Business Intelligence Analyst

Recruiter:

AGA Recruitment Specialists

Job Ref:

CPT000156/AG

Date posted:

Friday, February 18, 2022

Location:

Capetown, South Africa

JOB SUMMARY:

Our client, a giant in the industry. This role requires a motivated, energetic, inquisitive and highly numerate person, possessing a genuine love of numbers and the value that can be derived from interrogating them. The successful candidate will be a proud numbers geek!

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Duties include, but not limited to:

Integration of new data sources into company databases so that it can be easily consumed, analyzed and included in relevant reports.
Integration of data into relevant workflow processes, with the specific aim of continuously improving what they do and how they do it.
Continually searching for new and useful ways to obtain, integrate and analyze data that is relevant to the company’s business model
Education of report end-users so as to ensure a maximum spread of expertise around the company and promote “self-help” solutioning.
Conceptualizing, defining and delivering new reports, as well as improving existing ones.
Analysis of data from various sources in order to ensure that the business acts proactively on the information at its disposal.
Obtaining, manipulating and analyzing business data to derive experience assumptions.
Trend analysis on historical data and deriving information to drive key business decisions.
Hypothesizing, testing and comparing projected outcomes of scenarios for the growth of existing business and / or the development of new markets and / or changes to existing business rules.
Highlighting potentially unprofitable scenarios in order to determine remedial action where possible.
Monitoring of subsequent actual outcomes relative to model assumptions in order to determine likelihood of goal achievement (particularly in respect of new markets) and / or need for changes in tactics and strategy.
Work with Product Managers and Product Owners in executing project plans or analytical tasks within assigned schedule and timeline.

Essential Criteria:

1-2 years’ experience in data analysis and implementation of models
Hands-on experience with of relational databases, MySQL, SQL, OLAP, reporting tools (e.g. MS-Reporting Services (SSRS)
Undergraduate degree (or substantial progress towards one) with majors in math / stats / economics / engineering / actuarial science or similar. Alternatively, at least 3-years’ work experience in a data analysis role will be considered.
Highly Proficient in excel (pivot tables, graphs, ability to pull in data from other sources, formulas, functions) or other statistical/analytical tools

Desirable Criteria:

Experience with VBA, data mining and statistical software such as R, Matlab, Octave, Python, Statistica, SPSS, STATA, etc. will be a strong plus
Ability to clean, manage, manipulate and use numerical data
A relevant post-graduate degree will be a strong plus.

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