Reporting & Insights Specialist

Publicis Groupe Africa; Johannesburg; Hybrid; ZAR 420,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working policy

Competitive remuneration

Job summary

Publicis Groupe Africa is seeking a Reporting & Insights Specialist to lead complex reporting and PCA data packs across our connected media portfolio. You will produce campaign reports, maintain dashboards, validate data sources and turn performance data into commentary that shapes the next campaign.

The role involves gathering data, maintaining dashboards, validating data, tracking KPI delivery, and developing PCA data packs to support campaign decisions, with hybrid working arrangements.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in campaign reporting, analytics or insight development across multi-channel accounts.
• Attention to data accuracy and validation to ensure reliable outputs.
• Strong reporting discipline with timely, consistent updates.
• Analytical thinking to identify trends and variances.
• Comfort with reporting tools, spreadsheets and dashboards.
• Clear communication to explain results and findings.

Responsibilities

• Gather campaign performance data from agreed sources.
• Maintain dashboards and report templates.
• Validate data consistency with Ad Ops and platform reports.
• Track KPI delivery against the measurement framework.
• Highlight variances, trends and optimisation opportunities.
• Lead the development of PCA data packs and Start/Stop/Continue outputs.
• Escalate unreliable or incomplete data, and hold outputs when data is incomplete.

Skills

Campaign reporting

Analytics

Data validation

Multi-channel reporting

Dashboarding

Communication

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a Reporting & Insights Specialist to lead complex reporting and PCA data packs across our connected media portfolio. You will produce campaign reports, maintain dashboards, validate data sources and turn performance data into commentary that shapes the next campaign.

Responsibilities

• Gather campaign performance data from agreed sources.
• Maintain dashboards and report templates.
• Validate data consistency with Ad Ops and platform reports.
• Track KPI delivery against the measurement framework.
• Highlight variances, trends and optimisation opportunities.
• Lead the development of PCA data packs and Start/Stop/Continue outputs.
• Escalate unreliable or incomplete data, and hold reporting outputs where data is incomplete.

What You'll Own

• Weekly and monthly reports – tracking campaign delivery and KPI performance.
• Dashboard updates – maintaining the agreed reporting dashboard.
• Data validation checks – confirming data sources and figures are reliable.
• Performance variance notes – flagging over- or under-performance.
• PCA data packs – providing the evidence base for the PCA.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in campaign reporting, analytics or insight development, including complex multi-channel accounts.
• Data accuracy – gather and validate data carefully.
• Reporting discipline – update reports consistently and on time.
• Analytical thinking – identify trends and variances.
• Tool capability – comfort with reporting tools, spreadsheets and dashboards.
• Communication – explain results clearly.
• Collaboration – work effectively with Ad Ops, specialists and planners.

Additional Information

This role does not set strategy, select channels, book media, reconcile invoices, traffic campaigns or own the client relationship.

What We Offer

• Competitive market-related remuneration.
• Hybrid working policy.
• Leave structured as per level of seniority.