Business Intelligence Analyst - Roodepoort Verfied

R 30000 per month Roodepoort, Gauteng Roodepoort, Gauteng more than 14 days ago 11-04-2017 6:57:30 PM
09-05-2017 6:57:30 PM
Business Intelligence Analyst

Area: Roodepoort

Salary R30000 P/M

Education and experience:
Preferably Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Mathematics, or Computer Science and 5 years practical experience.
• Exceptionally strong written and verbal communication skills
• Prior experience and passion for leveraging data to drive significant business impact
• Ability to speak to management with advanced presentation skills
• Ability to perform critical thinking in the area of data analysis and process
• Possess the intellectual curiosity to work through ambiguity
• Ability to work independently with minimal instructions
• Ability to prioritize and organize effectively and manage multiple assignments
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel & Access SQL required
• Must have a strong command of database concepts and SQL skills
• Experience working with one or many BI platforms (eg. Tableau or Qlik or Google Analytics 360)
Technical Skills: Business intelligence analysts use complex computer programs to mine data sources and look for trends.
Analytical Skills: A major part of the job is to determine what data trends mean. Being able to analyze the data is crucial.
Communication Skills: Once the data is analyzed, business intelligence analysts must communicate their findings to the company or their managers.
Problem-Solving: Business intelligence analysts need to look at the data trends and recommend solutions for creating more revenue and reducing loss.
Time Management: Business intelligence analyst will work on large projects and many data streams and many deadlines. Being able to juggle it all is crucial to the job.

Job:
• Responsible for supporting and managing a program of business unit-focused initiatives designed to help management and clients drive value from information.
• Contributes to company success by ensuring business needs and goals are realized through analysis and reporting activities of the Business Intelligence Group.
• Responsible for supporting the Management to empower them with concise, high-quality information, helping them leverage it to identify and address business opportunities and threats.
• Provides consultation on the interpretation of data to various business units throughout the organization.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer experience
• Instils best practices across the company using Business Intelligence tools from front line employees to executive leadership.
• Supports all scheduled and non-recurring information needs of the business users and clients.
• Communicates data nuances and insights to all levels of the company in a clear and concise manner.
• Provides end user education for the interpretation of business data relevant to the business unit.
• Utilizes the user group forum to share best practices around analytical findings based on the analysis conducted.
• Manages detailed project plans used to drive successful project completion, including gathering detailed business requirements, process requirements, establishing definitions and gaining approval.
• Leverages expert knowledge of Business Intelligence capabilities and deep familiarity with business trends identifying opportunities and threats.
• Understands data elements in the warehouse at a very detailed grain to support any form of user needs from research to adhoc querying to managing large information projects.
• Monitors and manage requests from the business units and clients.
• Queries data comfortably to provide information requested by business users and clients.
• Presents data in a fashion that is easy to understand with proper documentation for successful user adoption.
• Creates metadata dictionaries of new facts and summaries.
• Consolidates redundant reporting and ensure that information is used consistently and efficiently across the business unit.

Recruiter: PCSES