Data Analyst

Lulalend; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Cape Town is seeking a Data Analyst to join its BizOps Analytics team. The role involves extracting valuable insights from data, creating visualizations, and ensuring data quality. Strong SQL and Python skills are required, alongside experience in financial services. If you are passionate about data and want to contribute to informed decision-making, apply now!

Qualifications

• 3+ years of SQL experience for analysis and debugging.
• 2+ years of experience with Python packages like Pandas and Numpy.
• Demonstrated experience in financial services or fintech.

Responsibilities

• Analyse stakeholder reporting requirements.
• Provide actionable insights by interpreting trends.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports.

Skills

SQL

Python

Data analysis

Data visualization

Agile methodologies

Education

BSc degree or similar field

Tools

DBT

Snowflake

Git and Github

Job description

Overview

Job title : Data Analyst

Job Location : Western Cape, Cape Town

Deadline : September 28, 2025

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Overall Purpose

• We are looking for a confident Data Analyst to join our team. This role calls for an inquisitive and discerning individual with a true passion for data.
• As a member of the BizOps Analytics team, your primary focus will be to extract valuable insights from data, and create visualisations and reports for internal stakeholders, with a heavy focus on data quality and governance. You will not only enable enhanced business performance through data-driven insights, but also help us make smarter decisions to deliver even better products.

Responsibilities

• Analyse the stakeholder reporting requirements from a data and functional perspective
• Identify, analyse and interpret trends in data sets and provide actionable insights
• Investigate and resolve data issues by identifying issues and liaising effectively with appropriate business and tech teams
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports using data visualisation packages.
• Transform, load and ensure smooth integration of the data into our standard database structure
• Aggregate or consolidate data while maintaining quality assurance of data output to stakeholders
• Monitor production runs to ensure accuracy and on-time delivery of reports
• Adjust, maintain and configure existing ETL processes to ensure efficient data flow within the data warehouse
• Engage in regular interaction with internal stakeholders to ensure that they’re being kept up-to-date with respect to data insights
• Ask questions or escalate issues when necessary to find solutions where appropriate
• Co-ordinate and produce bespoke data sets tailored for specific business needs
• Process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of data used for analysis
• Collaborate with Data Scientists, Analytics Engineers and Data Engineers on several projects

The Skills and Experience We’re Looking For

• BSc degree or similar field (or equivalent)
• Demonstrated work experience in data analysis and reporting within financial services or the fintech space
• Strong SQL skills (3+ years experience) – required to write and debug SQL, experience with functions, stored procedures, tables, views, etc.
• 2+ years of Python experience. Particularly data-related packages such as Pandas and Numpy.
• Experience building business dashboards
• Understanding of version control tools like Git and Github.
• Experience with DBT and Snowflake is a bonus.
• Excellent understanding of databases, data structures and concepts
• Experience with Agile methodologies
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