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Business Intelligence Analyst

IT – Analyst, Data Management
Johannesburg – Gauteng

ENVIRONMENT:
Our client, a leading provider serving clients in the USA, Europe, and the UK, is seeking a talented Business Intelligence Analyst to join their team. They pride themselves on their cutting-edge software technology and their commitment to staying ahead of market trends. In this role, you will play a vital part in extracting valuable insights from large datasets and supporting the decision-making process. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to transform data into actionable information, enabling well-informed business decisions. Having a Microsoft Business Intelligence (MSBI) certification, particularly in Querying Data with Transact-SQL (70-461), would be advantageous. A bachelor’s degree is also beneficial, along with at least 3 years of experience working with SQL Server databases and Transact-SQL.
 
DUTIES:
  • Identify potential process improvements and areas within the business for the BI team to get involved.
  • Preparing reports and presentations and deriving business insights
  • Ad hoc analysis (scenario modelling, impact analysis etc.)
  • Develop, test, and implement data driven (SQL) reports.
  • Identify new process improvement opportunities.
  • Excellent written and verbal skills
  • Analise customer behavior, market trends and demographics.
  • Project management skills.
 
REQUIREMENTS:
  • Any Microsoft Business Intelligence (MSBI) certification – No negotiations (70-461: Querying Data with Transact-SQL advantageous).
  • Bachelor’s degree advantageous.
  • 3+ years working experience with SQL Server databases and Transact-SQL.
  • Advanced Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP, etc.).
  • Experience with SSRS.
  • Database documentation experience.
  • Experience in building report models with visualisation tools (Power-BI advantageous).
  • Good, applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc.
  • Machine Learning and Analytics experience advantageous.
 
ATTRIBUTES:
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.