General Information
Ref #
111114839114304
Country
South Africa
Region
Western Cape
City
Cape Town
Contract type
Permanent
Professional Family
F06 - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Required experience in the field
Experienced
Description
Main purpose
The primary purpose of the role is to be responsible for interpreting data, analyzing results, and providing actionable insights to drive informed decision-making across
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for gathering and documenting the reporting requirements for the respective business areas
- Investigate data sources and query the data using SQL
- Document Functional Requirements to the source system
- Provide recommendations on presentation of information
- Deliver actionable insights that impact business outcomes / experience in using analytics to solve complex business problems
- Train and support users
- Testing of new Data models
- Regression testing relevant reports as part of deployments
- Creation of test cases and plans
- Ensuring solutions meet the requirements and needs of the business
- Effective internal and external stakeholder relationship management
- Keep abreast of latest market developments with regards to Data tools and methodologies
- Creating and enhancing reports and dashboards, including maintenance and evolution management
- Extract information from the warehouse for ad hoc user requests
Key Competencies
- Strong communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Ability to collaborate with developers and business users in order to achieve desired results
- Analytical Thinking – attention to detail, focus on quality and integrity of output
- Solution orientated with ability to resolve complex Data challenges
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deliverables
- Solid planning and organisational skills
- Extracting, harmonising and structuring of Data
- Action Orientated – results focus, determination to achieve and deadline driven
- Intellectual Curiosity – continuous improvement, innovation, and ability to deal with change
Qualifications, Skills and Experience
- 3-year Degree/Diploma in Information Technology or related fields - essential
- 5+ years of working experience as a data analyst, delivering actionable insights that impact business outcomes / experience in using analytics to solve complex business problems
- Experience in working with data visualization tools (Cognos or PowerBI preferred) for Proof of Concepts
- Proficient in SQL for data analysis - essential
- Knowledge of Dimensional Modelling/Data Warehousing
- MS Office
- Experience in Financial Services or Retail advantageous