Senior Data Analytics Specialist: Insights & Strategy

Successfactors; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Successfactors is recruiting a Senior Specialist: Data Analytics to lead data import, cleansing, transformation and analytics across multiple sources. The role develops implementation plans and provides strategic advice on analytics to achieve business objectives.

The ideal candidate brings 10–12 years in data/CS/finance with a specialist track record and deep expertise in data processes, visualization, BI methodologies and data warehousing.

Qualifications

• Honours Degree / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in Analytics / Information Systems / Computer Science with 10–12 years' experience in Data / Computer Science / Financial, 3–4 years at specialist level.
• Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7) with 12–15 years’ experience in Data / Computer Science / Financial, 3–4 years at specialist level.

Responsibilities

• Constantly monitor the integrity and quality of data and processes to identify deficiencies and facilitate improvement.
• Note potential problems and obstacles, accumulate supporting data and initiate actions to prevent or overcome predicted problems.
• Review the effectiveness of related approaches and methodologies by conducting research, and best practice benchmarking initiatives.
• Analyse and make recommendations about improvements to specialist systems, procedures, policies and practices.
• Influence and communicate across business areas impacted by practice area to minimise resistance and ensure on-boarding of new thinking.
• Integrate business information, compare, analyse and produce reports to identify trends, discrepancies and inconsistencies for decision making purposes.
• Plan for value-added, continuous multiple practice and system improvement optimisation to deliver on objectives and to enhance tactical excellence.
• Acquire data from primary or secondary data sources and maintaining databases, applying the knowledge of data extraction, transformation and business modelling.
• Design, develop and test complex / advance data analytics solutions like Reports, Dashboards, Analysis, Extracts, Models, etc.

Skills

Data Engineering

Data Cleaning

Data Analysis

Data Modeling

Data Warehouse

Statistics

Education

Honours Degree / Postgraduate Diploma (NQF 8) in Analytics / Information Systems / Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree / Advanced Diploma (NQF 7)

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Excel

Job description

Successfactors is recruiting a Senior Specialist: Data Analytics to lead data import, cleansing, transformation and analytics across multiple sources. The role develops implementation plans and provides strategic advice on analytics to achieve business objectives.

The ideal candidate brings 10–12 years in data/CS/finance with a specialist track record and deep expertise in data processes, visualization, BI methodologies and data warehousing.