Old Mutual

Data Analyst (Fixed Term)

Old Mutual  •  South Africa (Onsite)  •  5 days ago
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Job Description

Let's Write Africa's Story Together!

Old Mutual is a firm believer in the African opportunity and our diverse talent reflects this.

This role is individually accountable for developing and implementing adhoc and regular reports and dashboards. Additionally, performing data extraction, manipulation and descriptive/ exploratory data analysis
This role is a supportive role to the individual accountable for turning data into actionable insights. The incumbent is relentlessly curious and uses advanced
analytical skills, tools and platforms to present data as information and create analytical solutions that are interactive and easy to
understand.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Extracts data from various internal and external sources.
  • Performs data manipulation and descriptive/ exploratory data analysis
  • Performs data quality checks and validates results
  • Analyses data to support business requirements
  • Liaises with data delivery teams
  • Should be able to work without supervision for repetitive functions but requires supervision for more complex tasks.
  • Builds dashboards and reports to help answer business questions
  • Interprets and analyses data and presents internally
  • Accepts and lives the company values.
  • Accountable for service delivery through own efforts.
  • Collaborates effectively with others to achieve personal results.
  • Individually accountable for managing own time, tasks and output quality.
  • Makes increased contributions by broadening individual skills.


Skills, Knowledge, Experience

  • Minimum 2 years experience in a Data Analyst role
  • Meets with internal clients, understands their business requirements & analyses data to support the developing of business reports & data requirements on an ad-hoc and regular basis.
  • Assists in creating end to end solutions which includes problem definition, data acquisition, data exploration and visualization Performs data quality checks and validates results.
  • Liaises with data delivery teams.
  • Coordinates data extractions and input to strategic projects where integrated data sets are required.
  • Proactively seeks new knowledge in data analytics and
  • visualisation.
  • Generates and tests hypotheses and provides actionable and measurable insights.
  • Assists in building dashboards and reports to help answer business questions, interprets, and analyses data for reports or presentation to stakeholders.
  • Exposure to data focused problem solving.
  • Critical thinking.


Technical Skills

  • Experience of SQL.
  • Advanced Excel knowledge.
  • Experience with Visualisation Tools (Tableau/Power BI), Data Modelling, and the Alteryx system

Skills

Alteryx, Business Requirements, Critical Thinking, Dashboards Design, Data Analytics, Data Analytics Tools, Data Modeling, Tableau (Software)

Competencies

Action OrientedCollaboratesCultivates InnovationCustomer FocusDrives EngagementDrives ResultsManages AmbiguityManages Complexity

Education

Matriculation Certificate (Matric) (Required)

Closing Date

27 May 2026 , 23:59

The appointment will be made from the designated group in line with the Employment Equity Plan of Old Mutual South Africa and the specific business unit in question.

The Old Mutual Story!

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About Old Mutual

Old Mutual Limited is a listed company on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has secondary listings on the London, Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe stock exchanges. As a Pan-African financial services company, we are focused on Africa, her needs and her people.

Together with you, we have educated our children, given more homes warmth and light, empowered small businesses and improved infrastructure in Africa. Our story will continue #WithAfricaForAfrica.

Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Johannesburg, ZA
Year Founded
Unknown
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