Data Analyst

2 days ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Mimecast Full time

Business Intelligence Analyst

We’re your dream business intelligence team

We are looking for a smart, passionate, and highly motivated Business Intelligence & Analytics Analyst. As an analyst, you’ll be supporting the BI & Analytics team on data analysis, reporting, and analytics for different financial departments across the company. Potential projects include building dashboards to track KPIs; preparing and transforming data for new datasets and models; and helping to integrate new data sources such as product usage data for new products. You’ll also have the opportunity to partner and work with data science and ML/AI cutting edge work to drive growth for our business and partners. The analytics team stands at the intersection of business and technology, and standing at this intersection provides a premier opportunity to further develop your career in data and analytics while being exposed to many aspects of the business. You’ll work with analysts, operations, data engineering, data science and other functions to build data models, processes, methodologies and outcomes for our customers and stakeholders.

What you’ll do
- Use data-driven methods and work with analysts and analytic engineers to improve our analytics landscape and ability to turn insight into action
- Partner with stakeholders from various functional areas within the company
- Utilize your skills in data analysis, dashboard building, project management, data science, data modeling and data governance to support Mimecast's data-driven mission
- Analyze data to drive real insights to our Finance, Sales, Go-To-Market, Customer, and Product teams
- Utilize project management skills to navigate complex problems
- Create dashboards and build reports concisely and impactfully
- Advance BI team & corporate goals, promoting a data-oriented culture, insight generation and enablement of end-users
- Ad-hoc analysis as required to aid management decision making and business planning

What you’ll bring
- Self-starter & team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
- B.S. degree in Math, Business, Economics, Finance, Information Systems or related discipline
- Analyst experience, with hands-on knowledge using a modern data stack: Tableau, Snowflake, DBT, & GitHub (or similar)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent quantitative skills - demonstrated proficiency with analyzing, summarizing and presenting complex data in a clear and compelling manner
- Strong business acumen - interest in understanding business issues and developing data solutions for business needs A high attention to detail and possess a passion for data, data quality & business analytics.
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, utilizing data to tell a story.
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; Experience with SQL, R, SAS, and/or Python is a plus
- Experience in leveraging a modern analytics stack using Snowflake/any RDBMS and Tableau, Domo, MSFT Power BI
- Understanding/exposure to Netsuite, Salesforce or other CRM tools, a plus

What we Bring
- We are Mimecasters. And we are alive with purpose._

We do what we need to protect the world of business from getting important (and potentially compromising) data stolen. We never leave anyone behind. We deliver quickly - and outstandingly. We’re big on honesty because it makes us better. We’re empowered by our mission. And if cybercriminals have a good day, we work twice as hard to make the rest of their days a nightmare. That’s The Mimecast Way.

DEI Statement

Cybersecurity is a community effort. That’s why we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone - unless they’re a cybercriminal, of course.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’d encourage you to join us whatever your background. We particularly welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups.


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