Job Description

New opportunity: Data Analyst - 12 month contract role based at one of the top tier Financial Services / Banking companies. As someone who has a deep understanding of data and various data sources able to do root cause analysis and improve on data quality, you are the individual we are looking for.About the role:
As part of our talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now's the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.Translate business needs into long-term architecture solutions and analyse data, conduct root cause analysis, and generate proposals to improve data quality, access, and management.Are you someone who has:

• A deep understanding of the various data sources.
• Systems and data fields to analyse the quality of data.
• Ability to conduct root cause analysis and generate proposals to improve data quality, access, and management.
• A combination of analytical expertise, business acumen, strategic thinking, and project and relationship management skills, the incumbent will extract reporting requirements from business and deliver on this.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Responsible for enabling the Data Quality and Metadata disciplines across the company. This entails assisting business units in their understanding of the requirements of these disciplines and providing guidance and advice to them on how they can meet the organisation's requirements regarding these two disciplines.
• Responsible for providing operational support for the users of the Platform, and the capabilities that are enabled on the platform. These capabilities are not only for data quality and metadata management, but for other disciplines such as records management and data privacy and protection, as well as capabilities that support the organisation's data and analytics strategy.
• Optimisation, cleanups, testing of patches and upgrades, and implementing new functionality.
• Work on projects related to both discipline enablement, and the implementation of new capabilities on the Platform.

You will be an ideal candidate if you:
NQF Qualification Format

• Bachelor's Degree / Postgraduate Diploma / Advanced Diploma

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Technology or Bachelor of Science in Information Technology

Experience Required

• 2/3 years data analysis experience.
• Solid understanding and working knowledge of relational databases (e.g. Teradata, Oracle, SQL, SAS, etc.), data structure, data quality strategies and experience analysing large volumes of data. Exposure to the financial services industry and or banking products and related systems preferred.
• Tools required to be successful in this environment (Ab-initio, Metadata hub, ExpressIT)

Contact me at the detail below to apply for the role.Thank you,Theresa Steenkamp.
Key Account Manager - Network Contracting Solutions.
tsteenkamp at networkcontracting c.o.z.a.

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