focus on identifying and addressing critical cross-functional challenges, and implementing projects that improve our operational metrics and decision-making processes. My role includes planning and coordinating eff...
Jan. 2022 -Dec. 2022
YocoDirector - Data
Cape Town Area, South AfricaResponsible for leading the Data function of 30+ data scientists, data engineers, data analysts and analytics engineers.
- Owning the data strategy and strategic data execution - using data to drive impactful business decisions
- Growing and managing the data function, hiring and retaining top-performing data leaders, scientists, analysts, and engineers
- Creating a data culture within the Yo...