Associate Data Analyst

impact.com; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Mental health support

RSUs with 3-year vesting

Coursera subscription

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Job summary

impact.com is a leading commerce partnership marketing platform seeking an Associate Data Analyst in Cape Town. You will collect, clean, and interpret large datasets to uncover patterns and support decision-making.

The role emphasizes data storytelling, collaboration with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and building dashboards that drive measurable outcomes for campaigns and partnerships. A strong foundation in Python, SQL, and data visualization is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 2+ years in data analysis, BI, or data engineering role.
• Strong Python and SQL coding skills.
• Experience with data wrangling and visualization.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its integrated technologies.
• Experience with Tableau, Power BI, Looker, SSRS/SSAS, or QlikView.

Responsibilities

• Extract and analyze data from diverse sources including SQL databases, big data technologies, and reporting systems.
• Assist with the identification, creation and maintenance of master datasets.
• Create visualizations and dashboards as directed by stakeholders.
• Participate in data stewardship and quality initiatives.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical team members.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data visualization

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GCP

Tableau

Power BI

Looker

BigQuery

Job description

About Impact.com

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products—

About Impact.com

impact.com is the world’s leading commerce partnership marketing platform, transforming the way businesses grow by enabling them to discover, manage, and scale partnerships across the entire customer journey. From affiliates and influencers to content publishers, brand ambassadors, and customer advocates, impact.com empowers brands to drive trusted, performance-based growth through authentic relationships. Its award-winning products— Performance (affiliate), Creator (influencer), and Advocate (customer referral)— unify every type of partner into one integrated platform. As consumers increasingly rely on recommendations from people and communities they trust, impact.com helps brands show up where it matters most. Today, over 5,000 global brands, including Walmart, Uber, Shopify, Lenovo, L’Oréal, and Fanatics, rely on impact.com to power more than 225,000 partnerships that deliver measurable business results.

Your Role at Impact

The Associate Data Analyst is responsible for collecting, analyzing and interpreting large and complex datasets to identify patterns and trends, surfacing facts and assist in developing insights and providing data-driven outputs and recommendations to support business decisions. The ideal candidate will have a keen interest in and some prior experience of data analysis, reporting and forecasting. The associate data analyst needs to be a clear communicator that can confidently interact with technical and non-technical stakeholders. The Associate Data Analyst will form part of and actively participate in the data analytics competency, with special focus on building data and reporting outputs as directed by senior team members. The analyst will be a contributing member of the analytics center of excellence (ACoE) and adopt best practices as outlined by ACoE leadership.

What You'll Do

• Extract and analyze data from various sources including relational databases (mySQL, postgres), big data technologies (BigQuery, Kudu, Impala, SingleStore, Hive), file sources (parquet, ORC, avro, csv, xlsx) and reporting systems (Looker, DOMO).
• Assist with the identification, creation and maintenance of master datasets.
• Participate in data stewardship initiatives.
• Clean and manipulate data to ensure high quality and integrity of reporting outputs.
• Contribute to technical specifications for new data assets (marts, tables, views, cubes).
• Analyze source systems and help identify business logic embedded in the underlying datasets.
• Use statistical techniques to identify trends and derive patterns and insights embedded in the data.
• Identify and communicate data quality and data validation issues in productionalized datasets.
• Create visualizations and dashboards as directed by the squad lead and required by business stakeholders.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports to support business stakeholders.
• Perform ad-hoc data analysis to determine suitability of a data source for use in data marts and reporting outputs or to assess key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Communicate findings and recommendations to both technical and non-technical team members in a clear and concise manner.

What You Have

Preferred Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience: 2+ years of experience in a data analysis, business intelligence, or data engineering role.
• Core Technical Skills: * Strong Python and SQL coding skills.
• Demonstrable data analysis and data visualization skills.
• Hands-on exposure to data wrangling (data cleaning, manipulation, and preparation).
• Tools & Platforms: * Exposure to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and its integrated technologies.
• Familiarity with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power BI, Looker, SSRS/SSAS, or QlikView.
• Professional & Soft Skills:
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Nice to Have (Advantageous) Requirements

• Advanced Data Stack: Deep exposure to DataBricks, PySpark, and BigQuery.
• Data Systems: Exposure to NoSQL data systems and streaming platforms (HBase, Redis, Kafka).
• Data Science: Exposure to machine learning libraries, tools, and protocols (both supervised & unsupervised learning).
• Statistical Depth: Exposure to standard statistical modeling and forecasting methodologies.
• Domain Expertise: Prior experience working within the Marketing Technology (MarTech) industry.

Benefits and Perks

At impact.com, we believe that when you’re happy and fulfilled, you do your best work. That’s why we’ve built a benefits package that supports your well-being, growth, and work-life balance.

• Flexible Working: Our Responsible PTO policy means you can take the time off you need to rest and recharge. We're committed to a positive work-life balance and provide a flexible environment that allows you to be happy and fulfilled in both your career and your personal life.
• Health and Wellness: Your well-being is a priority. Our mental health and wellness benefit includes up to 12 fully covered therapy/coaching sessions per year, with additional dependent coverage. We also offer a monthly gym reimbursement policy to support your physical health.
• A Stake in Our Growth: We offer Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as part of our total compensation, giving you a stake in the company's growth with a 3-year vesting schedule, pending Board approval.
• Investing in Your Growth: We’re committed to your continuous learning. Take advantage of our free Coursera subscription and our PXA courses.
• Parental Support: We offer a generous parental leave policy, 26 weeks of fully paid leave for the primary caregiver and 13 weeks fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver.
• Technology Financial Support: We provide a technology stipend to help you set up your home office and a monthly allowance to cover your internet expenses

impact.com is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

All employees and applicants for employment shall be given fair treatment and equal employment opportunity regardless of their race, ethnicity or ancestry, color or caste, religion or belief, age, sex (including gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity), national origin, weight, neurodivergence, disability, marital and civil partnership status, caregiving status, veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or other prohibited non-merit factors.