Data Analyst

iqbusiness is looking for highly skilled Data Analysts with experience in financial services, consulting or big corporate environments.

Key Responsibilities And/or Outputs

• Interpret data, analyze results and interpret trends enabling continuous improvement in data quality and overall business performance.
• Create detailed specifications that specify data sources, data flows, data transformations, data storage and reporting.
• Produce documentation such as source-to-target-maps, data dictionaries and data models.
• Create test cases and scenarios used to ensure quality assurance.
• Interact and collaborate with technical and business stakeholders to identify data sources, find data definitions for master and metadata as well as formulate and implement solutions.
• Promote the use of existing enterprise and divisional data standards to enhance data quality, ensure constant compliance and adherence to data governance principles.
• Promote reusability, maintainability, reliability, and scalability in design and development of data solutions.
• Process live and confidential data according to specified guidelines.
• Evaluate changes and updates to source production systems that could impact reporting and eventually business decisions.

Requirements

• 4 – 8 years of experience in analyzing and using data to solve problems.
• Relevant Bachelors’ Degree / Diploma / recognised qualification from an accredited tertiary institution preferably ICT.
• Knowledge and/or experience in Data frameworks, practices and tooling (e.g. DAMA, Apache, etc).
• Demonstrates knowledge of database and data warehouse design.
• Proven experience building logical and physical data models using industry best practices, patterns and frameworks.
• Practical technical experience using database management tools (SQL) and reporting tools (Power BI).
• Familiarity with BI methodologies such as Kimball and Inman.
• Has analytical skills and demonstrates a deep interest in research.
• Demonstrates the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to draw actionable insights from raw data and information to help further the business’s cause.
• Ability to communicate well with different types of stakeholders, adapt to different project environments and play a flexible role in projects.
• Have a drivers' license and a willingness to travel.

Who We Are

Our purpose is to grow people, grow business and grow Africa.

At iqbusiness, we are creative problem-solvers who never concede defeat. Beyond IT and technology, we apply innovative solutions to complex problems. We make sure that our clients grow, whether these challenges may be overcome by utilizing research from iqbusiness and our partners, allocating teams to build and implement solutions, or deploying point expertise to address a skills shortage. Whatever the challenges, we support them in overcoming them.

Please note: As all iqbusiness roles require honesty in the handling of or access to cash, finances, financial systems, or confidential information; our recruitment process requires that the following background checks be completed: credit, criminal, ID and qualification verification.
iqbusiness is committed to sustainable growth and transformation, we embrace diversity and employ previously disadvantaged individuals.