Data Management Analyst

Old Mutual South Africa; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual South Africa in Johannesburg seeks an analytics professional to join our data team, driving business insight through requirements gathering, data exploration, and advanced analytics. You will build dashboards, support data-driven decisions, and help evolve our data strategy across units.

The role emphasizes high-quality reporting, stakeholder collaboration, and ongoing capability development with focus on data accuracy and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a data/analytics-related field.
• Strong data literacy and analytical thinking.
• Experience with BI reporting and dashboards is essential.

Responsibilities

• Identify business requirements using interviews, workshops, and analysis.
• Explore and manipulate data to enable testing and insights.
• Support interpretation of analytics data using specialized tools.
• Recommend improvements to data and analytics systems and strategy.
• Contribute to data and analytics reporting and dashboards.
• Advise on data recording methods to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Collate and analyze data using preset tools and formats.
• Develop own capabilities through training and accreditation.

Skills

Data modeling

Data management

Data exploration

Data visualization

SQL

Python

Stakeholder communication

Business requirements analysis

Education

NQF Level 7 – Degree or equivalent

Job description

Let's Write Africa's Story Together! Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

Job Description

Responsibilities

• Business Requirements Identification

  Collect business requirements using a variety of methods such as interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express the requirements in terms of target user roles and goals, in order to garner the "why" of the requirements and the benefits of such requirements.

• Data Exploration & Manipulation

  Conduct research and select relevant information to enable testing, experimental adjustustment and analysis of key themes and trends using primary data sources and business intelligence tools, to perform data manipulation and descriptive data analysis.

• Advanced Analytics

  Support interpretation of advanced analytics data, using specialized software tools and functionalities to support business requirements.

• Performance Improvement through Business Intelligence

  Make recommendations to improve data and analytics systems and platforms, contributing to the continuous improvement and refinement of data and analytics strategy by performing root cause analyses.

• Insights and Reporting

  Contribute to the preparation of various data and analytics reports. Builds dashboards and reports to help answer business questions.

• Data Architecture

  Consult and educate stakeholders on methods for streamlining and standardizing data recording to ensure quality and accuracy.

• Data Collection and Analysis

  Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats. Involves working independently.

• Personal Capability Building

  Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation where relevant to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant industry best practices, business acumen, and broadening of individual skills such as presentation, communication and visualisation, through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.

Skills

• Action Planning
• Application Development
• Business Requirements Analysis
• Computer Literacy
• Data Compilation
• Data Controls
• Data Management
• Data Modeling
• Executing Plans
• Gap Analysis
• IT Network Security
• Management Reporting
• Market Analysis
• Policies & Procedures
• User Requirements Documentation

Competencies

• Action Oriented
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Customer Focus
• Drives Engagement
• Drives Results
• Manages Ambiguity
• Manages Complexity

Education

NQF Level 7 - Degree, Advance Diploma or Postgraduate Certificate or equivalent

Closing Date

23 September 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

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