BI Analyst at takealot.com

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• This position reports to the relevant BI Manager.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it:

• Lead BI analytical projects as part of the implementation of new BI software tools and systems (Google Big Query, Looker).
• Work on highly complex, cross-functional, and enterprise BI solutions.
• Evaluate internal and external stakeholder needs in order to provide appropriate solutions.
• Participate in the planning process, technical design, development and testing of BI solutions.
• Provide input to the development of information quality metrics.
• Review data pipelines and test plans to ensure that business results are tested and correct.
• Research, identify, analyse, and provide input to new tools, frameworks, techniques, patterns, or processes that will have a positive impact on the BI architecture.
• Research and develop best practices for reports and dashboards deployments.
• Provide guidance, training, and problem-solving assistance to other team members.
• Provide subject matter expertise for key BI core functions.

The skills we need: 

• Ability to understand a customer's business needs and translate them into dev requirements
• Ability to anticipate, identify, and define problems- seek root causes
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to collaborate with other members of formal and informal groups in the pursuit of common missions, vision, values, and mutual goals.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or Advanced Diploma in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Management, and a minimum of 5 years of Business Analysis or related technical experience is required.
• In the event that a candidate does not have a Bachelor’s Degree or an Advanced Diploma (in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Management), an equivalent experience requirement must be met, which equates to a minimum of 8 years of Business Analysis or related technical experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience using BI reporting tools (e.g. Looker, QlikView, Tableau, Microsoft BI, etc.)
• Minimum 3 years SQL experience
• Minimum 3 years Data Warehousing experience
• High proficiency in working with large data sets and business models
• Retail or e-commerce industry experience beneficial
• Knowledge of one or more business functional areas.
• Python Experience would be advantageous