Job Description

Empowering Africas tomorrow, togetherone 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 The role of MI Business Analyst in the CIB MyMI team will be to investigate, design, implement and maintain Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence (BI) solutions in order to provide timely and accurate reporting and solutioning to business to enable informed decision making. This is to be achieved by establishing and maintaining effective relationships with the relevant stakeholders and applying intimate knowledge of data sources in the context of the core business .

The role requires the candidate to understand the finance environment , have the ability to work in excel and have basic skills to be able to run queries in a SQL database.



Accountability: Management Information (MI) and Business Intelligence

• Engage with internal business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure objectives, priorities and key requirements are agreed and understood.
• Interpret data and identify issues, risks and opportunities and relate results and insights to Business users.
• Conceptualize, design and build Management Information (MI) / Business Intelligence (BI) models in support of business requirements.
• Analysis and investigate solutions for requirements from stakeholders .
• Construct and execute Structured Query Language (SQL) database queries to extract needed data. This includes new and existing data queries
• Support the reverse engineering of existing solutions where required
• To be able to data mine, analyse and solve issues that arise.

Accountability: Governance and Control

• Ensure compliance to policies, legislation and regulations .
• Adhere to the core Data Governance disciplines as defined by the Data Governance Organisation (DGO) when performing business intelligence activities within the SBU (business unit). This includes: data quality management information lifecycle management and information security and privacy.
• Conduct integrity checks on all extracted data to ensure correct data is incorporated into the reports.
• Ensure that data is complete and accurate.

Accountability: Relationship Building & Networking & Research

• Develop and maintain relationships within relevant business units understand their requirements and gather feedback.
• Work with stakeholders (Business Units, Group Technology etc) to create and maintain a portfolio of technology MI, utilising consistent and validated data sources
• Check that information is correct as it is the only source of input and incorrect reporting could have financial and brand implications for the Absa Group
• Stay abreast of knowledge and skills relevant to the level and area of work, as well as actively seeking to attain those required for the next level of work
• Develop a thorough knowledge of various systems and related reporting.
• Recommend changes to the way of work in accordance with best practice industry standards.
• Work with the end users and client team members to define application functional and usability requirements. Ensure that other project team members understand the implications of functional and usability requirements.
• Educate users where required on the design or how to utilise the solution.

Education and Experience Required

• Minimum Requirements - Bachelors Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Business or similar with a focus on analytics, business information management or equivalent NQF level 6 qualification
• Preferred Requirements - M sc. Statistics / M Com. Informatics / B.Com Honours
• Working in an finance environment and understanding finance is a must
• 1 to 2 years relevant experience in Business Intelligence / Management Information.
• Understanding basic SQL
• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
• Working knowledge of Business Intelligence tools i.e Business Objects, QlikView, Data warehouse is advantageous
• Previous experience in dealing with cross functional and multiple jurisdiction team would be advantageous

Knowledge & Skills:

• Expert Data analysis skills - constantly analyse data to improve understanding of client behaviour
• Advanced Computer Literacy using all tools (e.g. Excel, SAS, SQL, etc.)
• Professional verbal and written communication skills
• Basic knowledge of the Regulatory and Industry standards in Financial Services
• Competent report writing skills
• Lateral and Strategic thinker with an appreciation for the holistic approach to managing information
• Stay abreast of knowledge and skills relevant to the level and area of work as well as actively seeking to attain those required for the next level of work
• Advanced Analytics knowledge, skills and abilities
• Excellent understanding of Corporate and Investment banking products

Competencies:

• Persuading and influencing
• Delivering results and meeting customer expectations
• Deciding and initiating action
• Learning and researching
• Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
• Relating and networking
• Adapting and responding to change
• Creating and innovating

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (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

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