Senior Data Analyst

3 days ago

Johannesburg, South Africa The Focus Group Full time

The Focus Group Johannesburg, South Africa 08 September 2025 Mid / Senior 50000 - 60000 Full Time Cost to Company 5 years - 7 years Skills CI/CD Data Data Analysis Expressions (DAX) Data Interpretation Power BI SQL Industries Information Technology (IT) Job Description
**Reports To**: Chief Information Officer
**Employment Status**: Full Time (with possibility of Hybrid)
**Location**: Gauteng or Cape Town
**Company Overview**:
We are an exciting insurance company, with over 25 years of experience in nontraditional sectors, looking for a Senior Data Analyst to join our team. We are focused on client centricity and solving needs for South Africans with innovation, unique and creative solutions, and products.
**Role Description**:
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Data Analyst take the position as team lead for the reporting and data analysis team in an established company in the financial and insurance industry.
**Key Responsibilities, Duties, and Tasks**:

- Maintain and enhance existing reports and dashboards to ensure continued accuracy and relevance.
- Translate business needs into report specifications and data requirements.
- Design and write advanced SQL queries across normalized and star-schema databases.
- Develop and maintain Power BI semantic models and reports (including embedded models).
- Collaborate with Data Engineers to ensure optimal data architecture and pipeline integrity.
- Validate data between layers (e.g., bronze, silver, gold) to ensure accuracy.
- Lead the implementation of data security rules, including Row-Level Security.
- Create and maintain exception-based reports and trend visualizations.
- Support user acceptance testing and provide training as needed.

**Experience**:

- Minimum 5 years’ experience in data analysis or BI reporting roles.
- Proficient in SQL and DAX (Power BI).
- Strong experience in designing and maintaining data models and reporting environments.
- Familiarity with modern data platforms and concepts (e.g., data lakes, CI/CD, and modern data warehousing). Experience with Microsoft Fabric will be an advantage.
- Advanced Excel capabilities including pivot tables, lookup functions, Power Query, and data reconciliation.
- Experience with business rule documentation and data quality validation.

**Non-Technical Skills**:

- Strong collaboration and teamwork abilities.
- Excellent verbal and written communication.
- Able to take initiative and work independently when needed.
- High attention to detail and strong analytical thinking.
- Adaptable and proactive in problem-solving.

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