Data Analyst - Financial Services

Our client is seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Data Analyst – Financial Services to join their Head Office team. This role is critical in converting complex financial and operational data into meaningful insights that support strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will act as a key data partner to business stakeholders and will report directly to the Credit Data Specialist.

More About the Company

Our client is a well-established South African organisation operating within the financial and retail services environment. With a strong focus on innovation, data integrity, and informed decision-making, the organisation offers a professional, structured environment where data plays a central role in business success.

Location: Pretoria-East
Salary: R35 000 cost to company
Available Positions: 1
Start Date: As soon as possible

Key Responsibilities:

• Create insightful reports and interactive dashboards using Power BI to communicate findings to stakeholders.

• Compile and distribute statistical data for Financial and Retail units, ensuring accuracy and relevance.
  

• Analyse sales and marketing data to identify trends, patterns, risks, and optimisation opportunities.

• Extract, cleanse, transform, and preprocess data from multiple sources, including SQL-based databases.
  

• Assist with database administration, performance optimisation, data security, and integrity.
  

• Work closely with IT, Sales, Marketing, and other stakeholders to translate business objectives into data-driven solutions.
  

• Contribute to ETL processes, data pipeline development, and improved data storage and retrieval efficiency.
  

• Provide analytical support on ad hoc projects as required by management.

Job Requirements:

• National Senior Certificate (Grade 12).

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Business, Finance, Accounting, or Economics, OR a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the Credit, Banking, or Financial Services industry.

• Solid understanding of data analytics concepts.

• Data analytics certification OR proven experience in data analysis and visualisation within a financial environment.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

• Advanced experience with Power BI, Tableau, or similar data visualisation tools.

• Experience with SQL and relational databases will be advantageous.

• Knowledge of data engineering concepts and Python will be beneficial.

• Fully bilingual in English and Afrikaans (written and verbal).

Key Characteristics:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• High attention to detail with a structured, methodical approach.

• Ability to communicate complex data insights to non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent time management and ability to handle multiple priorities.

• Proactive, accountable, and solutions-driven mindset.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team.

💡 Are you ready to turn financial data into strategic insight?
Apply now and join a professional environment where your analytical expertise will have a real business impact.
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Data Analis - Finansiële Dienste

Ons kliënt is op soek na ’n analities sterk en detail-georiënteerde Data-Analis – Finansiële Dienste om by hul Hoofkantoor-span aan te sluit. Hierdie rol is noodsaaklik om komplekse finansiële en operasionele data te omskep in bruikbare insigte wat strategiese besluitneming ondersteun. Die suksesvolle kandidaat sal direk aan die Kredietdataspesialis rapporteer.

Meer oor die Maatskappy

Ons kliënt is ’n gevestigde Suid-Afrikaanse organisasie binne die finansiële en kleinhandelsomgewing. Die maatskappy fokus op data-integriteit, innovasie en ingeligte besluitneming, en bied ’n gestruktureerde en professionele werksomgewing waar data ’n kernrol speel.

Ligging: Pretoria-Oos
Salaris: R35 000 koste tot maatskappy
Beskikbare Posisies: 1
Begindatum: So gou as moontlik

Hoofverantwoordelikhede:

• Ontwikkel insiggewende verslae en interaktiewe kontroleskerms met behulp van Power BI.
• Stel statistiese data vir Finansiële- en Kleinhandelseenhede saam en versprei dit akkuraat en betyds.
• Ontleed verkoops- en bemarkingsdata om neigings, patrone, risiko’s en optimaliseringsgeleenthede te identifiseer.
• Onttrek, cleanse, transformeer en verwerk data vanaf verskeie databronne, insluitend SQL-databasisse.
• Ondersteun databasisadministrasie, werkverrigting-optimalisering en datasekuriteit.
• Werk nou saam met IT, Verkope, Bemarking en ander belanghebbendes om sake-doelwitte na data-oplossings te vertaal.
• Neem deel aan ETL-prosesse, datapyplynontwikkeling en verbeterde data-opberging en -herwinning.
• Assisteer met ad hoc data-ontledings soos deur bestuur vereis.

Posvereistes:

• Nasionale Senior Sertifikaat (Graad 12).

• Relevante tersiêre kwalifikasie in Besigheid, Finansies, Rekeningkunde of Ekonomie, OF minstens 3 jaar ervaring in die Krediet-, Bank- of Finansiële bedryf.

• Goeie begrip van data-ontledingskonsepte.

• Data-ontledingssertifikaat OF bewese ervaring in data-analise en visualisering binne ’n finansiële omgewing.

• Sterk vaardigheid in MS Office, veral Excel.

• Gevorderde ervaring met Power BI, Tableau of soortgelyke instrumente.

• Ervaring met SQL en relasionele databasisse sal voordelig wees.

• Kennis van data-ingenieurskonsepte en Python sal ’n voordeel wees.

• Ten volle tweetalig in Afrikaans en Engels (geskrewe en mondelinge kommunikasie).

Karaktereienskappe:

• Uitstekende analitiese en probleemoplossingsvaardighede.

• Hoë vlak van akkuraatheid en aandag aan detail.

• Vermoë om komplekse data-insigte duidelik aan nie-tegniese belanghebbendes oor te dra.

• Goeie tydsbestuur en die vermoë om veelvuldige take gelyktydig te hanteer.

• Proaktiewe, verantwoordelike en oplossingsgerigte ingesteldheid.

• Vermoë om onafhanklik sowel as binne ’n span te werk.

💡 Is jy gereed om finansiële data in waardevolle sake-insigte te omskep?
Doen nou aansoek en word deel van ’n professionele span waar jou bydrae werklik saak maak.
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