Credit Control Specialist

**WHO ARE WE?**

Ntiyiso Consulting Group is an authentically African and globally wired management consulting firm with expertise across all major industries. We deliver sustainable solutions through three subsidiaries, viz. Ntiyiso Revenue Consulting, Ntiyiso Business Consulting, Ntiyiso Industrialization Consulting. Ntiyiso means ‘TRUTH’ in Xitsonga language. We are therefore naturally inclined to deliver the most trusted of solutions to our clients and at the heart of why we exist lies our purpose which is to empower institutions that enable Africa’s development.

**OVERVIEW**:
The Senior Data Analyst will be responsible for driving the firm’s data strategy within the COT Credit Control project.

They will liaise with the project manager(s) to ensure the highest levels of project delivery. They will create and deliver data-driven solutions, insights, and analyses to provide value to a portfolio/business area, by gathering, validating, integrating, structuring, documenting, presenting, and interpreting data.

**JOB PURPOSE**:
The role requires professional experience in data extraction, wrangling, analysis, isualisation, and reporting on complex data sets to draw conclusions from them to inform the decision-making process at a management level. The main key component to be measured will be the improvement of the City’s Debt Book vs the debt book at the start of the project. SAP system understanding and experience.

**PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE**
- BSc degree in Computer Sciences / BCom in Financial Information Systems or any equivalent qualification.
- SAP System knowledge will be an advantage. (Municipal Financial Systems)
- 5 years’ experience relevant experience in revenue management projects on local government will be an advantage.
- Perform data wrangling, which may include but not limited to the collection, extraction, integration, mapping, transforming, structuring, validation, exploring, cleaning, and storing of data.
- Liaise with business stakeholders to identify and translate their business requirements to ensure that relevant and value-adding solutions are developed to aid in effective decision-making.
- Generate and present insights from data through recurring and ad hoc analyses/reports to support strategic business decision-making.
- Create appropriate documentation that allows stakeholders to understand the steps of the reporting/data analysis process and replicate the reports/analyses if necessary.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for process improvements, recommend system modifications, and develop policies for data governance.
- Compile reports of Credit Control processes Final demands, disconnections, inspections, and deviations. Monitoring Credit Control actions vs payment levels to the city.
- Compile reports of audits, inspections, and deviations with recommendations for corrective action and mitigating actions for work completed by the field teams.
- Monitor reports for disconnection accuracy from various field teams on site.

**Attributes and Skills**
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel or a similar program
- Report writing
- Power Point presentations
- Administrative skills
- Time Management
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Planning
- Developing relationships
- Team Co-operation

**Technical/ Proficiency Competencies**
- Report writing
- Municipal Product knowledge and bylaws
- Business Acumen
- Proficient MS Office skills intermediate / advanced
- Data modelling and database design and maintenance skills
- Strong analytical and data-handling skills

Application Question(s):

- Do you have 5 years’ experience in revenue management projects on local government?

**Education**:

- Bachelors (preferred)