Business Technical Data Analyst
Absa
n/a - n/a
R600–850 per month
Johannesburg
Business Analyst
Data Analysis
Communication
SQL
Problem Solving
Documentation
Role
This exciting role resides within the Digital Data Products Team, reporting to the Head of Data Products. The Technical Data Analyst is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective interaction between various business and technical stakeholders to deliver solutions where the primary objective is to transform data into meaningful and actionable insights.
Key accountabilities
• Communicating with data suppliers and various stakeholders to gather information
around data sources (existing and potential)
• Importing/Collecting, cleaning, converting and analyzing the data for the purpose of
finding insights and making conclusions.
• Developing and maintaining documentation related to the data analysis process
• Analysing processes to determine how to improve the automation of data processes
(including Extract – Transform – Load jobs ETL)
• Implementing organizational policies related to data governance.
• Preparing documentation to communicate findings and recommendations to team /
management for decision making
• Presenting data in graphs, charts, tables, etc and designing and developing relational
databases for collecting data.
• Work closely with the IT team and data scientists to determine and achieve the goals of Digital Data Products.
• Assist the data scientist in development of new analytical tools and methods as and when required.
Preferred Education
• 3+ years business & systems analysis experience
• Ability & aptitude for working in integrated multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of Agile Methodology & working embedded within an Agile team / teams
• Degree or Diploma in data science, information science, behaviourial science, computer science, commerce or business administration
• Must have completed a course in Computer Programming and have basic knowledge of at least one programming language
• Banking domain experience, preferred.
• Experience or exposure in/to Systems Design & Integration
Knowledge and Skills
• Must be proficient in creating SQL queries
• Must be comfortable working in Windows and Linux
• Should be comfortable with learning to use new tools like Apache Spark
• Must be able to create or modify relational database schemas
• Embracing Diversity
• Analytical skills
• Problem solving skills
• Good written and spoken communication
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