Data Analyst * Neg

BA Personnel • Other • Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa • $300 - $400 / year • 7h ago

Excellent Opportunity for a Data Analyst

BA Personal, a specialist in our field of expertise with extensive experience in placing niche and specialized roles both nationally and globally, is known for attracting and representing high caliber candidates. Our clients are diverse leaders in their respective industries and representatives across all business sectors.

We are seeking a highly experienced Data Analyst with experience in auditing.

Minimum Requirements

Matric (Essential)
A minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in generating reports and dashboards
A minimum of 2-3 years’ data analysis experience
Experience in the insurance or finance industry

Duties & Responsibilities

The Group finance function is undergoing a reporting optimisation project in addition to the continuous assessment and improvement of its overall functional and reporting activities to further strengthen its role as a business partner to the Group. Within the Group, the Finance Business Improvement Specialist will interface between multiple business units, areas, and teams that require integration of solutions or processes. The role will drive projects throughout their lifecycle and may include management of solutions or processes rolled out as well as post roll-out monitoring. The Finance Business Improvement Specialist must be technical with the ability to understand basic process and reporting development principles including change and project management.

Areas of responsibility may include but are not limited to:

Working with process owners and Group finance function stakeholders to identify and prioritise opportunities for optimisation to ensure alignment and efficiencies.
Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimisation strategies.
Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate systems.
Documenting and communicating efforts then conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
Performing requirements and root cause analysis and ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.
Effectively communicating insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.
Managing key stakeholders through the project lifecycle, monitoring solution delivery against business requirements and providing updates.
Working closely with various areas of the business and serving as a liaison between stakeholders.
Updating, implementing, and maintaining procedures.
Assessing the as-is position, identifying gaps and control deficiencies, and identifying the to-be requirements.
Making recommendations for an options analysis and future design.
Conducting an impact assessment, taking into account all stakeholders, to determine business change impact.
Presenting findings and outcomes to stakeholders.
Directing a process improvement project.
Creating training material (where required) to facilitate adoption of new systems/processes.
Constructing complex process diagrams, standard operating procedures, and work instructions.
Conflict management and resolution through effective stakeholder engagement.
Offering support and guidance to junior business analysts.
Identifying and documenting project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
Performing quality assurance of business analysis deliverables.
Performing analysis at a strategic level and understanding principles of business and enterprise architecture.
Experience in project delivery and management.
Attention to detail and quality control.
Broad base of capabilities.
Ability to analyse and identify solutions to problems.
Experience in implementing finance function-related solutions.