Senior Business Intelligence Developer

Telesure Investment Holdings (TIH); South Africa; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

TIH is seeking a senior BI/Analytics professional to develop analytical models and data visualisations that provide strategic insights. The role involves translating complex business requirements into scalable BI solutions and ensuring robust data management and system availability.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in BI, data warehousing, and Qlik development, with a track record of delivering actionable business insights and influencing strategic decisions in financial

Qualifications

• Experience building analytical models and BI visuals for business insights.
• Ability to elicit complex business requirements and translate to BI solutions.
• Knowledge of data management and governance practices.

Responsibilities

• Analytical Modelling: Independently create analytical models translating business needs into frameworks; build data from company systems into BI models.
• Operational Support: Ensure BI server availability during operating hours; monitor testing of BI models; administer the BI management console.
• Business Requirements Identification: Elicit complex requirements to provide suitable BI solutions.
• Data Collection and Analysis: Research using primary data sources; analyze key themes and trends.
• Insights and Reporting: Design reporting strategies; lead complex report execution and communicate insights to stakeholders.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Build relationships; align objectives with service principles.
• Improvement / Innovation: Prioritize commercially beneficial tasks; continuously review processes for efficiency.
• Personal Capability Building: Act as SME; maintain external accreditations and stay updated on BI trends.
• Performance Management: Manage expectations and ensure timely, quality deliverables.
• Database Specifications: Comment on database specs to ensure standards and data integrity.
• Data Management: Use BI systems to deliver outcomes; operate key system elements.
• Organizational Capability Building: Provide guidance to junior colleagues.

Skills

Analytical modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Performance management

Data visualisation

Education

Bachelors degree in BI/Data Warehousing

Grade 12 / SAQA equivalent

Tools

Qlik

Job description

Join TIH, home to some of South Africa’s leading financial service providers, and grow your career while being part of an organisation with purpose.

Job Purpose

Develop analytical models and Data Visualisations to provide insight to the business for informed decision making at a tactical and strategic level.

Responsibilities

Analytical Modelling

Independently manage the process of creating analytical models by translating business requirements to a framework that suits business analysis. Build data from company systems into an analytical model that provides trends and patterns relating to any short-term insurance metrics. Demonstrate functionality of built BI models to target audience as per business request.

Operational Support

Provide comprehensive operational support services and ensure server availability during operational hours. Monitor user-acceptance testing of Data Visualization models. Administration of business intelligence management console, including task schedule and on-going monitoring and maintenance of BI solution.

Business Requirements Identification

Elicit complex business requirements using a variety of methods to provide suitable solutions based on the business need, developed within the architecture framework.

Data Collection and Analysis

Conduct research using primary data sources and select information needed for the analysis of key themes and trends.

Insights and Reporting

Contribute to the design and creation of reporting strategies and templates. Lead execution of complex reports by identifying and interpreting complex patterns and trends from information contained within the general BI models and translating those insights into actionable recommendations and communicate these to the relevant stakeholders in the business.

Stakeholder Engagement

Develop stakeholder engagement and build relationships across the business through identifying stakeholders, finding out their needs/issues/concerns and reacting to these to support the communication of business information and decisions. Ensure that business objectives and personal delivery aligns to and meets the service principles.

Improvement / Innovation

Independently manage focus and priorities to keep working on the most commercially beneficial tasks for the organization. Leverage all available information from our partners, the industry, and internally to ensure we are constantly reviewing our departmental processes, systems and protocols with a view to improve efficiencies. Analyze current performance inhibitors and finding solutions to ensure business continuity. Develop ideas, provide an innovative and ever evolving set of systems and processes.

Personal Capability Building

Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology, policy, regulation, or operational management for the team. Maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging external regulation and industry best practices. Set own goals and working towards them and keep up to date with trends within business intelligence by participating in forums, webinars and knowledge sharing platforms and reading specialist media.

Performance Management

Manage user expectations and deliverables within work stream. Prioritize own workflow and ensure work is completed to the required standards of productivity, quality and timeliness.

Database Specifications

Provide information and comments on suitability during approval process for database specifications to ensure all agreed standards and protocols are followed, and data integrity is preserved.

Data Management

Use data management systems to deliver prescribed outcomes with guidance from senior colleagues. This includes being responsible for operating key elements of the system.

Organizational Capability Building

Provide instruction and informal advice to less experienced colleagues within the team to develop their skills.

Education

Grade 12/ SAQA Accredited Equivalent (Essential); A relevant 3 year degree / diploma relating to Business Intelligence / Data Warehousing / Database Administration (Advantageous); Maths and Science at Grade 12 level (Advantageous); Qlik certifications (Advantageous) (Required)

Experience

7 or more years development experience within a business intelligence environment (Essential); Qlik development experience (Advantageous); Consulting experience (Advantageous); Experience and knowledge of the financial insurance industry (Advantageous).