Data Scientist/Data Analyst

Location:	Johannesburg
Remote work:	Some remote work allowed
Type:	Permanent
Reference:	#NG59306
Company:	E-Merge IT Recruitment

A leader in intelligent automation offering specialised software and services which aim to leverage advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence and automate mundane digital human effort while enabling economies to thrive is in the market for a Data Scientist/Data Analyst with a specialist skill set. The main purpose of the role is to create and facilitate appropriate access to data for key stakeholders and create visibility for the business, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance.

Responsibilities:

• Change management mindset has to be able to adjust to different organisational levels
• Ability to prioritise and run multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to communicate at different levels of the organisation and report to senior audiences.
• Modelling of complex business problems.
• Identifying opportunities to improve business processes.
• Building tailor-made SQL solutions for monitoring and automation of controls.
• Utilising Store procedures to create routines that maintain reporting and automated controls.
• Identify and build appropriate models/other solutions for use in the company's operations.
• Creating logic links between data from various systems to facilitate cross-system reporting.
• Automation of controls in the business processes.       
• Design and implement automated data comparisons to trigger certain processes.
• Simplifying complex manual processes into simple automated processes.
• Engaging with stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelor’s degree/hons in computer science/math/engineering/accounting
• 3-5 years’ experience as a data scientist/data analyst.
• Specialisation in T-SQL
• Experience in the automation of processes is an advantage
• 3 years’ operating at a manager level.
• Audit, especially Big Four audit firm experience will be an advantage
• Ability to engage at a leadership level with local and global stakeholders.
• Proven track record of attending OPSCO/EXCO/other forums and presenting at these

The reference number for this position is NG59306 which is a permanent hybrid position in Johannesburg offering a salary of R800,000 up to R1.2m per annum salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula at az.oc.egreM-e@galuhtukon or call her for a chat at 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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Posted on 21 Aug 11:49, Closing date 20 Oct