Remote Industrial Equipment Technician – Diagnostics & Support

Placements24; Cape Town; Remote; ZAR 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

LexisNexis Global Operations is hiring a Decision Support Analyst to join our Finance team. This role targets 2–5 years of analytics experience and focuses on turning messy data into reliable, decision-grade insights that drive commercial outcomes.

You will partner with Finance Business Partners and operational teams to build budgeting, forecasting, and financial models, validate data, and develop dashboards that support timely, accurate decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field required.
• 2-5 years of experience in analytics, finance, or a related role.
• Advanced Excel skills with pivot tables, lookups, and basic modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to work with large, messy, or incomplete datasets.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
• Clear communication to explain analysis and insights.
• Intellectual curiosity and persistence in solving problems.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance Business Partners and operational teams to analyze performance and support decisions.
• Build and maintain budgeting, forecasting, and financial models.
• Analyze, validate, and troubleshoot data across multiple systems and sources.
• Investigate and resolve data discrepancies, identifying root causes and fixes.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and performance metrics for accuracy and usability.
• Perform variance and root cause analysis to explain drivers of performance.
• Translate questions into structured analytical approaches.
• Deliver clear, actionable insights that inform business decisions.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to improve data quality, reporting processes, and automation.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Ambiguity adaptability

Persistence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field

Tools

Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP)

Job description

Decision Support Analyst – Finance Team, LexisNexis Global Operations

We are hiring a Decision Support Analyst to join our Finance team. This role is designed for professionals with 2-5 years’ experience who want to develop strong analytical, problem-solving, and data troubleshooting capabilities in a fast-paced business environment.

In this role you will work with real, imperfect data and be expected to analyze, validate, and troubleshoot information to generate reliable, decision-grade insights. You will partner with finance and business stakeholders to understand performance, identify issues, and support better commercial outcomes.

• Partner with Finance Business Partners and operational teams to analyze business performance and support decision-making.
• Build and maintain components of budgeting, forecasting, and financial models.
• Analyze, validate, and troubleshoot financial and operational data across multiple systems and data sources.
• Investigate and resolve data discrepancies, identifying root causes and implementing fixes.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, and performance metrics with a focus on accuracy and usability.
• Perform variance and root cause analysis to explain drivers of performance.
• Translate ambiguous business questions into structured analytical approaches.
• Deliver clear, actionable insights (not just reports) that inform business decisions.
• Work with stakeholders to improve data quality, reporting processes, and automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 2-5 years of experience in analytics, finance, or a related role.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, basic modeling).
• Demonstrated ability to work with large, messy, or incomplete datasets.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-changing environments.
• Solid communication skills with the ability to explain analysis clearly.
• Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to challenge data and assumptions.
• Persistence in solving problems when answers are not immediately clear.

Work location: remote
Job type: Full time
Department: Finance Global Operations

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

We are an equal-opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.