Business Intelligence and Automation Specialist

Sabenza IT & Recruitment; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,150,000; Full time

Job summary

Zohorecruit in Pretoria, South Africa seeks a Business Intelligence and Automation Specialist to own the BI environment, maintain dashboards and reporting pipelines, and deliver automation with minimal supervision.

You will optimize data models, implement Power BI and Microsoft Fabric, build Power Automate flows, automate SAP data extracts, train end users and keep documentation up to date for governance and insight delivery to executives.

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in BI and automation.
• Strong Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Power Automate.
• Power Apps is preferred.
• SAP data extraction and systems integration.
• Experience managing BI reporting environments, dashboards and reporting pipelines.
• Hands-on delivery of automation, working independently.
• End-user training, support and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own the existing BI environment, including data models, dashboards and reporting pipelines.
• Maintain, administer and monitor Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Build new reports, dashboards and analytical views as requirements change.
• Design, build and implement automation across finance, operations and commercial to remove manual and repeat work.
• Build Power Automate flows for approvals, document routing and notifications.
• Run quarterly automation reviews and measure return on investment.
• Automate user administration, including provisioning, access and licence allocation.
• Train end users on BI tools, dashboards and self-service reporting.
• Keep user guides, process documentation and the knowledge base up to date.
• Support business users and act as first escalation for BI queries.
• Build automated ETL pipelines between SAP and the BI environment.
• Work with executive stakeholders to find automation opportunities and deliver data-driven insight.
• Monitor uptime, stability and the effectiveness of reporting and automation, and keep improving both.

Skills

Power BI

Microsoft Fabric

Power Automate

SAP integration

ETL pipelines

Automation

Data governance

Independent delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Finance/Data Analytics

Tools

Power Apps

SAP integration

Job description

Business Intelligence and Automation Specialist

Pretoria, South Africa | Posted on 08/10/2026

Own the established BI reporting environment and deliver the automation work independently. There is no team to manage.

The role covers maintenance, optimisation and improvement of data models, dashboards and reporting pipelines, and the build of automation that cuts manual work, improves efficiency, strengthens data governance and gives the executive team usable insight. Reports to the Finance Executive.

Requirements

Key responsibilities:

• Own the existing BI environment, including data models, dashboards and reporting pipelines.
• Maintain, administer and monitor Microsoft Fabric and Power BI.
• Build new reports, dashboards and analytical views as requirements change.
• Design, build and implement automation across finance, operations and commercial to remove manual and repeat work.
• Build Power Automate flows for approvals, document routing and notifications.
• Run quarterly automation reviews and measure return on investment.
• Automate user administration, including provisioning, access and licence allocation.
• Train end users on BI tools, dashboards and self-service reporting.
• Keep user guides, process documentation and the knowledge base up to date.
• Support business users and act as first escalation for BI queries.
• Build automated ETL pipelines between SAP and the BI environment.
• Work with executive stakeholders to find automation opportunities and deliver data-driven insight.
• Monitor uptime, stability and the effectiveness of reporting and automation, and keep improving both.

Requirements:

• Relevant degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Finance, Data Analytics, or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years in BI and automation.
• Strong Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Power Automate.
• Power Apps is preferred.
• SAP data extraction and systems integration.
• Experience managing BI reporting environments, dashboards and reporting pipelines.
• Hands-on delivery of automation, working independently.
• End-user training, support and documentation.