Data Analyst (Power BI / SQL)
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Data Analyst (Power BI / SQL)
Cape Town - Pinelands | Confluent
We’re looking for a Data Analyst who lives in SQL, builds Power BI dashboards people actually use, and gets a kick out of turning messy data into clear answers. You’ll join our Data Analytics team and work alongside Data Engineering, Data Science and business partners to help shape better decisions across the group.
About Confluent
Confluent is a South African financial services group with a single purpose: building financially healthy societies, together. Over the past two decades the businesses inside the group have supported more than a million South Africans on their journey to financial freedom, through debt counselling, credit solutions, and financial education. We’re now expanding that reach as one group, bringing together a portfolio of brands, partners and solutions under the Confluent banner.
About the role
Data sits at the heart of the group. Our Analytics team partners with every part of the business, from collections and onboarding to marketing and operations, to turn raw data into decisions. This is a hands-on BI role with real scope to shape what gets built, how it gets used, and what changes as a result.
What you’ll do
- Build and maintain Power BI reports and dashboards that drive day-to-day decision-making across the group.
- Write performant SQL against our data warehouse to answer ad-hoc business questions and power recurring reporting.
- Partner with Data Engineering and Data Science to get the most out of our data platform and data assets.
- Translate vague business questions into clear analyses, and clear analyses into recommendations people can act on.
- Spot opportunities to improve performance against KPIs in each business area you support
- 2-5 years’ experience as a BI Analyst, BI Developer, Data Analyst, SQL Developer, Insights Analyst or similar.
- Strong SQL - you can write, optimise and debug complex queries without much hand-holding.
- Solid hands-on experience building reports and dashboards in Power BI (Tableau or Looker also considered).
- A numerate degree - Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science, Informatics, Information Systems, Data Engineering, Operations Research, or similar.
- Strong analytical thinking, attention to detail, and the ability to work through ambiguous problems.
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team, with good written and verbal English.
Nice to have
- Exposure to Microsoft Fabric.
- DAX experience and Power BI data modelling beyond drag-and-drop visuals.
- Experience in financial services, credit, lending or a comparable regulated environment.
Why Confluent
We take growing our people seriously. You’ll work with leaders who are experts in their field and who actually share what they know. Rank doesn’t matter much here - if you have a good idea, it gets heard. And the work matters: every dashboard you ship helps the group support more South Africans toward financial health.
- Medical aid, retirement annuity Bursaries, Insurance
- Half day off on your birthday.