BI Analyst at iKhokha

Business understanding:

• A good understanding of how various functional areas within a business work: Sales | Marketing | Finance | HR | Logistics | Operations.
• A good understanding of how card transactions and the online payment industry works.
• A very good understanding of the product management domain.
• What does the role entail? (Areas of Responsibility):

Collection and Analyzing of Data:

• Collect and analyse data from various sources such as sales, marketing, finance, and customer feedback.
• Use different tools and techniques to analyse the data and identify patterns, trends, and insights.

Reporting and Visualisation:

• After analysing thereafter reports and dashboards that summarise their findings in a way that is easy to understand for stakeholders.
• Using data visualization techniques such as charts, graphs, and infographics to present their findings.

Business Strategy and Planning:

• Assist the organisation to make informed decisions about their business strategy and planning.
• Provide insights into market trends, customer behaviour, and competitive landscape to help companies develop effective strategies.

Performance and Monitoring:

• Monitor and track key performance metrics such as revenue, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Using this information to identify areas of improvement and make recommendations for enhancing business performance.

Data Quality Management:

• Ensure that the data being used is accurate, consistent, and reliable.
• Work with stakeholders to establish data quality standards, and develop processes to ensure that data is being collected and stored properly.

Experience and Training:

• 3-5 years’ experience in a business intelligence analysts role.
• Must have experience working directly with Data teams (Including Data engineers, Data Analysts) and have good exposure to various business functions.
• Solid understanding of SQL,(Queries, Data Structures, Tables, View’s, Stored procedures etc.)
• Good Experience in a development role in PowerBI / SQL (Preferable)
• Attention to detail and quality none negotiable.
• Solid understanding of Business Intelligence principles, processes and techniques.
• Knowledge of the Business Intelligence landscape.
• Has worked previously in a data warehouse environment.
• Understanding and exposure to Data management principles (DMBOK)
• Clear understanding of how to represent the needs of the end user from a business intelligence perspective.
• Knowledge of Agile Scrum development principles and methodologies.(Scrum | Kanban)
• Good Quality Assurance experience in testing Specifications and Data Integrity.
• Participation and active engagement in the defined internal processes.(SDLC).

Specific knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

• Previous industry experience in Financial services and / or Data analytics environment would be an advantage.
• Good understanding of the data and analytics landscape.
• Good understanding of how SLDC works in a Data driven environment.
• General Knowledge of the DMBOK framework would be advantageous.

Qualifications;

• BSc Computer Science / BCom / IT related Degree.
• Microsoft Certificate in PowerBI required