Data Analyst

**Job Title: Data Analyst**

**Location: Johannesburg, Gauteng**

**Contract type: Contract (9-month contract) Independent Contractor**

**Working Schedule: Hybrid
CIBA Recruitment has partnered with a leading financial services firm in recruiting for a Data Analyst passionate about big data, data analytics and data visualisation. The incumbent of this role will be responsible for managing information production, provide the business with value-added insights, ensure proper governance and control, and partner with business to drive organisational objectives.

**Roles and responsibilities**:

- Source information from different data warehouses, data marts, manual systems and online systems based on knowledge of appropriate data sources given the business requirement.
- Collect and package data into usable and user-friendly management information for the relevant teams and stakeholders in the business.
- Develop new reports, report formats and standards based on identified user requirements for the business, using multiple technologies.
- Analyse derived information to create value add understanding of insights and opportunities presented by the data set.
- Prepare customised reports based on identified requirements from the business at large.
- Develop regular performance reports particularly related to needs of the business sales force to aid performance measurement and management.
- Continuously identify opportunities to automate reports and to eliminate duplicate and manual report production.
- Build analytical tools to generate insights, recognise patterns and predict behaviour.
- Develop a thorough understanding of the key business challenges through engagement with all stakeholders in the business.
- Identify opportunities through which Analytics can assist in addressing these challenges, present these to relevant stakeholders and implement.
- Identify business opportunities in support of the business sales initiatives through analysis of the business management information and management information that may reside outside the business.
- Assist stakeholders in developing business cases for new products by providing relevant information to support identified business opportunities. Ensure that the management information input in business cases is credible by ensuring accuracy of the data used.
- Propose approaches to the business on monitoring measures or key performance indicators (KPIs) associated with the business case and business model and ensure creditability of data received to support the measures or KPIs.
- Analyse trends within the business data to reduce risks, optimise performance of the business and inform People Function decisions.
- Conduct integrity checks on all extracted data to ensure correct data is incorporated into reports.
- Ensure the accuracy of data within the business and ensure consistent use of data.
- Escalate data integrity issues to relevant Manager / Data Management ensure that these receive priority to maintain a high level of data integrity.
- Check all existing and new reports for accuracy and data integrity.
- Build effective working relationships with business stakeholders to develop a detailed understanding of their business imperatives and objectives.
- Perform a consultancy role with business stakeholders. Present the final analytical outputs to stakeholders and assist in interpreting the results and providing advice & recommendations on the implementation of actions.
- Engage with the business teams on an ongoing basis to understand management information needs and sensitize them to any relevant existing reports or management information outputs that will result in value-add opportunities in their respective areas.
- Engage with other key stakeholders within the Group to ensure that the business leverages off what is available and are aware of initiatives in the group that may impact on the business.

**Skills and qualifications**:

- Minimum of a Bachelors degree in computer science, statistics, or information systems.
- Minimum of 5 years' proven working experience in a similar role.
- Proven working experience with data warehousing and Structured Query Language (SQL).
- Strong problem-solving, communication and critical thinking skills.
- Excellent knowledge of data visualisation and statistical programming languages (Python, SQL and JavaScript).
- Big data experience would be advantageous.