85 Intelligence Analyst jobs in South Africa

SUMMARY :

Our client is seeking a Business Intelligence Analyst who can convert company data into actionable insights by collecting, analysing, reporting, and visualising it, which supports informed decision-making and ongoing business operations.

POSITION INFO : Responsibilities :

• Collaborate with data stakeholders and business stakeholders to identify and gather relevant data sources and integrate data from various ICT systems.
• Design, develop and maintain interactive dashboards that monitor relevant metrics.
• Analyse data to identify trends, patterns, and anomalies; and translate data findings into actionable insights that support business decision-making.
• Leverage BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Grafana) and scripting (e.g., SQL, Python) to automate routine reporting tasks.

Required Qualifications :

Required Experience :

Recommendations :

Kazang is on the lookout for a talented Mid-Level Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst to join our dynamic Data Insights team.

If you’re a data-driven problem solver who loves turning numbers into actionable insights, we would love to hear from you! This is a hybrid role based in Century City, offering the perfect balance of office collaboration and remote flexibility.

About the Role

At Kazang, we’re not just creating BI dashboards — we’re building a culture where data guides decisions and our people are empowered to do their best work. In this role, you’ll have the chance to develop your technical skills, take on meaningful responsibilities, and make a real impact on the success of our Micro Merchant Division.

What We Are Looking For

As a Mid-Level BI Analyst, you’ll turn business questions into actionable insights, deliver scalable BI solutions, and work closely with cross-functional teams to support strategic decision-making. You’ll own medium-scale BI projects from start to finish, and help drive a collaborative, high-performance culture.

What a Typical Day Will Look Like For You

• You translate business requirements into KPIs, analytical questions, and reporting specifications.
• Build, test, and maintain dashboards, reports, and data models (SQL, Power BI, Excel).
• Analyze performance trends, identify anomalies, and recommend improvements.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business definitions.
• Automate reporting processes to improve efficiency.
• Partner with commercial, operational, and product teams to understand metrics and uncover opportunities.
• Contribute to team growth through peer reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing.

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Technical Expertise: Solid experience with SQL and Power BI, plus a strong grasp of data modeling best practices.
• Analytical Edge: Skilled at data analysis and creating clear, impactful visualizations.
• Data Mastery: Comfortable working with large datasets and adept at troubleshooting data quality issues.
• Communication Skills: Able to translate complex data into simple, actionable insights for different audiences.
• Team Spirit: A collaborative and supportive colleague who thrives in a team environment.
• Drive & Ownership: Self-motivated, with a track record of following through on commitments.
• Adaptability: Highly organized, adaptable, and able to juggle multiple priorities with ease.

A unique opportunity for a BI Analyst exists at South Africa’s friendliest retail brand.

We are looking for a passionate expert that has a creative flair, and is not afraid to challenge the status quo to find efficient and effective solutions that support business processes and decision making. The role is responsible for the design and delivery of robust reporting and data visualisation solutions that support operational and analytical needs.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct impact assessments to understand and mitigate risks to systems and business processes.
• Obtain, manipulate and analyse business data to derive insights.
• Develop dashboards and reports to provide insights for decision making and help highlight trends and patterns in data sets.
• Provide technical support for simple support requests and resolve timeously.
• Write SQL queries where applicable or utilise data solutions tool sets.
• Test and validate solutions in accordance with specification and user requirements.
• Visualize data using appropriate tools.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Competencies

• Business degree with Analytical/Commercial subjects, Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or equivalent NQF level 8 qualification
• Minimum 5+ years’ Business Intelligence experience
• Experience with test-driven development
• BI Analysis, data design or analysis experience in a data and analytics environment
• Advanced working knowledge of SQL
• Retail knowledge and experience will be an advantage
• Proficient in Google Workspace, MS Office Suite, Qlik/BO, Data/looker Studio and GCP will be advantageous
• A curious self-starter who takes initiative, investigates problems, see possibilities and takes action
• Competencies required : Devotion to Quality, Accurate, Assertive, Cooperation, Analysing and forming opinions, market orientation, Integrity, Drive.

