Hybrid Data Analyst: BI & SQL for Financial Insights

Old Mutual Limited; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 360,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Old Mutual Limited in Cape Town seeks a Data Analyst to collect, analyse, report, and interpret data to support business strategies and performance review. The role sits in the Mass Foundation Cluster, a large customer-facing segment, with a focus on delivering insights and dashboards to guide decision-making.

The successful candidate will handle data exploration, advanced analytics support, and stakeholder education, enabling better data recording practices and continuous improvement of BI

Qualifications

• Matric.
• Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Economics or related field.
• Power BI and SQL Certifications (Advantageous).
• 1-2 years' experience in data analysis, reporting, or business intelligence.
• Proficiency in Excel, Alteryx, SQL and Power BI required.
• Knowledge of data visualization, reporting, database concepts, and statistical analysis techniques preferred.
• Experience within financial services, collections, payments, customer operations, or contact centre environments will be advantageous.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Collect business requirements using interviews, document analysis, workshops, and workflow analysis to express requirements in terms of target user roles and goals.
• Conduct research and select relevant information to enable testing, experimental adjustment and analysis of key themes and trends using primary data sources and business intelligence tools.
• Support interpretation of advanced analytics data, using specialized software tools to support business requirements.
• Make recommendations to improve data and analytics systems and platforms, contributing to data strategy through root cause analyses.
• Contribute to the preparation of data and analytics reports. Build dashboards and reports to answer business questions.
• Consult and educate stakeholders on methods for streamlining and standardizing data recording to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Collate and analyze data using preset tools, methods, and formats; work independently.

Skills

Advanced Analytics

Power BI

SQL

Data Analysis

Alteryx

Excel

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's in Data Analytics

NQF Level 7

Tools

Power BI

SQL

Excel

Job description

Old Mutual Limited in Cape Town seeks a Data Analyst to collect, analyse, report, and interpret data to support business strategies and performance review. The role sits in the Mass Foundation Cluster, a large customer-facing segment, with a focus on delivering insights and dashboards to guide decision-making.

The successful candidate will handle data exploration, advanced analytics support, and stakeholder education, enabling better data recording practices and continuous improvement of BI