Data Scientist (Customer Analytics)

Build the SQL, models and dashboards that run the weekly meeting at a microlender in Bellville. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

You'll be based at a microlender in Bellville. Living nearby, or on a taxi route to it, really helps. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

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

• Hands-on Power BI, Tableau or a similar tool
• Careful with sensitive customer data
• Advanced Excel
• Able to explain what the numbers mean, not just show them
• Degree in statistics, maths, computer science, economics or a related field
• At least 2 years in a data or reporting role (not needed for graduate posts)

• Microsoft PL-300 Power BI Data Analyst certification
• Python with pandas for data wrangling

• Latest laptop with extra screen
• Annual bonus tied to company performance
• Paid cloud and BI certifications
• 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.
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