WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.  

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At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:  

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity. 
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust. 
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growth and Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.  

Reporting of the role:

This role reports to: Ad Ops Lead             

Role Summary:

As an Executive, Ad Ops – you will support day-to-day Ad Operations for assigned accounts, aiding campaign planning, scheduling, implementation and tracking. This role involves managing relationships with third-party vendors and media teams to ensure the proper delivery of digital ad campaigns. You will be responsible for helping provide various tagging and technical recommendations internally.

What your day job looks like at WPP Media: 

• Set up campaigns, placements and creative assets through our in-house campaign management system (DCM), third-party ad serving partners, and publisher interfaces.
• Expand trafficking knowledge advancing from simple creative setups, encompassing standard desktop display, mobile, and 1x1 tracking, to more intricate creative setups, encompassing but not limited to video and dynamic creative.
• Monitor campaign delivery to ensure campaigns are running as expected and targeting objectives are met. Check daily reports, providing updates in team meetings, and providing troubleshooting support for trafficking issues related to creative and publisher implementation.
• Maintain regular checks and analysis of campaigns to ensure 100% accuracy.
• Liaison with the Account Management team ensuring a timely launch and correct campaign implementation; addressing any questions/issues that may arise.
• Present in internal team meetings and participate in client meetings on an ad hoc basis.
• Support senior team members on complex campaign setups and escalations to third party vendors when necessary
• Support senior team members on projects.

A bit about you:

• Computer literate with superior knowledge of Excel.
• Able and eager to learn new concepts.
• Diligent with a strong attention to detail.
• A self-starter with the ability to manage your own workload.
• Able to multitask, prioritise and manage expectations.
• Strong quantitative, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• An active interest in everything digital, ideally with an understanding of online advertising industry trends.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience of working with Campaign Manager 360, Sizmek, AdForm, Flashtalking and/or third-party ad servers would be a distinct advantage.

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About us:

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards. 

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

The role in a nutshell:

You will form part of the Onboarding Operations team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Onboarding Strategy and Customer Due Diligence Operations. Your role as a Business Optimisation Analyst (Data) will be to use your knowledge of data analysis and data processing to inform key business decisions in the Onboarding Operations team and other business areas. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product, Compliance and Data teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe. You will be responsible for creating dashboards, extracting data, writing reports, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine business initiatives’ success.

Your mission will be:

• Interpret trends and patterns in data and present findings and actionable insights to senior leaders of the business
• Collaborate with data engineers to design and build any pipelines/data models needed to support analytical and reporting needs
• Structure large data sets to find usable information
• Design metrics to help assess how the onboarding teams and broader business are performing on a day-to-day basis
• Report regularly on business and team performance
• Work closely with the relevant business stakeholders to understand their data needs
• Collaborate with teams to determine, collect and analyse required data to address business needs while ensuring it is of the highest quality, reliable and trusted
• Build visually compelling dashboards that communicate insights to stakeholders (often non-technical) to allow data-informed decision making
• Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and automation in onboarding operations processes
• Review delivery of providers against Service Level Agreements and support negotiations from a data perspective

The ideal candidate will have:

• A qualification in Data Analysis or similar quantitative fields.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the data or business optimisation space
• Intermediate skills in SQL, Python and experience working with data pipelines.
• Experience working with business intelligence platforms such as Looker, Tableau, DataBricks, PowerBI or similar
• Familiar with data governance principles and best practices
• Passionate about data analytics and related disciplines
• Friendly, transparent, articulate and driven to succeed.
• Experience in a customer service / customer onboarding / KYC environment is advantageous
• Ability to lead change through entrepreneurial thinking, a strong sense of responsibility and a very high level of integrity
• Adaptable, capable and intellectually curious and have the persistence to find answers to difficult questions in fast-paced and environments
• Ability to formulate business cases, document investigation work, and contribute to technical design documents
• Ability to take ownership of own work and successfully deliver high quality projects with obscure and incomplete requirements
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to explain data concepts to non-experts in a clear, and structured manner
• Experience working with cross-functional teams using data to influence strategy, roadmaps and drive data-informed decisions
• Internet access at home and the ability to work remotely (Luno will provide successful candidates with suitable equipment to set them up for success)

Life at Luno:

• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service! 
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
• Free lunch and snacks
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

About us:

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards. 

