Senior BI Analyst

**About Company** We are a JSE-listed company that sells innovative technology for mobile commerce to emerging markets in South Africa and abroad. Our users are rich, poor, urban and rural, and we allow them all to interact and transact on an equal footing. We reach them by using both physical and virtual distribution channels. We target many of our services at people who do not have easy access to bank accounts, and we allow them the convenience of being able to transact where and when they want to. Our good reputation is our license to operate. **Job Purpose** Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources. The incumbent is responsible for the BI architecture, BI reporting and dash boarding ensuring the correct distribution of information to business communities. The incumbent is to liaise with the identified business users to determine their requirements and to deliver these in a timeous and repeatable manner and is responsible for developing data on the identified platforms and for data visualization QlikSense, and to test the integrity of the data and do an in-depth analysis of the information. **Responsibilities** **Requirements Management** - Identify, elicit and document project/process requirements using appropriate modelling technique if required - Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion - Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met - Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project **Core Functions** - QlikSense data modelling and managing of data loads - Maintenance of business dashboards and report development - QlikSense data architecture - End to end management of QlikSense environment - Adhoc requests on reports and data must be resolved - Consulting on existing business processes - Review data - Complete the New Business Reports - Complete Strategic reports when required - Evaluate future sales performance against current sales performance - In depth analysis of market segments and forecasting - Completeness and correctness of data and subsequent reporting and reconciliations - Reconciling source data to management accounts - Prioritization of requests **Data Collection and Analysis** - Use data from a wide range of sources to analyze key themes and identify possible impacts on the business **Database Specifications** - Contribute to approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed and data integrity is preserved **Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be"** - Document "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required. **Business Requirements Identification** - Collect business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals **Non Core functions** - Collaborate with other teams to ensure that there is no duplication of effort and that the correct resources are being used to provide the correct analytics **Enterprise Business Analysis** - Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level. **Business Case** - Carry out feasibility and assessment work for proposed and current projects to contribute to the development and continuous review of business cases - Application Software Development **Documentation and Back up** - Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur **Culture of Innovation** - Support a culture of innovation by contributing to solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons **Personal Capability Building** - Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching - Gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfil personal potential - Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media **Tasks** - Analyze competitive market strategies through analysis of related product, market, or share trends - Synthesize current business intelligence or trend data to support recommendations for action - Communicate with customers, competitors, suppliers, professional organizations, or others to stay abreast of industry or business trends - Manage timely flow of business intelligence information to users. Identify and analyze industry or geographic trends with business strategy implications