Finance BI Developer at Old Mutual South Africa

Job Description

• The Finance BI Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining business intelligence solutions that support finance and insurance processes, compliance, and decision‐making.
• This includes developing intuitive dashboards, data models, and reports tailored to user needs, optimizing data flows from source systems into analytics platforms, and collaborating with the Lead: Data, Insights & Reporting to embed best practices in governance and visualization.
• The role demands a blend of technical expertise, financial domain knowledge, and strong communication to deliver actionable insights.
• The Finance BI Developer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining business intelligence solutions that support finance and insurance processes, compliance, and decision‐making.
• This includes developing intuitive dashboards, data models, and reports tailored to user needs, optimizing data flows from source systems into analytics platforms, and collaborating with the Lead: Data, Insights & Reporting to embed best practices in governance and visualization.
• The role demands a blend of technical expertise, financial domain knowledge, and strong communication to deliver actionable insights.

Main Activities of the Job:

BI Solution Development

• Design and implement Power BI dashboards (or equivalent BI tools) that present financial metrics, KPIs, and analyses in an engaging, user‐friendly manner.
• Collaborate with data engineering teams to define and optimize ETL pipelines, ensuring data accuracy and timely refreshes.

Data Modelling & Architecture

• Develop and maintain robust data models, including star/snowflake schemas, ensuring efficient querying and performance.
• Validate data across multiple sources (e.g., Data Lake, relational databases) to maintain consistency and integrity.

Reporting & Visualization

• Implement best‐practice visual design principles, ensuring that dashboards communicate insights clearly to finance, actuarial, and executive stakeholders.
• Create ad hoc and standardized reports that cater to regular finance cycles, regulatory reporting, or management insights.

Stakeholder Engagement & Support

• Liaise with finance teams to gather reporting requirements, clarify needs, and provide guidance on data availability.
• Offer user training and troubleshooting support, addressing feedback to enhance report usability and performance.

Performance Monitoring & Optimization

• Monitor report performance and data refresh cycles, identifying bottlenecks or inefficiencies.
• Optimize dataset structures, queries, or calculations to achieve fast, scalable, and reliable reporting solutions.

Continuous Improvement & Collaboration

• Participate in agile rituals (stand‐ups, retrospectives, etc.), proactively identifying areas for improvement in the BI landscape.
• Align with the Lead: Data, Insights & Reporting on data governance, standardization, and best practices across the analytics ecosystem.

Skills

• Archival Management
• Backup Management
• Building Architecture
• Categorizing Data
• Computer Literacy
• Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
• Database Management Systems (DBMS)
• Database Reporting
• Database User Interfaces and Queries
• Data Classification
• Data Compilation
• Data Compression
• Data Controls
• Data Conversions
• ETL tools and data pipelines
• Information Retrieval
• IT Testing
• Microsoft Power Business Intelligence (BI)
• Oral Communications
• Performance Gap Analysis
• Proficiency in Power BI
• SQL skills

Competencies

Education

• Bachelor Of Business Science In Information Systems, Bachelor of Computer Science (BCoSc) (Required), Bachelor Of Finance

Closing Date

• 24 July 2025