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

The role in a nutshell:

You will form part of the Onboarding Operations team based in Cape Town and Kuala Lumpur, reporting to the Head of Onboarding Strategy and Customer Due Diligence Operations. Your role as a Business Optimisation Analyst (Data) will be to use your knowledge of data analysis and data processing to inform key business decisions in the Onboarding Operations team and other business areas. You will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including Engineering, Product, Compliance and Data teams, servicing the business on an international level together with the teams from South East Asia, Africa and Europe. You will be responsible for creating dashboards, extracting data, writing reports, and monitoring key performance indicators (KPIs) to determine business initiatives’ success.

Your mission will be:

• Interpret trends and patterns in data and present findings and actionable insights to senior leaders of the business
• Collaborate with data engineers to design and build any pipelines/data models needed to support analytical and reporting needs
• Structure large data sets to find usable information
• Design metrics to help assess how the onboarding teams and broader business are performing on a day-to-day basis
• Report regularly on business and team performance
• Work closely with the relevant business stakeholders to understand their data needs
• Collaborate with teams to determine, collect and analyse required data to address business needs while ensuring it is of the highest quality, reliable and trusted
• Build visually compelling dashboards that communicate insights to stakeholders (often non-technical) to allow data-informed decision making
• Use data-driven analysis to identify opportunities for improvement and automation in onboarding operations processes
• Review delivery of providers against Service Level Agreements and support negotiations from a data perspective

The ideal candidate will have:

• A qualification in Data Analysis or similar quantitative fields.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the data or business optimisation space
• Intermediate skills in SQL, Python and experience working with data pipelines.
• Experience working with business intelligence platforms such as Looker, Tableau, DataBricks, PowerBI or similar
• Familiar with data governance principles and best practices
• Passionate about data analytics and related disciplines
• Friendly, transparent, articulate and driven to succeed.
• Experience in a customer service / customer onboarding / KYC environment is advantageous
• Ability to lead change through entrepreneurial thinking, a strong sense of responsibility and a very high level of integrity
• Adaptable, capable and intellectually curious and have the persistence to find answers to difficult questions in fast-paced and environments
• Ability to formulate business cases, document investigation work, and contribute to technical design documents
• Ability to take ownership of own work and successfully deliver high quality projects with obscure and incomplete requirements
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to explain data concepts to non-experts in a clear, and structured manner
• Experience working with cross-functional teams using data to influence strategy, roadmaps and drive data-informed decisions
• Internet access at home and the ability to work remotely (Luno will provide successful candidates with suitable equipment to set them up for success)

Life at Luno:

• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Plus the option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development
• 6 months primary care-giver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave which increases based on your length of service! 
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts
• Free lunch and snacks
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

1. Learning beyond Media. The best part of WPP Media is that it is not only a Media Agency but works as a partner for its clients providing solutions across Media and outside Media.
2. An empowering environment which lets you set your own pace. You can be a young leader if you feel like or can be an underling to one of the greatest media minds in the industry.
3. WPP Media has largely made up of Multinational clients. Which will give you immense exposure of understanding, working and being part of a larger network.

• Create a relationship with the set of brands/clients assigned to you. Become the go to person for all their client servicing problems.
• Understand the category of clients/brands you would be working on.
• Learn specific client media deals, planning procedures, Tools and resources needed to get the job done.

• Show leadership qualities by identifying revenue growth opportunities beyond basic media planning – e.g Content, Insights, Activation etc.
• Be the strategy lead for the set of brands/clients assigned.
• Have a full view of Digital and executions that happen on the assigned accounts.

