Credit Risk Data Analyst (Lending)

Questions come to you at a telecoms provider in Midrand, and you answer them with data. People who do well here are steady, honest and not scared to ask when something is unclear.

Home base is a telecoms provider on the Midrand side of Gauteng. There's a probation period of three months before the contract is confirmed.

• Present findings to managers in plain language with clear charts
• Keep a data dictionary so everyone uses the same definitions
• Automate weekly reports that used to take hours in Excel
• Build simple forecasting and segmentation models in Python or R
• Write SQL to pull, join and clean data from several sources
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards and data models
• Mask or remove personal information in data sets under POPIA

• Strong SQL, including joins, window functions and CTEs
• Able to explain what the numbers mean, not just show them
• At least 2 years in a data or reporting role (not needed for graduate posts)
• Hands-on Power BI, Tableau or a similar tool
• Careful with sensitive customer data

• Python with pandas for data wrangling
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake or Fabric
• Microsoft PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst certification

• Annual bonus tied to company performance
• Latest laptop with extra screen
• Hybrid work with two office days

• Put SQL and your BI tool in the first line of your CV; these are the keywords every data recruiter searches.
• Build one public portfolio dashboard on a South African open data set if you have no work samples to share.