PBT Group, leaders in Business Intelligence, has a vacancy for Mid - Senior Data
Analyst within the Business Intelligence environment, and preferably with
experience in the Telecommunications Industry.

DUTIES:
- Analyse business
requirements from documents and end-user discussions.
- Identify and define the
data requirements necessary to support business requirements or integrated
application and subject areas.
- Identify and define the security requirements
necessary to protect the data items.
- Identify and define the business rules
associated with the data; these should include all data integrity / constraint
requirements.
- Identify and perform detailed analysis of all data sources for
each application and subject area.
- Perform data profiling of data contained
in source systems.
- Provide detailed analysis of all data implemented into the
database.
- Provide the data mapping and associated transformation rules for
each data item.
- Ensure that the business requirements and subsequent
development activities are supported by accurate information.
- Support and
maintain the project data models at multiple levels of detail and functionality
(conceptual, logical, normalised, relational, dimensional, application-level,
subject-level, integrated, etc.).
- Assist Data Modellers to draw up detailed
data models.
- Assist ETL Analysts to draw up data cleansing specifications.
-
Present data quality anomalies and problem areas to business users and source
system owners.
- Validate data models against the business- and data
requirements.
- Ensure the quality, accuracy, integrity and conformity to
standards of all models.
- Provide accurate metadata, which allows full
understanding of the project data components.
- Coordinate and synchronise data
models with process and technical models.
- Identify data and data model
inconsistencies and conflicts and assist the users in their resolution.
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Transition information and assist the DBA’s with physical implementation of the
data models.
- Transition information and assist develops with the data mapping
and transformation and provide additional data analysis as required during the
development phase.
- Communicate project data-related information to
Architects, DBA’s, Developers and Users.
- Work with modelling tools and data
repository to maintain project deliverables.
- Responsible for the support and
analysis of current and new business requirements with the focus on meeting the
relevant business objectives. The individual will be responsible to operate
within both support and project environments.
- Analyse the business
environment related to the past, present and future.
- Work with Project
Manager to assist with the estimation and planning of activities.
- Document
requirements, including KPI’s, measures, reporting and business dimensions,
business processes, data modelling requirements, interface layouts, data flows,
screen and report layouts, etc.
- Investigate and define requirements for
business processes and the documentation thereof.
- Formulate strategies and
guidelines to improve the business environment.
- Analyse existing business
processes to determine problems, risks and opportunities for improvement.
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Facilitate the implementation of new / enhanced processes.
- Review processes
on an on-going basis and conduct process audits.
- Render support to and
facilitate sessions with end-users.
- Work closely with the Solution Architects
and Data Modellers to design and implement the best possible solution within the
limits of the tools available.
- System and user acceptance testing.
- Provide
input to Quality Assurance.
- Business assistance during implementation.
-
Provide input for user training.

- Meticulous attention to detail.
- Knowledge of data profiling and data
profiling tools.
- Experience with data quality management strategies and life
cycles.
- Telco Experience would be a definite advantage.
- Willing to travel
to African & Middle Eastern Countries (preference would be given to candidates
with 1 or more African and /or Middle Eastern languages).
- Oracle & SQL
Experience
- Substantial Business Analyst experience in a BI environment.
- A
good understanding of business processes.
- Ability to assimilate and apply
relevant business principles.
- Work on more than one project at a time.
- Be
able to work within the framework of project methodologies and work
independently on support and maintenance tasks.
- Strong communication skills.
- Good writing skills.
- Must be able to pay attention to detail.
- Good
general understanding of the relevant industry.
- Work independently.
- Must
be a team player.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING:
- Ideally candidates
should have an IT or business-related qualification.
- B.Sc. or related degree
is advantageous.
- Course(s) on data profiling and data quality management.
-
FTI or similar BA qualification will be advantageous.