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We have an opportunity for a Business Intelligence Business Analyst (BIBA) for our client based in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The role will ensure alignment between Product Owners, data chapter, and data squad teams and produce a comprehensive functional specification from business requirements by maintaining a high level of in-depth knowledge regarding analytics and other relevant data concepts.

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or similar fields (Information Systems, Big Data, etc.) would be advantageous.
2. AWS Certification would be advantageous.
3. At least 5 years of proven experience in drafting functional specifications.
4. At least 5 years of proven BI Business Analysis, data design, and systems analysis experience in a data and analytics environment.
5. At least 5 years of stakeholder engagement experience for identifying and specifying business requirements.
6. At least 5 years of liaising between business and functional stakeholders; translating requirements experience.
7. 3+ years of Business Information Business Analysis experience in a finance/banking environment.
8. Martech (Marketing Technology) experience advantageous.
9. Related technical certifications.
10. Knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management practices, including Scrum, Kanban, and Lean.
11. Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
12. Ability to work independently and in a team environment in an Agile framework.
13. Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Identify, clarify, and agree on data and analytics requirements. Liaise with Product Owners to understand and document their data and analytics requirements, performing analytical processes and measures related to the processes. Adopt multiple actions with stakeholders to elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, surveys, business process descriptions, user cases, scenarios, and business analysis. Provide functional knowledge and expert input during planning, design, and implementation phases of projects and initiatives between Data Chapter, Data Squad, and business. Assist stakeholders (e.g., Product Managers) with data-related scoping and planning. Apply end-to-end best practices to deliver data and analytics requirements. Ensure appropriate testing is done and provide the business with assistance during user acceptance testing. Provide the business with functional and technical assistance during data and analytics implementations. Apply business and data and analytics functional knowledge to identify possible improvement opportunities and motivate with business. Own personal continued professional development to remain current with data and analytics industry trends, particularly around data and analytics tools and technologies. Analyze, understand, and document relevant data and analytics technical requirements; perform data modeling and map the analytic solution to the relevant data sources. Work closely with the Data Architect(s) and Data Modeller(s) to design, refine, and implement analytic solutions in order to execute the functional design of the relevant data and analytics solution, including reports and dashboards. Provide input to data governance and data and analytics quality assurance; identify and communicate all risks. Perform functional testing and data validation of reports and other data and analytics deliverables before presenting them to business users. Apply data and analytics functional knowledge to identify and motivate possible data and analytics support/improvements. Facilitate the Data Product Life Cycle and application of best practice/process. Act as the custodian of the reporting catalogue; maintain the information framework and reports. Facilitate the process between all teams regarding data governance and processes.

Reverside is a Global ICT company focusing on Digital Engineering, Integration, Cyber-Security, Cloud and Digital Transformation services with delivery centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and Gurgaon, India. Reverside has its Global Headquarters in South Africa and is a B-BBEE Level 1 IT consulting & services organization. Reverside was founded in 2006 and has since grown to a strong team of over 300+ consultants, serving more than 40+ active clients globally.

Description

Reverside is an IT services provider; we are always looking for professional candidates to join our team in Software Development, providing opportunities to work on exciting projects, within our well-established client base. We are looking for a Business Intelligence BA Professional with 2-5 years solid experience.

Key purpose

The primary function of this job is to understand the information requirements and business processes of a client in order to write data warehouse and reporting specifications. As the business analyst in this role you will be expected to take ownership of the solution and be involved in each step of the SDLC process to ensure that the proposed warehouse/dashboard solution meets the client needs.

You will be required to:

• Understand at a detailed level how certain business processes work (Interviewing stakeholders).
• Identify, analyze and document business requirements.
• Analyze source systems and understand how information is stored and related based on the business processes (interviewing source system analysts and architects).
• Catalog and communicate the structure and content of data.
• Provide meaningful descriptions for individually named data objects.
• Produce source to target mapping documentation.
• Undertake detailed data profiling.
• Document data quality issues and work with stakeholders to formulate resolution strategies.
• Propose/assist in solutions and create logical data models for BI source implementations.
• Write dashboard/report specifications once mock-up has been agreed.
• Play an active supporting role during the development of the warehouse.
• Play an active supporting role during the development of the report/dashboard.
• Assist the Quality Assurance team to produce test plans, test cases and test scripts and write test specifications (when necessary) to ensure quality of the solution.
• Assist with testing to ensure quality of the solution (Unit, functional and data testing).

Experience

• 2-5 years of experience as business/systems analyst in building large scale data warehouses.
• 2-5 years of experience as business/systems analyst in building reports and dashboards.
• Strong analytical skills and solid experience in writing functional and technical specifications.
• Sound understanding of data modelling, both logical and physical models.
• Exposure to ETL design.

Skills

• Excellent SQL query writing experience.
• Good communication (verbal and written).
• Great attention to detail.
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• MS SQL.
• MS Visio.
• Analytical.
• Data Warehousing.
• Business Analytics.

Qualifications:

• Matric.
• Relevant tertiary qualification: Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or Bachelor of Commerce (Informatics) or any other relevant certification or diploma.

Advantageous:

• Diploma in Business Analysis.

Competencies:

• Relating and Networking.
• Persuading and Influencing.
• Presenting and Communicating Information.
• Writing and Reporting.
• Applying Expertise and Technology.
• Analyzing.
• Learning and Researching.
• Delivering Results and Meeting Customer Expectations.
• Following Instructions and Procedure.
• Adapting and Responding to Change.
• Coping with Pressure and Setbacks.

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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.
  
  

• 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.
  
  

• 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.
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Research, Analyst, and Information Technology

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Therefore, we focus on our clients' needs; finding new ways to simplify their lives and how they do things.
We give them products, services, and solutions that enable them to live and enjoy life on their own terms – in their own way.
Agile values and principles are strongly embedded in our culture, and they are at the core of how we make decisions and how we approach adding value within the company.

We are looking for an enthusiastic business intelligence (BI) developer to help shape the MiWay Sales reporting landscape. Focus will be on designing various analytical reports on company data and delivering them to top management and other interested parties. As a BI developer, you will be working with business users, collecting their requests, and then updating the set of existing BI reports to accommodate business needs. BI developers will be expected to establish company standards and common reporting terminology, and to help align existing and future reporting requests to such standards. You will also be interacting with data warehouse architects whenever data schemas need redesigning to accommodate new reporting requirements.

Minimum Qualification Required

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or information technology

Minimum Experience

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience working within a Microsoft environment using SQL, SSIS and SSRS is needed.

Deliverables include, but will not be limited to

• Analysing and understanding data from multiple sources including sales, customer, accounting data sets and create integrated views that can be used to drive decision making within the Sales environment.
• Working with several large and complex SQL databases
• Be fully capable of developing OLAP or Tabular Model Cubes within a SQL environment. {SQL Server 2010 or higher}
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• Set up and maintain BI tools, infrastructure, and integration with company data sources.
• Work with data warehouse architects. Propose data schema and data flow optimization for reporting performance and enhancement as needed.

Competencies Required

• Proven experience as a BI Developer/ BI Analyst
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• Knowledge of SQL queries, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)
• Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative
• Analytical mind with a problem-solving aptitude
• Adept at the use of BI reporting tools such as Power BI
• Willing to learn on the job

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The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. Deadline to apply: 08 September 2025.

At MiWay we believe in cultivating a positive and dynamic working environment that gives you freedom and opportunity to succeed. MiWay is committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This is what drives us to achieve a multicultural workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, reflective of the demographics of our society.