Analytics and Reporting Lead

Recruiter:

Network Recruitment

Job Ref:

NFP017065/HN

Date posted:

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Location:

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Ready to take ownership of analytics strategy and drive data-led decision-making in a leading financial services environment? This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Analytics Leader to influence business performance, lead a team of analysts, and transform complex data into actionable commercial insights.

Join a well-established organisation that places data and analytics at the heart of its business strategy. This role offers the opportunity to partner with senior stakeholders across business, finance, risk, and technology functions, helping shape critical decisions through meaningful insights and robust reporting frameworks.

As the Analytics Manager, you will act as the subject matter expert for analytics, performance measurement, KPI governance, and business intelligence. You will be responsible for leading the development of scalable dashboards and reporting solutions, driving continuous improvement in analytics capabilities, and ensuring that data is translated into valuable business outcomes.

This is an ideal opportunity for a commercially minded analytics professional who enjoys combining technical expertise, stakeholder engagement, and people leadership in a highly visible role with significant business impact.

POSITION INFO:

Key Responsibilities

Lead the development and enhancement of analytics solutions, dashboards, scorecards, and management reporting.
Establish and govern KPIs, performance metrics, and reporting frameworks to support strategic decision-making.
Analyse and interpret complex datasets to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and actionable business insights.
Drive analytics best practices across the organisation, including experimentation, hypothesis-led analysis, and performance measurement.
Oversee data preparation, validation, cleansing, and governance processes to ensure data quality and reliability.
Partner with business, finance, risk, technology, and data teams to deliver insight-led recommendations.
Lead and develop analytics team members through coaching, mentorship, and performance management.
Identify opportunities to improve reporting structures, data collection processes, and metric definitions.

Job Experience and Skills Required

Qualifications:

Degree in Information Technology, Information Studies, Analytics, Mathematical Sciences, Actuarial Science, or a related quantitative field.

Experience:

Minimum 6 years' experience within Analytics, Business Intelligence, Reporting, or Data Analytics environments.
3-4 years' experience managing or leading analytics teams.
Experience within Financial Services, Banking, Insurance, Lending, or a related industry.
Exposure to Business Intelligence implementation projects advantageous.

Skills:

Advanced SQL skills.
Strong experience with BI and visualisation tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, or similar.
Strong understanding of Data Analytics, Data Warehousing, and Reporting.
Experience developing dashboards, scorecards, and KPI frameworks.
Stakeholder management and presentation skills.
Experience with UAT, data governance, and data quality management advantageous.

Non-Negotiable Requirements:

Proven ability to translate data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
Strong leadership and people management capabilities.
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

Apply now!

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