PEP strives for equal opportunity in terms of its employment equity guidelines.

We’re looking for a data-driven problem solver to join our Data Insights team.

As a Mid-Level BI Analyst, you’ll turn business questions into actionable insights, deliver scalable BI solutions, and work closely with cross-functional teams to support strategic decision-making.

You’ll own medium-scale BI projects from start to finish, and help drive a collaborative, high-performance culture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements into KPIs, analytical questions, and reporting specs.
• Build, test, and maintain dashboards, reports, and data models (SQL, Power BI, Excel).
• Analyse performance trends, identify anomalies, and recommend improvements.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and alignment with business definitions.
• Automate reporting processes to improve efficiency.
• Partner with commercial, operational, and product teams to understand metrics and uncover opportunities.
• Contribute to team growth through peer reviews, mentoring, and knowledge-sharing.

Technical Competencies:

• Proficient in SQL and Power BI.
• Strong data analysis and visualisation skills.
• Understanding of data modelling best practices.
• Ability to work with large datasets and troubleshoot data quality issues.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Strong communicator with the ability to simplify complex data concepts.
• Collaborative and supportive team player.
• Self-motivated with strong ownership and follow-through.
• Adaptable, organised, and able to manage multiple priorities.

INFORMATION REQUIRED

Job Title: Business Intelligence Business Analyst

Ideally looking for a BI Business Analyst with 5+ years of experience. An individual with Business Intelligence project experience who possesses strong technical and project management skills would have an added advantage.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Studies, or similar, with a focus on systems or databases, or an equivalent NQF level 7 qualification or higher.
• Two (2) years of experience in a management information role.
• Three (3) years of experience with analytical tools such as Hadoop, SAS, or MS SQL, with Power BI being the most important.
• Three (3) years of experience in requirements gathering and documentation.
• Knowledge of data warehouse design, business intelligence applications, and information products.
• Understanding of change management and its importance in business process transformation.
• Experience working in a multi-project environment.
• Power BI experience (3 years required).
• Proficiency in Python.
• SQL skills (Postgres, MS SQL).
• QlikView experience.

• Project planning for Employee 360 System.
• Business analysis for Power BI dashboards and Power Apps.
• Source-to-target mapping for data repositories in Azure.
• Design, develop, and publish Power BI reports and dashboards.
• Develop tabular models with SSAS.

• Who we’re looking for: Someone who has a true passion for working with complex data and providing meaningful insights for actionable change.

• The challenge: Work with vast amounts of data that will drive data-driven decision making in an international Fintech

• Where you’ll work: This role will be based in our Cape Town office 3 days per week, you'll be part of our global team, collaborating with colleagues and serving customers across the UK, USA, Australia, South Africa, and beyond.

The Tillo Difference

We're in the business of rewards and incentives, so we know a thing or two about the importance of giving back. We can't grow as a business without growing as individuals, so we are committed to providing a workplace where passionate, driven individuals can thrive. We value collaboration, trust, positivity, and a willingness to learn - only by working as a team will we reach our goals.

We’re the market leader in the UK and are active in a number of other markets including USA, Europe, Australia and India.

Job Summary:

As a Business Intelligence Analyst you will be responsible for transforming complex data into clear, actionable insights through dashboards, reporting, and analysis to support data-driven decision-making across the business.

We’re more interested in people who understand the methodology and fundamentals rather than specific tools. You’ll be ideal for this role if you have a demonstrable passion for automation and collaboration.

Day to day this role will

• Translate business requirements into actionable insights by working closely with stakeholders to understand goals, KPIs, and data needs.

• Design, build, and maintain dashboards and reports using BI tools (e.g., Power BI or Quicksight) to support decision-making across the business.

