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Senior Specialist: Insights & Analytics

Posting Country:  South Africa
Date Posted:  12 Jun 2025
Full Time / Part Time:  Full Time
Contract Type:  Permanent

At Vodacom, we’re working hard to build a better future. A more connected, inclusive and sustainable world. As a dynamic global community, it's our human spirit, together with technology, that empowers us to achieve this. 

We challenge and innovate in order to connect people, businesses, and communities across the world. Delighting our customers and earning their loyalty drive us, and we experiment, learn fast and get it done, together.

With us, you can be truly be yourself and belong, share inspiration, embrace new opportunities, thrive, and make a real difference. 
 

 

When it comes to putting people first, we're number 1. 

The number 1 Top Employer in South Africa. 
Certified by the Top Employer Institute 2025.

Role Purpose/Business Unit:

 

With Vodacom Financial Services commitment to pushing the boundaries in Fintech innovation and our recently launched Vodapay app, we are looking for the highest calibre individuals to help drive our reporting and analytics activities within our Consumer Fintech.

 

This role will deliver the analytics and reporting requirements necessary for understanding the performance and growth within the VodaPay app as well as identifying and executing on opportunities that deliver commercial value. Additionally, you are expected to communicate analyses and findings using high quality visualisations and presentations to business stakeholders and executive management.

Your responsibilities will include:

 

  • Conduct exploratory and in-depth data analytics using SQL, Python and Spark
  • Complete data quality validation to identify deviations from trends and generate possible corrective actions
  • Work with Product Owners to identify opportunities and guide on strategic objective through analytic insights
  • Perform complex analysis on customer characteristics and behaviour to identify opportunities and inform customer value management activities 
  • Prepare high quality Power Point and Excel analyses to be presented to end stakeholders 
  • Optimize SQL reporting scripts and drive efficiency by facilitating the automation of processes
  • Constant innovation and experimentation to identify opportunities and improvements

The ideal candidate for this role will have:

 

  • Bachelors or honours degree in mathematics, statistics, informatics, information technology or similar
  • At least 5 years working experience in an analysis or reporting related role
  • Expert knowledge and experience in working with SQL, Python and Spark
  • Expert knowledge of descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytical techniques
  • Experience in working with data visualisation and dashboard tools essential
  • Presentation and communication skills; analytical thinking and problem-solving ability essential


We make an impact by offering:

  • Enticing incentive programs and competitive benefit packages
  • Retirement funds, risk benefits, and medical aid benefits
  • Cell phone and data benefits, advantages fibre connection discounts, and exclusive staff discounts offered in collaboration with partner companies

 

Closing date for Applications: 19 June 2025. 


The base location for this role is Vodacom, Midrand Campus. 

 

The company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with various disabilities to apply.
Vodacom is committed to an organisational culture that recognises, appreciates, and values diversity & inclusion

Commitment from Vodacom

Vodacom is committed to attracting, developing and retaining the very best people by offering a flexible, motivating and inclusive workplace in which talent is truly recognized, developed and rewarded. We believe that diversity plays an important role in the success of our business and we are committed to creating an inclusive work environment which respects, values, celebrates and makes the most of people’s individual differences - we are not only multinational but multicultural too. At Vodacom you will have access to our excellent flexible benefits programme that you would expect from any global company.

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