Intern: Junior Business Analyst (SAP & Data Analytics)

Abantu Staffing Solutions; East London; On-site; ZAR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Abantu Staffing Solutions in East London is seeking a data-driven Business Analyst to support SAP processes and build reports. You will gather requirements, validate data, and deliver KPIs using Power BI and Excel, while contributing to process improvements and UAT activities.

You will work with cross-functional teams on data governance, reporting automation, and lean initiatives to optimise operational excellence and digital transformation efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience in business analysis and SAP support.
• Ability to develop reports and KPIs in Power BI and Excel.
• Experience extracting and validating data from SAP and other systems.
• Support process improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in UAT and system enhancements.
• Create and maintain process documentation and user guides.
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities through data analysis.
• Support reporting automation and data quality initiatives.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimise processes.
• Support lean manufacturing and data governance initiatives.
• Contribute to digital transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Business analysis and SAP support for plant users and SAP-related queries.
• Assist in gathering and analysing business requirements; develop dashboards using Power BI and Excel.
• Extract, validate and analyse data from SAP and other systems.
• Support process improvement and lean initiatives with data.
• Participate in UAT and system enhancements.
• Create and maintain process docs and user guides.
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities through data analysis.
• Support reporting automation and data quality improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with functional teams to identify inefficiencies and optimisation opportunities.
• Support digital transformation projects and data governance activities.
• Drive user adoption and optimisation of SAP processes.

Skills

Business analysis

SAP support

Power BI

Excel

Data analysis

UAT

Process documentation

Data governance

Lean manufacturing

Digital transformation

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Business analysis and SAP support. Support plant users with SAP-related queries and system-related issues.
• Assist in gathering and analysing business requirements. Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and KPIs using Power BI and Excel. Extract, validate, and analyse data from SAP and other business systems.
• Support process improvement and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Participate in user acceptance testing (UAT) and system enhancements.
• Create and maintain process documentation and user guides.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities through data analysis.
• Assist with reporting automation and data quality improvement initiatives.
• Work with functional teams to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for process optimisation.
• Support lean manufacturing and operational excellence initiatives through data-driven analysis.
• Contribute to digital transformation projects and data governance activities.
• Assist in driving user adoption and optimisation of SAP processes.