ABOUT LULALEND
Lulalend is a FinTech company with a belief in the power of small business. We work hard to empower businesses across South Africa with the funds they need to grow. Small business owners are the foundation for growth in our economy, and they deserve an easy and inspiring lending process.
Lulalend was founded because there is an underserved market for access to funding that the banks and other lenders overlook. We innovate in order to significantly reduce this credit gap - directly assisting our economy and job creation on a grand scale. So, by joining our team you’re helping businesses stay open, grow and offer more job opportunities. Yay you!
Lulalend is a one of a kind business – literally. There is no-one in South Africa doing what we’re doing yet, because we’re awesome!
OUR VALUES
At Lulalend we:
- Are passionate about helping SMEs succeed
- Believe in responsible lending
- Strive to offer an unbeatable customer experience
- Value humility and teachability
- Embrace technology
- Communicate openly
- Work hard and play hard
OVERALL PURPOSE
We are looking for a confident Data Analyst to join our team. Our role calls for an inquisitive and discerning individual with a true passion for data.
As a member of the Data Science team, your primary focus will be to extract valuable insights from data, and create visualisations and reports for internal stakeholders. You will not only enable enhanced business performance through data-driven insights, but also help us make smarter decisions to deliver even better products.
Responsibilities will include:
- Analyse the stakeholder reporting requirements from a data and functional perspective
- Identify, analyse and interpret trends in data sets
- Monitor production runs to ensure accuracy and on-time delivery of reports
- Investigate and resolve data issues by identifying issues and liaising effectively with appropriate business and tech teams
- Transform and load the data into our standard database structure
- Adjust, maintain and configure existing ETL processes to ensure required data is made available within the data warehouse
- Acquire new data from primary or secondary data sources and aggregate or consolidate data while maintaining quality assurance of data output to stakeholders
- Engage in regular interaction with internal stakeholders to ensure that they’re being kept up-to-date with respect to data insights
- Ask questions or escalate to find solutions where appropriate
- Co-ordinate and produce bespoke data sets
- Process, cleanse, and verify the integrity of data used for analysis
- Collaborate with Data Scientists on several projects
THE COMPETENCIES WE’RE AFTER
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to source, organise and analyse significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
- Can work quickly and accurately, within reasonable deadlines
- Effective communicator (verbal, written and interpersonal) and presentation skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Able to think creatively outside the box and relay insights from data
- Ability to work well in a team as well as individually
THE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- BSc degree or similar field (or equivalent)
- Demonstrated work experience in data analysis and reporting
- Strong SQL skills – required to write and debug SQL, experience with functions, stored procedures, tables, and views
- 2+ years experience with PostgreSQL and MSSQL
- 2+ years of Python experience
- Experience with visualisation tools, Google Data Studio will be advantageous
- Good understanding of databases and concepts
- Understanding data transformation into useful information
- Ability to determine data structures and linking different data sets together
- Experience with agile methodologies
