Business Intelligence Analyst

About the Job

Are you an analytically minded data enthusiast? Passionate about finding insights in datasets, with the ability to synthesise and clearly communicate the results and drive business impact? An exciting opportunity exists in client broker Solutions: Operations Shared Services Team for a Business Intelligence Analyst.
The client broker Solutions: Operations - Shared Services team is a unit that delivers data and analytical services within the client broker Solutions division.

About the Role
We are looking for an individual with experience in using a variety of data tools, analytics, and data visualization to turn data into actionable insights with demonstrable business impact. If you believe you have what it takes, then come join the team and help us evolve our data analytics capabilities to best support the client broker Solutions: Operations focus on profitability and sustainable growth.

Job Description
You will be reporting into the Head: Shared Services and responsible for end-to-end tasks within the data analysis and reporting framework.
Data acquisition and preparation acquiring data from various data sources; assessing the integrity and relevance of the data before combining and transforming it into interpretable datasets, reports, and dashboards.
Reporting Own, maintain and automate reports/dashboards deliver ongoing reporting, and ad hoc requests from business.
Validate, Collaborate & Research - Continuously explore ways to enhance business insights by analysing key profit / cost / process efficiency drivers, key indicators, relationships, and trends. Develop a thorough knowledge of products, systems, platforms and related reporting.
Analytical Insights and Data Visualisation Analyse and interpret complex data, identify trends and asses possible high risk exposure areas indicating key/emerging themes
Design of sustainable BI solutions to address business needs and driving opportunities to improve processes and strategies with technology solutions. Track and measure against improvement strategy.
Creates relationships between business areas, enabling a better understanding of data and reporting. Sets a standard of reporting used across all business areas units built on sustainable solutions developed in conjunction with Data Architecture, MI/BI and Data Products.
Collaborates and manages across internal data pillars.

Principle Accountabilities Include
Quality and timeous delivery of monthly reports.
Automation of standard monthly reporting, and development of new analytical reports.
Identify and drive efficiency solutions.
Data analytics to identify trends and support business with insights to drive growth & profitability within client broker Solutions: Operations as well as any other business objectives as required.

Qualifications and Experience
Formal education: Degree in Data Science, or related, Minimum 3- 5 years practical experience in Data Analysis, Data Visualisation and Reporting Experience in reporting packages and data analytics tools: SAS, SQL, Cognos, Qlikview, Qliksense, SAP BusinessObjects, Power BI and Advance Excel 3-5 years of experience in Financial Services with experience in underwriting and analysis (Short Term Insurance preferably)

Skills
Analytical and Problem solving Abilities
Attention to Detail, Accuracy and Quality Management
Holistic and Systems Thinking - Creating simplicity from complexity in a structured manner
Business Insights and Financial Acumen
Effective Communication skills
Ability to tell a story with data
Collaborative - build and maintain good internal and external relationships.
Proactive and Action Orientated
Pragmatic and systematic

Competencies
Drives results
Cultivates innovation
Client focus
Flexible and adaptable
Collaborates
Manages complexity
Data analysis
Data modelling
Query management
Stakeholder engagement
Reporting and administration