Junior Data Analyst (FinTech/Startup/Mobile Payments)

Black Pen Recruitment; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 300 000 - 500 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Cape Town is seeking a Data Analyst to join an innovative solar startup. This role involves extracting data insights, creating dashboards, and supporting data-driven decisions in a hybrid work environment. The ideal candidate will hold a relevant Bachelor's degree and have strong SQL and data visualization skills. Join a supportive team that values flexibility and fosters career growth.

Qualifications

• 0–3 years of relevant experience in data analysis or a related field.
• Proficiency in SQL and at least one data‑visualisation tool.
• Familiarity with Excel and spreadsheets; Python or R is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Extract & explore data from databases to generate insights.
• Build reports & dashboards for stakeholder performance understanding.
• Support data‑driven decisions and translate needs into analysis.
• Ensure data accuracy and reliability, identify gaps and inconsistencies.

Skills

SQL

Data visualisation tools

Excel/Spreadsheets

Problem‑solving

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Data Science or a related field

Job description

Our client is an innovative pay-as-you-go solar startup. They make life better for everyday households in Africa by building amazing tech to bring access to energy, internet, and opportunity to people who otherwise wouldn’t. Our client is a dynamic, hardworking team that values flexibility and focuses on results over office hours. They are resourceful and budget-conscious, whether traveling or working. They believe in resilience, self-reliance, and long‑term sustainability. Working with them, your career growth is driven by your ambition—from expanding your role to exploring new areas of the business.

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Type: Full time/Permanent

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Actuarial Science, Statistics, Data Science or a related field.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency in SQL and at least one data‑visualisation tool (Tableau, Power BI, or other); familiarity with Excel and spreadsheets; Python or R (plus).
• Soft Skills: strong problem‑solving abilities, effective communication, curiosity, and attention to detail.
• Data‑mindset: Ability to communicate findings clearly to non‐technical stakeholders, comfort with ambiguity and iterative problem‑solving.
• Experience: 0–3 years of relevant experience in data analysis or a related field.

Skills required

• SQL
• Data visualisation tools
• Excel/Spreadsheets
• Problem‑solving
• Communication

Responsibilities

• Extract & explore data: query databases and data warehouses to extract insights from business operations. You’ll learn to ask the right questions and discover patterns that matter to the business.
• Build reports & dashboards: create visualisations and dashboards that help stakeholders across the organisation understand performance. Your work will inform decision‑making across sales, credit, operations and product.
• Support data‑driven decisions: partner with business teams to understand their data needs and translate them into analysis. You’ll help move our client from gut‑feel to evidence‑based decision‑making.
• Own data quality: ensure the data you work with is accurate and reliable. You’ll identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve our data foundations.

Why work with us

Our client offers the stability of a large company with the culture of a tight‑knit start‑up. While our client employs more than 1,000 people across the continent, the core management team keeps a small, agile, supportive environment in which colleagues are eager to learn from one another.