Data Analyst

Job Purpose:

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  Gather, manipulate and analyze data from different sources using advanced techniques and tools (such as Power BI and Azure) to generate insight in support of initiatives that create business impact in line with overall business strategy, objectives and needs, Group guidelines and policies
• Connect a thorough understanding of business needs, state-of-the-art analytics techniques, and effective dashboard design to drive real business value

Key Accountabilities:

• Drive the definition of project contents, deliverables and timelines of data analytics projects, usually of a descriptive or diagnostic nature
• Support predictive / prescriptive data analytics use cases through data preparation and basic programming (mapping, cleansing, exploratory analysis) and feature engineering
• Gather and analyze data from different sources to inform business decisions, support process reviews and drive actionable insights
• Apply mathematics and statistics to discover patterns and knowledge in recorded data
• Build data models, analyses, and dashboards e.g. in Power BI
• Develop analytics product prototypes and user front-ends (e.g. in PowerBI) for (executive) decision makers
• Support dashboard expertise in the business by supporting training, coaching and sparring initiatives
• Liaise and coordinate with all relevant parties e.g. data owners, data scientists, data engineers and other technical personnel across functions, as well as the respective user community and business decision makers to share best practices

• Matric
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience/qualification
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience in a similar role