Junior Data Visualization Specialist

Join us in a thrilling journey where you will be the go-to expert in Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Tools. As an integral part of our team, you will collaborate, manage, and engage with multiple teams to contribute to key decisions and provide innovative solutions. Let's embark on this exciting adventure together!

A Data Visualization Specialist transforms complex data sets into visually compelling and easy-to-understand insights, enabling stakeholders to make data-driven decisions. This role requires expertise in data visualization tools, a strong understanding of data structures, and the ability to communicate stories through visuals. You will collaborate with data engineers, business intelligence teams and other departments to deliver impactful visual representations of business metrics and analytical data.

Responsibilities:

Data Visualization

• Design and create engaging, intuitive, and effective visualizations that simplify complex datasets.
• Develop dashboards and reports using tools like Tableau, Power BI, D3.js, or similar.
• Translate business needs into clear visualizations and user-friendly interfaces.

Data Analysis

• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to extract, clean, and manipulate data.
• Identify trends, patterns, and actionable insights from large datasets.
• Interpret and convey findings through compelling narratives.

Collaboration

• Work closely with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product, Marketing, Sales) to gather requirements and feedback.
• Present visual insights to non-technical stakeholders and adapt visuals based on audience needs.

Tool and Process Development

• Enhance the visualization framework by creating reusable templates, and optimizing visual tools and workflows.
• Provide input on the selection of data visualization technologies and solutions.
• Stay up to date on industry trends and the latest technologies in data visualization.

Quality Assurance

• Ensure that visualizations are accurate, accessible, and in compliance with data integrity standards.
• Test visualizations for functionality, data accuracy, and responsiveness across different devices.

Daily activities:

• Meet with stakeholders to understand visualization needs and translate them into designs.
• Develop and refine dashboards, charts, infographics, and data visualizations.
• Collaborate with data engineers to ensure data pipelines and sources are functioning correctly.
• Test visualizations for usability and performance before presenting them to stakeholders.
• Provide training and support to teams in understanding and using visual data effectively.
• Research and stay updated on new visualization techniques and technologies.

Experience & Technical Qualifications:

• Relevant tertiary qualification: Data Science, Computer Science, Graphic Design, Statistics, or a related field. Equivalent work experience is also considered.
• Experience in data visualization, data analysis, or a related field.
• Experience with visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI, D3.js, or similar.
• Portfolio showcasing previous data visualization work (e.g., dashboards, charts, interactive visualizations).
• Familiarity with SQL and querying databases.
• Basic knowledge of programming languages such as Python, R, or JavaScript for data manipulation and visualization.
• Understanding of data structures and ability to work with large datasets.
• Experience with statistical analysis and performance metrics.
• Proficient in utilizing design software such as Figma.

Why join us?

• We are a top employer in South Africa with certified excellence in employee conditions.
• Career progression, with a focus on your strengths and continuous coaching from senior colleagues.
• You will work alongside Accenture experts who are solving some of the biggest industry challenges with innovative thinking and pioneering tools.
• You will have access to state-of-the-art technology that will give you the opportunity to deepen your existing skills even as you help create the latest business trends.
• You will have the opportunity to make a difference in the communities.

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and improve citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 730,000+ people serving clients in more than 120 countries.

Accenture reserves the right to close the role should a suitable applicant be found.