Speaker

Reneé Schoeman, quantitative analyst, FNB

Reneé Schoeman

Quantitative analyst, FNB

Reneé Schoeman is a quantitative analyst at FNB. She has been working in the business intelligence field since 2000, when she was trained to consult on Hyperion’s consolidation tool, called HFM. Schoeman has been the lead consultant on various BI projects at large corporates and the lead consultant on FirstRand’s HFM international roll-out. She then joined RMB to set up its HFM consolidation environment, and was responsible for various projects such as a Forex Aggregation tool, Procure to Pay implementation as well as various African subsidiary treasury projects. Schoeman moved into customer value management, predictive analytics and reporting after joining Ashburton Investments, a subsidiary of FirstRand, and then at FNB. She is a qualified project manager and completed various data science MOOC courses.

Reneé Schoeman will be speaking on the following topic:

Agenda day 2
10:25
Case study Data analysis and predictive analytics – where to start

This presentation will enable you to learn how you can utilise the wealth of data available to give your organisation the competitive edge. Discover where you need to start with this daunting task. Answer questions such as: do you start doing random analysis just to produce "something" as a starting point? Do you throw money, resources and time into a "big bang" approach, or do you decide on a few key points to investigate and start building on that?

  • Glean insight into how you can start a data analysis and predictive analytics strategy from scratch
  • Where to invest for the best possible outcome
  • Defining your approach to analysing the data