Business Intelligence Analyst at FirstRand Corporate Centre

Job Description

• To extract data from various sources, understand business requirements and analyse data in order to provide relevant insights for business decisioning, under guidance and supervision.
• Hello future Business Intelligence Analyst!
• FirstRand believes that its people are its single most important resource and will not operate in a sector unless it has people who are right for that market and who share FirstRand’s business values. We recruit self-starters who have a passion for what they do. We empower them, hold them accountable and reward them appropriately. We value diversity in our people, particularly for the way that this contributes to innovative thinking. If you think you will flourish in our environment, and you believe you have the necessary skills and competencies for the position advertised, then we are looking for you!

Role Purpose

• To extract data from various sources, understand business requirements and analyse data in order to provide relevant insights for business decisioning, under guidance and supervision.

 Are you someone who can:

• Execute on relevant business intelligence (BI) projects / BI initiatives aligned to strategic objectives with specific performance measures and control systems to track progress under supervision and guidance.
• Drive business profitability in the context of cost management through effective delivery of Business Intelligence solutions (time management and cost).
• Integrate data assets (i.e., outcomes from data science and, data and analytics teams) to business under supervision and guidance.
• Ensure ongoing efficiencies driven by a culture of sharing "build once and build for all" as well as leveraging tools built by other Data & Analytics (D&A) teams via consumption or enhancements prior to new builds on D&A outcomes.
• Extract data from various sources for the purposes of data profiling in order to create the technical BI requirements (e.g. source to target).
• Resolve data and dashboard related queries as and when required (simple data extracts), which may include access management.
• Liaise with  various stakeholders to respond to data queries, investigate exceptions and produce on BI business requirement specification (BRS) documentation.
• Oversee data during peak reporting periods and provide business summaries to enable more effective reporting and decision-making.
• Analyse derived information to create value added knowledge of the bank's products, channels, service levels, trends, or customers for business informed decisions under guidance and supervision.
• Liaise with relevant stakeholders to provide input into assigned projects, in line with business requirements within the required timeframe and specification.
• Share knowledge and ideas into new or improved data product for the Business Intelligence environment.
• Represent the team at various information governance forums, support related processes, and provide expertise to relevant stakeholders in area of specialization.
• Maintain BI repository including data assurance and data integrity by performing frequent daa reconciliations with source systems.

You will have access to:

• Challenging work in a complex and exciting environment
• Opportunities to innovate and create efficiencies.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.