Senior BI Analyst - Gauteng, South Africa - Kontak Recruitment SA

Kontak Recruitment SA

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Gauteng, South Africa

1 week ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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Description

Gauteng, Gauteng

Senior BI Analyst (JB3103)

Salary:
R to R Annually CTC

Duration:
Permanent

Vacancy Close Date: 25 May 2023

A well-established company that is a leading Tourism retail service provider that offers a wide range of innovative solutions to businesses looking to enhance their retail operations.

With a focus on personalised service and cutting-edge technology.

The company's services are designed to cover every aspect of Tourism retail operations, including customer engagement, loyalty program management, point of sale, and inventory management.

By taking a holistic approach to retail, the company helps clients optimise their operations and improve their profitability.

Minimum Requirements:

Matric / Grade 12
BS or MS in computer science or information systems along with 5+ years' work experience in a related field Microsoft certification - Designing and Implementing Enterprise-Scale Analytics Using Microsoft Azure and Microsoft Power BI (not required but would be an advantage)

Business Analysis - must be able to interact with key stakeholders, gather requirements, solutionize it and solution meets user requirements.

To engage end users to design, configure and support Power BI reports.
Integration and consolidation of data from multiple data sources
Database design - extensive knowledge of normalised
- and dimensional modelling design (specifically Kimball)

Data visualization and analytics, working with businesses to shape and implement their BI strategies, improve operational functions, efficiencies, and ultimate performance.

Advanced Power BI data modelling, visualisation, and management of Power BI platform

Azure Data Platform technology stack:
o Data Lake Storage o Azure SQL Database o Synapse Analytics Advanced level experience in SQL querying and DAX - SSRS, SSAS, SSIS (not required but would be an advantage)
Data cleansing, visualisation, and reporting
Ability to identify, clarify and resolve assigned issues and key risks as needed.
Good communication skills - verbal and in writing
Ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines.
Approachable with ability to work independent or as part of team,
Analytical approach to problem solving.
Detail oriented
Entrepreneurial, confident, and self
- motivated
Keen to learn new skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Engage with multiple stakeholders to gather organisational requirements and align on approach of data visualisation.
Analyse business requirements, compile user stories and specifications and report mock-ups for developers. BI Analyst is the link between business stakeholders and translates business requirements to technical requirements for the BI Developers
Responsible for tying data insights to actionable results that increase profitability or efficiency.
Design analytical (dimensional) models to be used by Power BI and dependency matrices.
Collaborate with the data engineer in mapping entities to source systems and extract-, load transformation processes required.
Maintain a data dictionary, logical and physical data models.

Ensure BI Developers build a solution that is user-friendly, has a logical flow in the storytelling which answers business critical questions and provides key strategic insights and operational efficiencies for effective decision making.

Validate the final deliverables and ensure that business metric calculations are correct and content delivery is concise and consistent.
Ensure all requests for reports by business stakeholders are methodically logged, prioritised, developed and delivered.
Responsible for coaching team members and wider business to ensure Power BI knowledge and skills are shared.
Manage and maintain the creation, publishing, and security aspects of Power BI Reports in the most efficient manner.
Must have deep knowledge of the business domain and often use SQL alongside noncoding tools to communicate insights derived from data