Payments Analyst

Area / Job Type:

Remote position 

Only for candidates based in South Africa

Permanent - Fulltime

About the company

Our client is a multi-disciplined company where at the core lies an energetic team that permeates into every project undertaken. With 15 years of experience, predominantly in international markets, they have become a leading provider in digital marketing content as well as software development expertise and online solutions, seeking to increase brand reputation. With clients in the USA, Europe and the UK, our client prides itself in being at the cutting edge of software technology and on par with market trends.

Job Description

Our client is looking for a Payments Analyst who will help discover the information hidden in vast amounts of data and assist in decision-making. The successful candidate will turn data into information, information into insights and insights into business decisions with a focus on the processing of payments and supporting the business function that overlooks payments processing. A Payment Analyst plays a crucial role in overseeing and managing transaction processing and payments within our client's organisation. 

Responsibilities

• Identify potential process improvements and areas within the payments area. 
• Preparing reports and presentations and deriving business insights. 
• Ad hoc analysis (scenario modelling, impact analysis etc). 
• Develop, test, and implement data-driven (SQL) reports. 
• Identify new process improvement opportunities within the payments area. 
• Excellent written and verbal skills. 
• Analyse the performance of payment mechanisms. 
• Project management skills. 
• Unpack and turn raw data into valuable information. 

Requirements

• Any Microsoft Business Intelligence (MSBI) certification. 
• A bachelor’s degree is advantageous. 
• 2+ years of working experience with SQL Server databases and Transact-SQL. 
• Advanced Excel (Pivot, VLOOKUP, etc.). 
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organise, analyse and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy. 
• Experience in building report models with visualisation tools (Power-BI advantageous) 
• Applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, etc. 
• Analytics experience is advantageous.