Business Intelligence Analyst [BI Analyst]

Date: 22 Aug 2024

Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

Company: Capitec Bank Ltd

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Purpose Statement

  • To build value for the product line by solving client and business challenges using data. 
  • To utilise data and analytical skills and experience to build insights which enable senior decision makers to make better, informed decisions faster.
  • Productionise insights to be consumed across team (focus on building reusable data assets).
  • To build an understanding of various business domains and relevant products, to address queries and execute analytical tasks.

Education (Minimum)

  • A relevant tertiary qualification in Business Administration or Statistics
  • Grade 12 National Certificate / Vocational

Education (Ideal or Preferred)

  • Certification in Business Analysis or Similar

Knowledge and Experience

Minimum Experience:

  • At least 5+ years’ experience in a similar Business Intelligence Analyst or equivalent Data role (Data Analyst, etc.); including experience in Data Analytics, BI methods and tools, Data Warehousing, and the Data Product Life Cycle)
  • A good understanding of Database Management and Data Mining
  • ETL (extraction, transform, load) data flow, and traceability
  • Analysing, identifying, quantifying, and subsequently delivering value on how to solve business challenges using complex data sets 
  • Building Data Visualisations using tools such as Power BI 
  • Stakeholder engagement (including Senior Management)
  • Experience in data quality and incident management  
  • Quality assuring and oversight of the work of others.
  • Advanced SQL skills: Using complex SQL to prepare and analyse data (e.g., indexes, query plans, foreign key constraints, common table expressions, etc.)
  • Coding skills and performing code reviews
  • Documentation (going to stakeholders and doing documentation - running projects)
  • Business requirements / requirements gathering
  • Modelling
  • Dashboards


Minimum Knowledge:

  • Agile project management methodology and experience with tools such as Jira 
  • Data privacy and security regulations and best practices 
  • Design thinking
  • Dimensional Modelling
  • The Data Product Life Cycle (DPLC)
  • Data management 


Ideal Experience / Knowledge:

  • Previous experience working as a Business Intelligence Analyst / Data Analyst / Business Analyst within the Banking / Financial sector
  • Strong programming/coding: Ability to use scripting languages such as Python or R for data analysis and manipulation
  • Working with data on Cloud platforms (such as AWS or Microsoft Azure) 
  • Change management principles and practices, and change management methodology (ADKAR)
  • Using low/no code AutoML on modelling tools such as Power BI or AWS Sagemaker    
  • Lifetime value analysis, propensity modelling, journey mapping, and root cause analysis
  • User Experience (UX) reviews through customer interactions / product services 
  • Automation using software robots built on platforms such as UiPath or Alteryx 
  • Basic knowledge and experience in using Version Control (Git)
  • Having relevant industry certifications (e.g., CompTIA Data+; Certified Analytics Professional [CAP]; Associate Certified Analytics Professional [aCAP]; Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate; Microsoft Certified; Power BI Data Analyst/Associate; and/or AWS Certified Data Analytics)
  • Mentoring colleagues

Skills

  • Commercial Thinking Skills
  • Facilitation Skills
  • Numerical Reasoning skills
  • Presentation Skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Attention to Detail
  • Planning, organising and coordination skills
  • Communications Skills
  • Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills

Additional Information

  • Clear criminal and credit record

Capitec is committed to diversity and, where feasible, all appointments will support the achievement of our employment equity goals.