Finance Analytics & Data Enablement Lead

Sasol; Sandton; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sasol is seeking a Senior Specialist Analytics and Enablement in Sandton, Gauteng. You will develop and maintain finance data products across Azure Synapse and Databricks, translating requirements into governed data models, dashboards and advanced analytics use cases that enable data-driven decision-making.

You will partner with Finance, IM and business units to ensure data solutions are scalable, secure and aligned to reporting, planning, and data science enablement needs.

Qualifications

• 9+ years in data analytics, data modelling, BI or finance data enablement.
• Experience in finance, performance management, planning or management reporting is advantageous.
• Knowledge of SAP, OneStream and Excel integrations is beneficial.
• Experience with Microsoft ecosystem for analytics is expected.

Responsibilities

• Engage stakeholders to capture finance, reporting and planning data needs.
• Design and maintain finance data models, semantic models and analytical workflows in Azure Synapse/Databricks.
• Ingest, transform and reconcile data from finance/operational systems.
• Develop Power BI reports, dashboards and KPI scorecards.
• Apply data science methods to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Collaborate with governance, security and architecture teams to ensure compliant solutions.
• Support agile delivery, backlog grooming and release activities.
• Prepare solution documentation and handover artefacts.
• Stay updated on Microsoft analytics trends and best practices.

Skills

Collaborates

Manages Complexity

Values Diversity

Situational Adaptability

Optimizes Work Processes

Data Management

Critical Thinking

Advanced Analytics

Financial Management

Personal Mastery

Education

Relevant 3-4 year university degree in Finance, Accounting, IS, Data Analytics, CS, Engineering

Postgraduate qualification advantageous

Tools

Azure Synapse

Databricks

Azure Data Factory

Power BI

SQL

Python

Job description

Sasol is seeking a Senior Specialist Analytics and Enablement in Sandton, Gauteng. You will develop and maintain finance data products across Azure Synapse and Databricks, translating requirements into governed data models, dashboards and advanced analytics use cases that enable data-driven decision-making.

You will partner with Finance, IM and business units to ensure data solutions are scalable, secure and aligned to reporting, planning, and data science enablement needs.