• Be the key connection between all internal and external functions.
• Create a learning environment within the current team and also extended team.
• Make sure that all deliveries, offline and online are being executed with lowest level no errors.
• Help the team drive revenue growth within the set of clients assigned.
• Expected to pitch for new accounts or work on live/active pitches to support the senior management.
• To have a positive impact on client referral ratings.

• Managing all aspects of campaigns and day-to-day needs of the accounts, handling from briefing through reporting.
• Drive innovative digital media strategies.
• Responsible for planning, buying and reporting to assigned accounts.
• Develop and build strong working relationships with internal teams.
• Responsible for mentoring, training, and team building.
• Manage vendor relationships.
• Assist the Associate Director/Director in creating media plans, strategically and efficiently.
• Initiate creative and business building ideas.
• Oversee plan negotiations and media team activities.
• Magnify the buying power of every dollar spent.
• Maintain status reports to ensure efficient workflow to meet deadlines and write reports of key meetings.
• Lead internal meetings with other departments and call on agency resources to strengthen ideas.
• Build a comprehensive media knowledge base and synthesizes information into ideas.
• Staff supervision, training and development as well as serving as a positive role model with a hard work ethic and vigorously reviewing all work to ensure high quality standard.
• Writing and presenting presentations.

• Minimum 3 years of media planning experience in media or interactive advertising agency.
• Proven record of accomplishment on the execution and development of media and digital strategies for clients.
• Strong leadership and Strategic Thinker.
• Detailed oriented.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work successfully with teams, handling multiple projects and meeting tight deadlines under pressure.
• Strong negotiating skills and excellent attention to detail.
• Strong relationship building skills which include maintaining positive client relationships.
• Demonstrated critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
• Strong analytical abilities and quantitative skills, including math proficiency.
• Ability to effectively utilize media research and reporting resources.
• Technical proficiency, particularly with media systems and MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

About us:

Luno is the crypto investment app you can rely on, enabling you to buy, store and explore crypto securely. We’re committed to putting the power of cryptocurrency in everyone's hands sensibly and responsibly.

Since 2013, we’ve helped millions of people around the world invest safely in crypto. We do this by cutting through the hype and supporting customers at every step of the way. All products and cryptocurrencies on our platform must first meet stringent legal, risk and technical security standards. 

Transparency is key for us. Luno stores all crypto on a 1:1 basis and we have rigorous processes in place so you can be confident your investment is secure. We’re available in more than 40 countries around the world and we work closely with respective regulators in all of these markets to be fully compliant, as we believe this is the best way to help everyone, everywhere, invest safely.

The role in a nutshell:

You will form part of Luno’s Market Surveillance team based in Cape Town and will help scale the capability of the team for Luno’s global business with support from a growing team of enthusiastic, energetic Lunauts and through the use of technology and data-driven insights. You will report to the Market Surveillance Manager in South Africa and collaborate with other Anti-Financial Crime and Liquidity team members across multiple regions.

Your mission will be:

Your efforts as a Market Surveillance Analyst will ensure market conduct compliance is upheld by investigating, analysing and responding to surveillance alerts and suspicious trading events. The role will require agile execution on key projects and operational delivery of work within the functional team, while applying structured analysis to inform sound, evidence-based decisions. 

