Principal Specialist Business Intelligence
Cape Town - South Africa
Job Summary
Our client is seeking an experienced Principal Specialist: Business Intelligence to lead the technical direction of its Business Intelligence function. This senior leadership role is ideal for a BI expert who combines hands-on development with strategic oversight governance and team leadership to deliver high-quality reporting solutions that drive business decisions.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the Business Intelligence architecture governance standards and platform strategy.
- Lead the design and delivery of enterprise dashboards and executive reporting solutions.
- Establish standards for data models report design calculations and naming conventions.
- Oversee BI workspaces access management and report certification.
- Review and approve BI solutions prior to production deployment.
- Mentor and develop a team of BI professionals while promoting technical excellence.
- Partner with analytics and business stakeholders to ensure consistent reporting frameworks and trusted business insights.
- Identify opportunities to enhance BI capabilities platform performance and reporting standards.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in a quantitative analytical or related discipline.
- 8 years Business Intelligence development experience.
- 3 years experience in a senior or leadership BI role.
- Expert-level Power BI (or equivalent BI platform) experience.
- Advanced SQL skills with strong data modelling expertise.
- Proven experience implementing BI architecture and governance frameworks.
- Experience developing executive and board-level dashboards.
- Strong leadership mentoring and stakeholder engagement skills.
Advantageous
- Financial services or fintech experience.
- Experience with semantic layers or metric frameworks.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards.
- Exposure to federated or data mesh environments.
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