Data Analyst (Senior) at Parvana Recruitment

Parvana Strategic Sourcing; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company specializing in software and data solutions seeks a Business/Data Analyst. In this remote position, you will engage with customers to understand their needs, capture requirements, and analyse data for integration. The ideal candidate has significant experience in data integration and relational databases, with strong skills in SQL and data analytics tools like Power BI and Tableau.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in business or data analysis, 2+ years technical experience.
• Proven experience with data integration projects.
• Strong understanding of relational databases and data modelling.

Responsibilities

• Understand customer business needs through engagement.
• Elicit and validate functional requirements.
• Analyse complex data sets for integration needs.

Skills

Data Analysis

ETL

Technical BA

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SQL

Excel

Job description

This is a remote position.

About our client:

Our client develops and supports software and data solutions across a variety of industries. They want you to get ahead of the market and stay there. They offer a combination of plug and play products that can be integrated with existing systems and processes and can also be customised to client needs. Their capabilities extend to big data engineering and bespoke software development, solutions are available as both cloud-based and hosted.



What you will be doing:

• Understand customer business needs and data environments through direct engagement.
• Elicit, document, and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Capture use cases and success criteria via workshops and interviews with stakeholders.
• Analyse complex data sets, schemas, and flows to assess integration needs.
• Collaborate with technical teams on data ingestion, transformation, and mapping processes.
• Validate data quality, completeness, and alignment with business requirements.
• Translate business needs into technical specifications and act as a liaison.
• Contribute to solution architecture, testing, and provide feedback for product improvements.

What our client is looking for:

• 5+ years in business or data analysis, with 2+ technical experience.
• Proven experience with data integration projects (ETL, data pipelines, APIs).
• Strong understanding of relational databases, data modelling, and transformation (PostgreSQL, SQL Server preferred).
• Ability to translate technical concepts to business language and vice versa.
• Strong communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Technical understanding of complex data sets with SQL and Excel proficiency.
• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) and software development lifecycle.

Job ID:

• J106925

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Desired Skills:

• Technical BA
• Data Analysis
• ETL