• Knowledge you are required to have and apply:
• Working on varied and often complex problems that require the assessment of multiple factors, applying sound judgement and learned techniques to deliver structured, data-informed analysis and investigation within the Market Surveillance policy framework and the broader Risk Management and Compliance Programme (“RMCP”).
• Vetting your own work and delivery, communicating progress and escalating blockers to the team
• Supporting internal compliance audits and facilitating compliance with regulations to ensure the market is operated in an orderly, fair and transparent manner;
• Understanding Market Surveillance regulations and developments in legislation, and pointing out when you suspect that Luno may be in breach of regulations
• Identify and adequately resolve issues noted on our exchange monitoring software that relate to Market Surveillance responsibilities.
• Investigate, Analyse & Execute:
• Independently escalate a series of alerts into a full-scale investigation, and interpret whether the trading behaviour is risky or explainable by market dynamics
• Analyse transactions, identifying suspicious patterns and behavioural trends, and distinguishing between legitimate and suspicious activities using sound analytical judgement and available data sources
• Adheres to the defined procedure for resolving an investigation or escalating risky activity, able to derive an appropriate recommendation and communicate the outcome
• Identify broader trading patterns or trends emerging across alerts and proactively raise potential systemic risks to the team
• Technological Expertise: 
• Independently uses problem-solving methodologies and available internal and external data tools to conduct structured investigative analysis on trading activity
• Understand, tune and report on trade surveillance rules and thresholds
• Understand market dynamics and root causes of changes affected by the functional area, and how they impact internal and external tools
• Comfortable working with datasets and interpreting quantitative outputs generated by surveillance systems
• Curiosity, Industry Awareness & Crypto Risk Assessment
• Demonstrates a strong interest in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape, staying informed on emerging trends and projects
• Applies critical thinking to assess the legitimacy, risk, and strategic fit of crypto assets under review
• Supports safe and compliant asset listings that align with Luno’s growth strategy and regulatory expectations
• Reporting Writing & Key Risk Indicator (KRI) Management: Compiling clear, accurate and evidence-based reports based on work performed, contributing to key risk indicators and ensuring outputs are supported by reliable data analysis applicable to the functional area as well as filing regulatory reports to ensure compliance and deepening trust with regulators;
• Cross-functional / team collaboration & Written / Oral Communication: Developing stable working relationships, internally and externally and communicating with the wider Financial Crime and Liquidity team to support ad-hoc requests and queries
• Business & Anti-Financial Crime Strategic Goals: Providing insights that contribute to the team's strategic direction and ability to understand Luno's function/department strategy.

A little about you:

• A relevant university degree from a recognised tertiary institution;
• At least 3 years of experience in a financial markets-related role within a trading or compliance environment;
• Ability to adapt within a fast-paced environment;
• Strong analytical, detail-oriented mindset with the ability to interpret and draw insights from data;
• Ability to conduct quantitative analysis using varied information sources to investigate complex financial transactions and trading behaviour;
• If not a South African citizen, an existing, valid permit to work in South Africa;
• A can-do, get-things-done attitude with outstanding problem-solving skills and the ability to conceptualise new ideas;
• Friendly, articulate, sound interpersonal skills and driven to succeed;
• Excellent English communication and writing skills;
• Strong sense of ethics, transparent, responsible and with unwavering integrity.

It will be highly advantageous if you have:

• An SAIFM certification or other relevant certification, such as an RPE specialisation in the SA Financial Market;
• A BSc, BEng, BComm or other relevant qualification from an accredited college/university in Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Statistics, Math or a related quantitative field of study;
• Have a track record of working in Fintech or Regtech environments;
• Are familiar with and passionate about cryptocurrencies.

Life at Luno:

• A forward-thinking and ambitious team that values diversity, hard work, and the continuous quest for excellence.
• Remote but reachable work policy gives you the freedom to choose between working from home or the office.
• Improve body and mind, with excellent private medical insurance.
• Access to Learnably and our additional learning platforms for your personal and professional development.
• Generous maternity/paternity and even paw-ternity for your furry friend.
• Annual Inspiration Day, in addition to your annual leave, which increases based on your length of service! Plus the option to buy and sell leave. 
• A collaborative, friendly work community, with regular social events and virtual cooking, dancing, drawing and house planting classes hosted by our Lunauts.
• Free lunch and snacks.
• 0 fees with Luno from the day you start.*

*Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not negatively discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.