• Extract, transform, and analyse data from various sources using SQL or other tools, ensuring high data quality and consistency.

• Identify trends, patterns, and anomalies in data to provide meaningful and data-driven business recommendations.

• Collaborate with data engineers and analysts to ensure the right data structures, definitions, and pipelines are in place for reliable reporting.

• Develop and maintain KPIs and performance metrics that help track progress toward strategic objectives.

• Present insights and analysis clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences, using storytelling to influence decisions.

• Ensure data integrity and governance compliance by applying best practices in data handling, documentation, and access controls.

• Support self-serve analytics adoption by creating reusable data models, semantic layers, and user-friendly reporting assets.

• Continuously improve BI processes and tools, exploring automation opportunities and staying up-to-date with best practices and new features.

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in BI, data analysis, or a related role, ideally within Fintech, or fast-paced data-driven environment.

• Strong SQL skills for querying, transforming, and analysing data from relational databases.

• High proficiency in BI tools such as Power BI or Amazon Quicksight for building dashboards and reports.

• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn data into clear business insights.

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to present complex data in a simple, compelling way to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience working with large datasets, and ability to clean, validate, and manipulate data for analysis.

• Attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and integrity.

• Strong sense of collaboration.

Desirable:

• Hands-on experience with data platforms like Snowflake or Databricks

• Solid understanding of data modeling and data warehousing concepts, including dimensions, facts, and star/snowflake schemas.

• Familiarity with version control systems like Git, particularly when working in collaborative or production-level analytics environments.

• Familiar with customer segmentation, churn analysis, lifetime value analysis.

• Experience creating semantic layers or curated data models to support self-serve BI adoption.

• Comfort working in Agile or cross-functional data teams, including familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, or Notion for collaboration.

Benefits

We offer all our employees trust and empower our team to work with flexibility and autonomy. We’re a close-knit team and love working collaboratively, with our hybrid model, our team can come together at our fantastic offices, but also focus in their own space. The Tillo team are a motivated bunch and we all work hard to push Tillo forwards, always innovating. We completely understand the importance of work/life balance and offer a supportive and collaborative working environment with the following benefits:

• 21 days holiday per annum

• Retirement Fund (5%)

• Health insurance contribution

• Employee Incentive Scheme

• Hybrid Working

• Top spec equipment including laptop, mouse, keyboard, monitor

• Anniversary gifts

• Monthly breakfasts, drinks, snacks and events

• Team Learning & Development budget

Tillo makes gift cards, rewards, and incentives simple, efficient, and profitable. Operating in over 37 markets and 25 currencies, Tillo processes billions in gift card transactions through a single, plug-and-go API, powering rewards and incentives for the world’s leading businesses.

Backed by Tenzing, Tillo is setting the global standard for digital gift card infrastructure.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement
We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know, and we will be happy to accommodate your needs.

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We're on the lookout for energetic, self-motivated individuals who share our passion for service in the banking industry. To be part of the journey, follow the steps below:

1. To see what life at Capitec is all about and complete a short assessment, please click here! .
2. Once you have completed the above, finalize your application by clicking apply below.

We appoint energized and motivated people for their potential and continuously look for talented, driven individuals to help us innovate and evolve. That is why we focus on finding the right people for the right jobs. We love what we do because we focus on making a positive difference for our clients and employees. Our company DNA is built around talented and committed teams dedicated to build a brand that we are proud of and earns the trust of our clients.

We are a bank, but we’re much more than that. We believe that banking is about enabling people to control their financial lives through banking that is simplified, accessible, affordable and delivered through personal experience. By helping our clients manage their financial lives better, we enable them to live better.

