Senior BI Analyst

at  The Foschini Group

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• A relevant tertiary qualification (3 Years plus) Essential - Degree in Business, Stats, Maths or IT (Desirable)
• Minimum of 2-3 years’ experience in a similar role
• Experience with BI/Reporting tools (i.e Tableau, PowerBI, Qlikview, Business Objects, Microsoft Analysis Services, Pyramid, BI Office, Azure etc.)
• Previous experience in Retail and/or Supply Chain BI initiative
• Project management skill

SKILLS:

• Review and Reporting
• Good interpersonal skills
• Planning and organising skills
• Sound business acumen
• High level of influence and credibility
• Strategic thinking ability, with an analytical approach to problem solving
• Effective communication skills
• Good facilitation skills
• Conceptual Problem solving abilities
• Solution Outcome Driven
• Strong testing (QA) methodology
• A strong customer service focus
• To be able to anticipate and evaluate the impact of possible problem solutions prior to implementation
• To provide the critical after roll out change management support
• To be self-motivated and able to work under pressure to tight deadlines
• To be able to work as part of a team

• Responsible for the definition of user data requirements for BI projects and initiatives
• Conduct workshops determining the data requirements
• Produce detailed data requirements
• Define data specification documentation from the business requirements to assist with business understanding
• Interpret business information needs based on business process and priorities
• Compiling and assisting with dashboard executions
• Assist with unit and integration testing
• Ensuring clear traceability between requirements and solution
• Identifying gaps between requirements and solutions
• General trouble shooting of production problems
• Work across functional and technical teams
• Provide post roll out support to business
• Assist in the evolution of the BI maturity in the organisation