Senior BI Analyst: Data-Driven Insights Leader

Placements24; Paarl; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical aid

Retirement planning

Professional development opportunities

Competitive salary

Job summary

Placements24 is partnering with a leading financial services provider in Paarl, Western Cape to recruit a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst. The role focuses on transforming data into actionable insights, developing BI solutions, and delivering dashboards for strategic decision-making.

The candidate should have strong SQL proficiency, hands-on BI tool experience (Tableau/Power BI/QlikView), ETL and data warehousing knowledge, and the ability to translate business needs into technical

Qualifications

• 5+ years in BI, data analysis, or related field.
• Strong SQL proficiency for extraction, manipulation and analysis.
• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau, Power BI or QlikView.
• Knowledge of data warehousing concepts and ETL processes.
• Ability to gather and document business requirements and translate to technical specs.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Experience in the financial services industry is highly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in a related quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain BI solutions, reports and dashboards.
• Extract, transform and load data from multiple sources into the data warehouse.
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications for BI solutions.
• Develop and execute complex SQL queries to retrieve and manipulate data.
• Create visualizations and reports to communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Identify trends and anomalies and provide actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with IT and business units to ensure data accuracy and integrity.
• Provide training and support to end-users on BI tools and reports.
• Stay updated with latest BI technologies and best practices.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/IS/Business or related quantitative field)

Tools

Tableau

Power BI

QlikView

ETL tools

SQL

Job description

Placements24 is partnering with a leading financial services provider in Paarl, Western Cape to recruit a Senior Business Intelligence Analyst. The role focuses on transforming data into actionable insights, developing BI solutions, and delivering dashboards for strategic decision-making.

The candidate should have strong SQL proficiency, hands-on BI tool experience (Tableau/Power BI/QlikView), ETL and data warehousing knowledge, and the ability to translate business needs into technical