- Location
- Sandton
- Type
- Contract
- Department
- Finance
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- CareersPage
Description
We are looking for an experienced Data Analyst to join a leading financial services organisation on a 6-month contract. This role is ideal for a highly analytical professional who enjoys working with large datasets, translating complex business requirements into technical solutions, and driving data-led digital transformation initiatives.
You will work closely with business stakeholders, developers, BI teams, and project managers to design, implement, and optimise data-driven solutions that improve financial and operational reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the analysis and solution design phases of digital transformation initiatives.
- Engage with business stakeholders to understand current business processes, reporting environments, and system architecture.
- Analyse existing processes and identify opportunities for improvement through technology and automation.
- Gather, document, and validate business and system requirements through workshops and stakeholder engagements.
- Translate business requirements into functional specifications for development teams.
- Collaborate with Project Managers, Developers, Data Modelers, and BI teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Design financial and operational reporting models that provide meaningful business insights.
- Analyse complex data flows and understand how transactions impact financial and operational reporting.
- Perform data profiling, data quality assessments, and data scoping activities.
- Identify system gaps, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Support the rollout of new technical solutions and business process changes.
- Develop dashboards, reports, and visualisations to support business decision-making.
- Recommend enhancements to systems, reporting, and business processes.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with internal stakeholders and business users.
- Drive automation and optimisation of manual reporting and operational processes.
- Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and quality of all data delivered within solutions.
Minimum Requirements
- Minimum 5–8 years' experience as a Data Analyst within enterprise environments.
- Proven experience working with financial systems and financial system integrations.
- Strong understanding of data warehousing concepts, methodologies, and best practices.
- Experience analysing large and complex datasets.
- Ability to understand end-to-end business processes and translate business needs into technical requirements.
- Experience facilitating workshops and gathering business requirements.
- Strong knowledge of data profiling, data quality management, and data analysis techniques.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to simplify and communicate complex technical concepts to both business and technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced environments with multiple priorities and tight deadlines.
Why Apply?
This is an exciting opportunity to work on high-impact digital transformation projects within a leading financial services environment. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence strategic decision-making, and help shape innovative data solutions that deliver real business value.
If you have a passion for data, financial systems, and delivering business insights that drive transformation, we'd love to hear from you.
