Specialist: Intelligence MI​/BI & Insights

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time. With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary:

Responsible for identifying and executing on continuous improvement opportunities, reporting and updating the knowledge management system. Oversees and conducts the conversion of data into insights that will lead to informed business decisions. Works directly with stakeholders within the assigned departments. The MI/BI Analyst will have to handle multiple simultaneous tasks, prioritize work, and remain functional under pressure and aggressive timelines. Skilled in programming (data querying).

Stakeholder, data warehousing and reporting engagements, which translate stakeholder information needs to data sourcing and display/communication. Optimize suboptimal existing reporting processes.

• Analytics – Analyze the credit risk data to support the various risk strategy teams in the day‑to‑day reporting needs using SAS Enterprise Guide, advanced Excel and visualization tools and any tool that may be identified for analysis from time to time. A basic understanding of interaction with warehouses (SQL, Hadoop or/and Teradata).
• Insights – Development of sustainable BI solutions to address business needs, and identify opportunities to improve processes with technology solutions and identify development needs in order to improve and streamline operations.
• Networking – Build and maintain relationships within relevant business units by creating an understanding of their requirements and gathering feedback. Liaise with stakeholders and keep them updated on progress of the development of requirements. Communicate data‑driven insights to business analysts and/or business stakeholders. Respond timely and professionally to ad‑hoc business requests.
• Resourcefulness – Ability to find efficient and innovative ways to overcome challenges. Ability to adapt and solve problems creatively and is highly self‑motivated/driven.

Bachelor Degree in Business, Commerce and Management Studies and/or Computer Sciences, Information Management and/or BMI.

• Understanding of basic data warehousing concepts (querying, table relationships, etc.).
• Analytical tools – high level of proficiency and expertise in using the SAS (Statistical Analysis System) software including batch mode, SAS macro variables, and Power BI, etc.
• SQL, CA Workload Automation (WADE).
• Microsoft Suite (Excel, Power Point, etc.).
• Systematic reasoning.
• Analytical thinking.
• Interpretation of analytic results and translating them into management information.

Bachelor’s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas:
Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required).

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised.