Senior Data Warehousing Specialist

Recruiter:

Salix Recruitment

Job Ref:

JHB000531/SS

Date posted:

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Salary:

850000 Annually

JOB SUMMARY:
An insurance company is looking for a Senior Data Warehousing Specialist.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

An insurance company is looking for a Senior Data Warehousing Specialist.

The main purpose of this role is to develop, test, deploy, maintain and support new databases, and reporting, data warehouse and business intelligence applications from high-level business requirements and designs, through the Software Development Life Cycle.

This is a South African based financial services group listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, he Group has subsidiaries in Botswana, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Kenya, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, UK, South Africa and Zambia, if this sounds like an organisation you would like to be part of reach out to

Job Experience & Skills Required:

Duties:

Develop, implement and document Business Intelligence Solutions
Contribute to the overall data warehouse architecture and data base designs
Maintain and oversee the administration and maintenance of the data warehouse
Maintain and support: existing MIS databases, existing reports and dashboards and existing data warehouses
Collaborate with project managers and business Leaders to deliver quality, effective management information, data warehouse and business intelligence applications, in line with the agreed development process and business needs.
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements, conduct analysis and prioritise requests.
Conduct research and evaluate potential technical solutions to identified business problems.
Translate business requirements into workable solutions and document solutions into technical specifications, partnering with Business and/or System Analysts when required.
Design and code new database and analytics functionality using code that is readable, maintainable and re-usable.
Conduct Unit Testing of own code and resolve all issues/queries timeously

Qualifications:

Degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Business Sciences, Mathematics. degrees with a statistical/modelling aspect is NB!!

Experience:

6 / 8 years or more experience in Data Warehousing role
2 years or more experience in data warehouse architecture and data base designs
Experience in the Short-term insurance industry will be advantageous

Skills & Competencies:

A quick learner
Independent self-starter
Energetic and strong sense of urgency
Self-disciplined and self-motivated
Effective communication skills (written and verbal)
Exceptional analytical and technical skills with an interest in machine learning.
Financial and Business acumen
Problem solving skills
Integrity and honesty
Passionate about data

If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider the vacancy application unsuccessful. Your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable roles / positions.

For more information contact:
Shouneez Scheepers
Principal Recruiter: IT

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