Senior Strategy Analyst at Nedbank

Job Purpose

To ensure the support and maintain the data warehouse in line with the data model; metadata repository and to provide business intelligence analysis through performing strategic and operational support.

Job Responsibilities

• Support business units by providing consulting services that delivers data and information relevant to their business 
• Ensure information is provided correctly to stakeholders by maintaining knowledge sharing knowledge with team.
• Structure data into compliance standards by adhering to metadata governance procedures according to Nedbank documented standards and formats.
• Manage final transformed data content by complying to prescribed standards for reviewing and publishing.

Technical Skills Requirement:

• Develop data extracts to satisfy business needs
• Design SQL queries for ad hoc reporting
• Ad Hoc Reporting / Extracts using SQL/SSRS/SSIS/SSAS
• Clear technical understanding across a broad range of technologies, including SQL & PowerBI
• Continuously improve – identify opportunities, suggest and implement solutions.
• Optimizing SQL queries to improve performance
• Unit Testing own code
• Ensure reporting, compliance and data quality processes are in place within projects
• Extract or collect required data for analysis
• Verify results against given specifications
• Abide by the project guidelines to manage and secure client data
• Provide input to business stakeholders during target setting (i.e. modelling to achieve realistic targets), presentation design / development (i.e. story boarding appropriate information) 
• Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in Nedbank Culture building initiatives (e.g. staff surveys etc)
• Participate and support corporate social responsibility initiatives for the achievement of key business strategies.
• Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support implementation of new processes; policies and systems.
• Deliver work according to customer expectations by prioritizing; planning and implementing requirements.
• Utilize resources by adhering to standards; policies and procedures.
• Align and continuously improve set processes by identifying innovation opportunities.
• Identify and mitigate risk by executing within governance.
• Resolve incidents by logging and tracking through correct channels
• Ensure work are delivered according to; relevant technical standards 
• Keep abreast of legislation and other industry changes that impacts on role by reading the relevant newsletters; websites and attending sessions.
• Understand and embrace the Nedbank vision and demonstrate the values through interaction with team and stakeholders.
• Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers
• Ensure personal growth and enable effectiveness in performance of roles and responsibilities by ensuring all learning activities are completed; experience practiced and certifications obtained and/or maintained within specified time frames.
• Govern population of datamart and metadata repository by complying to standards; systems; processes and procedures.
• Contribute to internal and external information sharing sessions by attending formal and informal meetings.
• Manage vendor relationship interactions by conforming to vendor management office guidelines and principles.
• Ensure customer needs are met through regular customer feedback sessions.

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Master in Business Adminstration

Minimum Experience Level

• 3- 5 years experience in analytical and strategic environment

Technical / Professional Knowledge

• Business administration and management
• Change management
• Client service management
• Consumer behaviour
• Diversity management
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Operations planning
• Principles of project management
• Strategic planning

Behavioural Competencies

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Building Partnerships
• Decision Making
• Business Acumen
• Guiding Team Success
• Building partnerships
• Planning and Organizing