Senior Data & Reporting Analyst

JUMO; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Collaborative work environment

Continuous growth and learning opportunities

Leading-edge technologies

Job summary

A financial technology company in South Africa is looking for a Senior Data & Reporting Analyst. You will be the data guru, collaborating with stakeholders to resolve data issues and perform quality assurance. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in data analysis and is skilled in relational database management systems. Flexibility in working remotely is encouraged, fostering innovation and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience with data and/or systems analysis, including BI environment.
• Proven ability in analytics and presenting recommendations.
• Real-world understanding of data processing and storage.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with stakeholders to solve real-world data problems.
• Perform quality assurance on data sets and pipelines.
• Define reporting requirements for BI Developers.

Skills

Data and systems analysis

Analytics

Business process analysis

Complex data query writing

Advanced Excel skills

Critical thinking

Relational database management

Education

University degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics or equivalent

Tools

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Redshift

SQL Server

Tableau

Power BI

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

Senior Data & Reporting Analyst

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As Senior Data and Reporting Analyst, you will become the data guru for one or more of the many functional data domains within JUMO. Working closely with the various stakeholders, BI developers and Data engineers, you will enable service of data requests both internally and to external partners. You will report to the Data Modelling & Reporting Team Lead.

You will

• Work closely with all stakeholders – technology platform Product Owners, Data & Prediction teams, Finance, Marketing and external partners – to investigate the data warehouse and other operational data stores to understand and assist with the real‑world problems we are trying to solve.
• Understand the end‑to‑end architecture of your functional domain and be able to deep‑dive into data to resolve issues or perform ad‑hoc extracts.
• Perform quality assurance on new and existing data sets and pipelines to discover inconsistencies and anomalies, guiding problem resolution and data cleansing exercises.
• Use advanced data query and discovery skills for ad‑hoc analysis and support for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Clearly define reporting requirements to BI Developers for build.

You will need

• 5+ years experience with data and/or systems analysis, at least some within a formal BI environment.
• University degree in Business, Finance, Mathematics, Statistics, Informatics or equivalent industry training and experience.
• Proven ability in analytics, business process analysis and presenting / communicating recommendations across all organization levels.
• Real‑world understanding of data processing and storage.
• Experience with relational database management systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redshift and SQL Server.
• Proven ability to write complex data queries (any desired language) to retrieve data for analysis, modelling and solving complex business scenarios.
• Ability to self‑discover and understand complex data domains.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Understanding of Data Governance, Agile methodologies and QA standards.
• Critical thinking under pressure with ambiguity and tight deadlines.
• Experience working with GitHub and JIRA or similar task or project management tools.

Bonus if you have

• Experience in data environments making use of big data, data lakes, event‑based streaming and API integrations.
• Experience with reporting and business intelligence software such as Tableau, Power BI, Grafana, Superset.
• Experience with tools such as Airflow and NiFi.
• Experience with end‑to‑end BI solution design and build.
• Experience in the FinTech industry.

We ask a lot of each other at JUMO, but we give a lot too.

You will love

• Collaborating with smart, engaging people in an inspiring work environment
• Working as one team towards our goal of financial inclusion
• Growing and learning continuously, with loads of encouragement and support
• BOLDLY taking risks as we navigate new challenges
• Being autonomous and empowered to lead
• Using AI for good, ensuring more value for more customers
• A stack of leading‑edge technologies

Remote First

This position is based in South Africa. We operate a remote first working approach, where working remotely is our default way of working. Our environment is designed to foster innovation and enable collaboration. We have co‑working spaces available in Cape Town for collaboration and connection and for those who value an office. You have flexibility where to work from, as long as you are set up to work remotely and have access to data with a strong and reliable connection as we value online facetime for collaboration at JUMO.

Diversity and Inclusion

At JUMO, we firmly believe that diversity strengthens our teams. We are dedicated to fostering an inclusive recruitment process that cultivates an environment where all individuals can be authentic, collaborate, and thrive.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Analyst and Information Technology