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Senior BI & Data Engineering Consultant at Salt South Africa
Salt South Africa
October 13, 2026
Full-time
On-site
About the Role
A large South African retailer is looking to move beyond Excel-based reporting and build a meaningful analytics and BI capability. They need a senior consultant who can engage directly with business stakeholders, assess the current data environment, define what good looks like, and then build it. This is both an advisory and a hands-on delivery role - the right person is comfortable doing both without needing a team around them to execute.
Due to the high volume of applications expected, candidates who have not received feedback within two weeks of applying should consider their application unsuccessful.
Key Responsibilities
Engage GRC stakeholders to understand business objectives, current reporting challenges, and priority requirements
Help define KPIs and measures for tracking business performance and strategic initiatives
Investigate data sources, assess data quality, availability, and integration gaps
Recommend an appropriate reporting and analytics approach based on business needs and the existing technology environment
Design and develop data pipelines, transformations, and data models where required
Build reports and dashboards that support monitoring, proactive analysis, and business decision-making
Validate outputs with stakeholders and refine solutions based on feedback
Take full ownership of delivery, communicating progress, dependencies, and issues clearly throughout
Requirements
Senior-level experience delivering end-to-end data and BI solutions, from requirements gathering through to development
Strong SQL, data modelling, and data transformation capability
Hands-on experience building data pipelines and integrating data from multiple sources
Proven BI development experience; able to build dashboards and reports that drive real business decisions
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to work with stakeholders whose requirements are not yet fully defined
Ability to assess an existing data environment and make practical, grounded solution design recommendations
Comfortable working independently across the full delivery lifecycle
Advantageous
AWS environment experience
Amazon QuickSight
Qlik
Role Details
Duration: 6 months
Start date: ASAP, subject to selection and onboarding
Location: Cape Town, 4 days on-site per week
A large South African retailer is looking to move beyond Excel-based reporting and build a meaningful analytics and BI capability. They need a senior consultant who can engage directly with business stakeholders, assess the current data environment, define what good looks like, and then build it. This is both an advisory and a hands-on delivery role - the right person is comfortable doing both without needing a team around them to execute.
Due to the high volume of applications expected, candidates who have not received feedback within two weeks of applying should consider their application unsuccessful.
Key Responsibilities
Engage GRC stakeholders to understand business objectives, current reporting challenges, and priority requirements
Help define KPIs and measures for tracking business performance and strategic initiatives
Investigate data sources, assess data quality, availability, and integration gaps
Recommend an appropriate reporting and analytics approach based on business needs and the existing technology environment
Design and develop data pipelines, transformations, and data models where required
Build reports and dashboards that support monitoring, proactive analysis, and business decision-making
Validate outputs with stakeholders and refine solutions based on feedback
Take full ownership of delivery, communicating progress, dependencies, and issues clearly throughout
Requirements
Senior-level experience delivering end-to-end data and BI solutions, from requirements gathering through to development
Strong SQL, data modelling, and data transformation capability
Hands-on experience building data pipelines and integrating data from multiple sources
Proven BI development experience; able to build dashboards and reports that drive real business decisions
Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to work with stakeholders whose requirements are not yet fully defined
Ability to assess an existing data environment and make practical, grounded solution design recommendations
Comfortable working independently across the full delivery lifecycle
Advantageous
AWS environment experience
Amazon QuickSight
Qlik
Role Details
Duration: 6 months
Start date: ASAP, subject to selection and onboarding
Location: Cape Town, 4 days on-site per week