Senior Business Intelligence Business Analyst

DVT is one of the top software development and testing companies on the continent. Our software engineers are consulting on cutting edge applications at the top companies in South Africa, as well as consulting globally. You will have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most established developers in the country with the latest technologies. DVT is committed to continuously training our staff and we are very proud of our culture of learning, from internal speaking and training to sponsoring a variety of technical events from DevConf to GDG.

About the role: 
The Business Intelligence Business Analyst role is a well-rounded and skilled individual who is accountable for the accurate understanding and interpretation of business needs, the transformation of these into a requirement specification, and the delivery of this solution to the business.

Tasks and Responsibilities

Delivery within agreed timeframes

• Accountable for gathering and documenting data and reporting requirements
• Perform data analysis and design
• Independently or collaboratively specify, map and model data
• Produce clear and comprehensive delivery artefacts
• Design proof of concept and support developers during build to ensure delivery
• Either build directly or oversee solution build
• Either test directly or oversee testing phases and quality assure final output
• Facilitate implementation and delivery to stakeholders

Personal effectiveness

• Accountable for service delivery through own efforts
• Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality
• Communicates clearly and timeously
• Problem solving aptitude
• Collaborates effectively with others to meet deliveries
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict deadlines
• Willing and able to learn quickly and able to handle change
• Aligns to ways of working and team culture
• Knowledge and/or experience of working within either Agile and other project methodologies

Requirements

• Tertiary qualification in Information Technology or related fields
• Relevant analytical and BI experience in Financial Services
• Data Modelling using the Kimball methodology
• Proficient in SQL, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power Pivot, Power Query, TeamFoundationServer
• Has previously design a fully-fledged BI Implementation with logical model, source to target and physical model for both data warehouses and cubes
• Advantageous: experience in Human Capital, Actuarial and/or Financial reporting