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Junior Specialist Data Analyst
Job summary
A leading financial institution in Johannesburg is seeking a motivated Junior Specialist: Data Analyst to join their analytics team. The successful candidate will prepare datasets and build dashboards to support data-driven decision-making. This role offers an excellent opportunity for growth with mentorship from experienced analysts. Candidates should hold a degree in a relevant field and possess strong analytical skills alongside good knowledge of Excel and SQL.
Benefits
Qualifications
- 0–2 years experience in a data or reporting role (internship acceptable).
- Certifications in Power BI, SQL, or SAS are an advantage.
Responsibilities
- Clean, prepare, and validate data from multiple sources.
- Build reports and dashboards using tools such as Power BI.
- Perform basic data analysis to identify trends and insights.
- Support senior analysts with projects and ad-hoc analysis.
- Work with business teams to understand reporting needs.
Skills
Education
Tools
Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Junior Specialist: Data Analyst to join our analytics team. The successful candidate will support data-driven decision-making by preparing datasets, analysing trends, and building dashboards that provide meaningful business insights.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their analytics career who is eager to learn and grow:
- Grow your analytics skills with mentorship from experienced analysts
- Work with modern data tools and real business challenges
- Opportunities for career development and upskilling
- Degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computational Mathematics or Computer Science
- Certifications in Power BI, SQL, or SAS are an advantage
- 0–2 years experience in a data or reporting role (internship experience acceptable)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good Excel skills (pivot tables, functions)
- Basic SQL knowledge
- Experience with BI tools (Power BI preferred)
- Attention to detail and good communication skills
- Ability to learn quickly and work well in a team
- Clean, prepare, and validate data from multiple sources
- Build reports and dashboards using tools such as Power BI
- Perform basic data analysis to identify trends and insights
- Support senior analysts with projects and ad-hoc analysis
- Work with business teams to understand reporting needs and improve data quality
Higher Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (Required)
Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised
* The salary benchmark is based on the target salaries of market leaders in their relevant sectors. It is intended to serve as a guide to help Premium Members assess open positions and to help in salary negotiations. The salary benchmark is not provided directly by the company, which could be significantly higher or lower.