# Senior Business Intelligence Analyst – Johannesburg – up to R800k per annum

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Company: e-Merge Recruitment

Category: Banking & Financial Services

Location: South Africa

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-08-13

Expires: 2026-09-27

## Job Description

Turn complex data into meaningful insights and help drive smarter business decisions.

We are looking for an experienced Senior BI Analyst to join our team and play a key role in transforming complex business data into meaningful insights that support strategic, commercial and operational decision-making. This role is ideal for an analytical and commercially minded professional who can combine strong technical BI expertise with excellent stakeholder engagement and a genuine passion for using data to solve business problems.

### Responsibilities

- Design, develop and maintain dashboards, reports and BI solutions aligned to business requirements.

- Translate business needs and questions into clear analytical, reporting and data requirements.

- Develop and maintain complex SQL queries, data models and BI solutions using large and complex datasets.

- Analyse data to identify trends, patterns, anomalies, opportunities, risks and key performance drivers.

- Conduct detailed and root-cause analysis to support strategic, commercial and operational decision-making.

- Translate analytical findings into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for business stakeholders.

- Develop predictive and trend-based analysis where appropriate to support business planning and performance management.

- Ensure BI outputs are accurate, consistent, reliable and fit for purpose.

- Establish and maintain reporting standards, KPI definitions, business metrics and BI best practices.

### Qualifications & Experience

- A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification in Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, Business Analytics, Statistics, Mathematics, Finance, Economics or a related quantitative discipline.

- 5+ years’ experience in Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Business Analysis or a related field.

- Proven experience developing enterprise-level BI reports, dashboards and analytical solutions.

- Advanced SQL skills, with strong experience working with relational databases, complex queries and data modelling.

- Strong experience working with large and complex datasets, with the ability to identify trends, patterns, risks and business opportunities.

- Strong data visualisation and dashboard development skills, with experience using a leading BI platform such as Power BI, Tableau or Qlik.

The Reference Number for this position is NG61501 which is a Permanent, Hybrid role offering a salary of up to R800k per annum salary negotiable based on experience. E-mail Nokuthula on nokuthulag@e-Merge.co.za or call her for a chat on 011 463 3633 to discuss this and other opportunities.

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## Requirements

Apply by email: nokuthulag@e-merge.co.za

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