Data Analyst

WNS South Africa-Centurion, South Africa

Company Description

WNS South Africa is a leading provider of end-to-end BPM solutions in Africa. We are a strategic partner to our clients for delivering a full range of basic to complex business processes from delivery centres spread across the country.

Job Description

Data Analyst assisting Centre of Excellence (COE) team leads in the execution of analytics and business intelligence activities within the COE with the objective of gaining insights in various process of the client’s business to unlock value in various forms. The role is a combination of Business analytics & Data analytics. The Data Analyst role is focused on the visualization of data to provide insights as required by the clients. In addition to this, assisting the COE lead to build out new data flows needed for projects, plan and document business logic pertaining to projects and managing client expectations.

Technical Activities (Data analytics role)

Working with big data in its various facets;

  • Database design, Data mining & Extraction of data (Eg. SQL)
  • Visualization and interpretation of data (Eg Power Bi)
  • Transformation and formulation of data to form business logic (Eg. SQL, Python, Spark Excel)
  • Understanding of statistical methods
  • Use of R and/or SAS languages

Programming skills

Client facing activities (Business analytics role)

  • Statistical analysis software understanding
  • Business intelligence and reporting
  • Analytic problem solving
  • Effective communication
  • Creative thinking
  • Engaging with stakeholders to source data and understand requirements of output.
  • Drawing up scope documents and facilitating the said scope with project stakeholders.
  • Participating and facilitating workshops with project stakeholders in the persuit of developing an output.

Qualifications

Successfully completed Business Analytics and Intelligence Related degree.

Deep knowledge of big data landscapes and business intelligence functions.

An understanding of business functions & processes.

Good verbal and written communication abilities.

Entrepreneurial

Functional Skills

Power BI, SQL, Python, R, Spark PowerPoint and Advanced Excel, good communication skills (verbal and written), Solution
- and Design thinking approach..

Additional Information

Proactive; Friendly; Accurate; Integrity; Goal Orientated; Innovative; Committed; Punctual; Customer Focus; Solution/goal driven; Change Management; Approachable; Problem Solving; Entrepreneurial