The Payments team oversees all payment products, including both Card and Electronic Payments. This encompasses the entire payments landscape, covering systems, processing, and business aspects. Within this framework, the Payments Data Strategy team is dedicated to managing all data-related activities. Our focus areas include data strategy, forecasting and predictive modeling, insights and business analysis, as well as monitoring and reporting. By utilizing data analysis and visualization tools, the Business Intelligence Analyst will generate actionable business insights that drive tangible value for the organization. This role involves influencing and supporting the organization in making data-driven decisions that enhance performance, optimize operations, and drive growth.

• A relevant tertiary qualification in Business Administration or Statistics

• Certification in Business Analysis

• At least 3 years’ experience as Business Intelligence Analyst or equivalent (data analyst etc.) including experience in data analytics, BI methods and tools, data warehousing and the data life cycle.
• Experience in identifying, quantifying, and subsequently delivering value on how to solve business challenges using data
• Experience with stakeholder engagement
• Experience in working with data on cloud platforms, such as AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Experience in building data visualizations using tools such as Power BI
• Experience of using SQL to prepare and analyze data

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and basic experience in using low/no code AutoML on modeling tools such as Power BI or AWS Sagemaker
• Design thinking
• Dimensional Modeling
• The Data Product Life Cycle (DPLC)
• Knowledge of data privacy and security regulations and best practices
• Knowledge and understanding of data quality and incident management
• Knowledge and experience of agile project management methodology

Ideal:

• Previous experience working in business analysis in the banking sector
• Knowledge of change management principles and practices
  

• Commercial Thinking Skills
• Facilitation Skills
• Numerical Reasoning skills
• Presentation Skills
• Problem-solving skills

• Clear criminal and credit record

Capitec is committed to diversity; applications to this position will strictly be considered in support of our employment equity goals.

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Hello Future Business Intelligence Analyst

Welcome to FNB, the home of the #changeables. We design for the shapeshifters and deliver products and services that make us incredibly proud of people that make it happen.

As part of our talent team, you will be surrounded by unique talents, diverse minds, and an adaptable environment that lives up to the promise of staying curious. Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.

Are You Someone Who Can

• Provide support and input into tactical business strategies and execute on relevant business intelligence (BI) projects / BI initiatives aligned to strategic objectives with specific performance measures and control systems to track progress.
• Integrate data assets (i.e. outcomes from data science and, data and analytics teams) to business.
• Extract data from various sources for the purposes of data profiling in order to create the technical BI requirements (e.g. source to target).
• Liaise with Business Analyst and relevant stakeholders to produce BI business requirement (BRS) documentation and submit to relevant stakeholders for sign off.
• Analyse derived information to create value added knowledge of the bank's products, channels, service levels, trends, or customers for business and operational informed decisions.
  
  

• Have a Degree or Diploma in computer science, information systems, or related fields
• Have 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar
  
  

• Opportunities to network and collaborate
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• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
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Date: 5 Jul 2025

Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, ZA

Company: Capitec Bank Ltd

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We're on the lookout for energetic, self-motivated individuals who share our passion for service in the banking industry. To be part of the journey, follow the steps below:

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• A tertiary qualification in Business Administration or Statistics
• At least 3-5 years’ experience as Business Intelligence Analyst or equivalent (data analyst etc.) including experience in data analytics, BI methods and tools, data warehousing and the data life cycle.
• Experience in identifying, quantifying, and subsequently delivering value on how to solve business challenges using data
• Experience with stakeholder engagement
• Experience in working with data on cloud platforms, such as AWS or Microsoft Azure
• Experience in building data visualisations using tools such as Power BI
• Experience of using SQL to prepare and analyse data
  
  

• Knowledge and basic experience in using low/no code AutoML on modelling tools such as Power BI or AWS Sagemaker
• Design thinking
• Dimensional Modelling
• The Data Product Life Cycle (DPLC)
• Knowledge of data privacy and security regulations and best practices
• Knowledge and understanding of data quality and incident management
• Knowledge and experience of agile project management methodology
  
  

• Previous experience working in business analysis in the banking sector
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• Employment type Full-time

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