Intern (Programming Team) – Kuala Lumpur

This role will work closely with a team of programmers to support consultants in the analysis and delivery of insights to our clients. It is expected that the incumbent will contribute project experience, research and analysis skills to the team.

Company Overview

Global Insights Consulting Practice – our largest business-line globally, runs evidenced-based consulting programmes, based on interviewing the leading industry experts to support the analysis of industry trends and the competitive performance and positioning of providers. The Global Insights Consulting practice conducts more than 50 evidence-based Insights Consulting Programmes annually, covering life insurance, health insurance, wealth management, asset management and reinsurance, across all major financial services markets internationally.

The Programming Team leads the exploration of data and derivation of insights from a variety of global programmes within the Insights practice from utilising state-of-the-art Extract-Transform-Load (ETL) strategies to implementing interactive dashboards using a multitude of data visualisation tools. Though we are a diverse set of individuals with different cultural backgrounds, interests, and levels of software expertise, we are bounded by our passion for analytics and drive for excellence.

Summary Statement

We offer an exciting role within our Insights team for an individual seeking to combine their strong data management, analytical and visualisation capabilities within a genuinely global environment and to advance their career with technical development and leadership opportunities.

This role will be responsible for managing the delivery of outputs for multiple Global Insights programmes; with the aim of ultimately being able to manage and run a complete programme. The position will work closely with a team of programmers to support consultants in the analysis and delivery of insights to our clients. It is expected that the
incumbent will contribute project experience, research and analysis skills to the team.

Opportunities for full time positions will be considered upon completion of internship. Fresh graduates are welcome to apply.

Role

Intern (Programming Team)

Location:

Kuala Lumpur

Key Responsibilities

  • Assist programmers in managing analysis and reporting of assigned insights programmes: a) Support in analysing survey data using descriptive and inferential statistics (SAS); b) Summarise analyses through professional looking charts shown in static reports (PowerPoint) and interactive dashboards (PowerBI); c) Discover and build dashboards or visualisations, in close collaboration with other analytics team members to provide actionable insights; and d) Involved in data manipulation, data cleansing and managing survey data from different sources – face-to-face interviews, online and phone studies

  • Applying a creative and curious mindset, applying new and evolving approaches to improve the effectiveness and efficiencies of our insights studies: Review and enhance programme codes for more efficient work flow

  • Living the NMG Values of Collaboration, Make it Count, Curiosity and ‘Go for it!’

Competencies, Qualifications & Experience

  • Working towards a degree in Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science, and other related fields

  • Have a strong academic performance with programming background (like SAS, SQL, R, Python, etc). Highly preferable those with SAS expertise

  • Be a team player who is self-motivated and possess good interpersonal and communication skills

  • Be detail-oriented, analytical, have creative thinking and good problem-solving skills

  • Have good time management, fast and keen learner, and driven

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