Paracon SA is the founding company of the Paracon group of companies which provides Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services and solutions to a wide range of local and international clients. Paracon’s core business is its Resourcing division which is the leading supplier of ICT resources in South Africa, providing skilled ICT candidates for ...
Transforming a wide range of data across the business into formats that can be used by end users to develop differentiating business insights.
Experience in using a variety of data tools, analysis methods and data visualization
Assist in specifying complex business rules using the specified toolsets to enable the data modellers to create complex analytical models.
Knowledge in testing the outputs, investigating & troubleshoot data issues and devising solutions
Able to communicate business information to technical teams,
An understanding of data management solutions and a keen sense of the strategic value of information to an organisation will be of importance.
Responsible for the end-to-end tasks within the data analysis framework working with business representatives, product owners, etc. to define and elicit requirements, analyse data and create reports/dashboards.
Essential Competencies
Agile development
A background in SQL, application and information architecture and ETL procedures is required.
Data integration
Data modelling/Application modelling (Modelling in SAP HANA is preferred)
Data analysis, visualization and reporting
Ingestion
SDLC, release management and project management
API integration
Technical Non-Negotiables
Knowledge of and experience with reporting packages
Adept at queries, report writing and presenting findings for stakeholder use
Experience working with data in various data sources and databases
Ability to translate business requirements into non-technical terms
Demonstrated experience in handling large data sets and relational databases with proven SQL skills
Ability to comply with and manage data assets under a strict governance framework
Experience in agile development
Business experience in financial services
Ability to work with data profiling, data quality and reference data toolset
Minimum Requirements
Diploma/Bachelor Degree (Information Systems; Statistics; Data or Computer Science; Engineering) or equivalent (preferred but not essential)
Functional experience in analytics, data visualisation or reporting
2-5 years of experience performing data analysis in a BI environment
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