Data Analyst (Tableau and finance experience required)

Mimecast Limited; Johannesburg; Vor Ort; ZAR 400.000 - 600.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Mimecast Limited is seeking a motivated Business Intelligence & Analytics Analyst in Johannesburg to support data analysis and analytics across financial departments. The position involves collaborating with various teams to build data models, analyze insights, and create impactful dashboards.

The ideal candidate will possess a degree in a relevant discipline, experience with tools such as Tableau and Snowflake, and strong quantitative and communication skills. This role offers a unique intersection of business and technology opportunities.

Qualifikationen

• Self-starter & team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Analyst experience, with hands-on knowledge using a modern data stack.
• High attention to detail and a passion for data quality & business analytics.

Aufgaben

• Use data-driven methods and improve analytics landscape.
• Analyze data to drive real insights to Finance, Sales, and Product teams.
• Create dashboards and build impactful reports.
• Ad-hoc analysis for management decision making.

Kenntnisse

Data analysis

Dashboard building

Project management

Data governance

Excellent communication

Quantitative skills

Business acumen

Ausbildung

S. degree in Math, Business, Economics, Finance, Information Systems or related discipline

Tools

Tableau

Snowflake

DBT

GitHub

SQL

R

SAS

Python

Microsoft Office Suite

MSFT Power BI

Netsuite

Salesforce

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for a smart, passionate, and highly motivated Business Intelligence & Analytics Analyst. As an analyst, you’ll be supporting the BI & Analytics team on data analysis, reporting, and analytics for different financial departments across the company. Potential projects include building dashboards to track KPIs; preparing and transforming data for new datasets and models; and helping to integrate new data sources such as product usage data for new products. You’ll also have the opportunity to partner and work with data science and ML/AI cutting edge work to drive growth for our business and partners. The analytics team stands at the intersection of business and technology, and standing at this intersection provides a premier opportunity to further develop your career in data and analytics while being exposed to many aspects of the business. You’ll work with analysts, operations, data engineering, data science and other functions to build data models, processes, methodologies and outcomes for our customers and stakeholders.

What you’ll do

• Use data-driven methods and work with analysts and analytic engineers to improve our analytics landscape and ability to turn insight into action
• Partner with stakeholders from various functional areas within the company
• Utilize your skills in data analysis, dashboard building, project management, data science, data modeling and data governance to support Mimecast’s data-driven mission
• Analyze data to drive real insights to our Finance, Sales, Go-To-Market, Customer, and Product teams
• Utilize project management skills to navigate complex problems
• Create dashboards and build reports concisely and impactfully
• Advance BI team & corporate goals, promoting a data-oriented culture, insight generation and enablement of end-users
• Ad-hoc analysis as required to aid management decision making and business planning

What you’ll bring

• Self-starter & team player with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
• S. degree in Math, Business, Economics, Finance, Information Systems or related discipline
• Analyst experience, with hands-on knowledge using a modern data stack: Tableau, Snowflake, DBT, & GitHub (or similar)
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent quantitative skills – demonstrated proficiency with analyzing, summarizing and presenting complex data in a clear and compelling manner
• Strong business acumen – interest in understanding business issues and developing data solutions for business needs A high attention to detail and possess a passion for data, data quality & business analytics.
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills, utilizing data to tell a story.
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; Experience with SQL, R, SAS, and/or Python is a plus
• Experience in leveraging a modern analytics stack using Snowflake/any RDBMS and Tableau, Domo, MSFT Power BI
• Understanding/exposure to Netsuite, Salesforce or other CRM tools, a plus

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