Senior BI Data Analyst

NedBank; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution based in Johannesburg is seeking a Senior BI Data Analyst to contribute to building a new analytics capability. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of IT experience, with a strong focus on SQL and BI practices. This role offers the chance to influence the data strategy and shape how data is managed across the organization. You'll work closely with leadership to implement best practices and mentor junior staff, ensuring top-notch service delivery to clients.

Qualifications

• 10+ years IT Operations Experience and 8-10 years Job Relevant.
• 5 years SQL Experience.
• 5 years SSMS.
• 2 years Tabular Models Tabular Experience.

Responsibilities

• Create a simplified low cost IT operating platform.
• Deliver best practice services, meet and exceed client expectations.
• Contribute in creating a low cost IT operating platform.

Skills

SQL

Business writing skills

Microsoft Office

Education

Degree in Information Technology or Business Management, Mathematical/Statistics

Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Job description

Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact

Requisition nr: 139710
Talent Acquisition Specialist: Tshego Semenya
Location: 135 Rivonia Road, Sandown

Cluster Nedbank Personal and Private Banking

Career Stream It Application Development

Leadership Pipeline Manage Self: Technical

Position
Senior BI Data Analyst

Why join our team

Join a team at the forefront of transformation—where your skills won’t just be used, they’ll be foundational. As a Senior BI Data Analyst, you’ll play a critical role in helping us build a new analytics capability from the ground up. While we’re still in the process of setting up our own SQL environment, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape that infrastructure and influence how data is managed, modeled, and leveraged across the business.

You’ll be instrumental in moving the organization away from traditional operational reporting and into a space of advanced analytics and strategic insight. This is more than a technical role—it’s a chance to be a co-architect of a new BI vision, working closely with leadership to define best practices, mentor others, and solve real business problems with data.

If you're excited by the idea of building something meaningful, influencing data strategy, and being part of a forward-thinking team, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Job Purpose

To ensure the support and maintain the data warehouse in line with the data model; metadata repository and to provide business intelligence analysis through performing strategic and operational support.

Job Responsibilities

• Create a simplified low cost IT operating platform.
• Deliver promised results through ensuring that plans are approved and accepted.
• Manage resources in executing and achieving business strategy and associated metrics.
• Optimise value add through identifying and managing risks arising from own department.
• Support standardised delivery processes by ensuring business area comply with standards, policy and regulatory requirements.
• Improve delivery capabilities and capacity. Improve productivity and smooth day-to-day operations.
• Make quality and timeous decisions.
• Deliver best practice services, meet and exceed client expectations in support of strengthened business IT collaboration.
• Monitor and manage client, service providers, partners and other stakeholder expectations.
• Support improved delivery capabilities.
• Ensure integrity in actions through building trust and respect.
• Ensure communication and building relationship networks upwards, downwards, sideways and outwards.
• Ensure direct reports understand and support Nedbank's vision, values and strategy.
• Contribute to team effectiveness by participating in the recruitment and selection of senior staff.
• Contribute to a culture of transformation by participating in Nedbank culture building initiatives, business strategy, and CSI.
• Stay abreast of developments in field of expertise, ensuring personal and professional growth.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and values, leading by example.
• Ensure issues raised in culture survey are addressed and results are improved.
• Deliver a worldclass service by ensuring a client centric culture.
• Manage performance of direct reports and hold them accountable for managing the performance of their direct reports by implementing performance agreements and ensuring a clear vision.
• Share knowledge and insight with team members and management.
• Create an environment whereby self, managers and team are encouraged to challenge the status quo by initiating constructive debates about work practices and areas for improvement. Improve work processes, productivity and reduce costs.
• Ensure proper financing of the function.
• Ensure that planned projects and deliverables for the year are achieved within planned budget.
• Contribute in creating a low cost IT operating platform.
• Contribute in improving time to market.
• Ensure improved delivery capabilities and capacity.
• Ensure transformational target are met. Achieve business optimisation.

Essential Qualifications

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Degree in Information Technology or Business Management, Mathematical/Statistics

Minimum Experience Level

• 10+ years IT Operations Experience and 8-10 years Job Relevant
• 5 years SQL Experience
• 5 years SSMS
• 2 years Tabular Models Tabular Experience

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Microsoft Office
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Business writing skills

Disclaimer

Preference will be given to candidates from the underrepresented groups

Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at [phone]