BI & Reporting Analyst

Prime Meridian Direct|Posted 10 days ago

Skills and experience

Role:Business intelligence analyst

Other roles:Data engineer, Data analyst

Experience in role:3+ years

Must-have skills:

SQL

Power BI

Python

Location and salary

Remote policy:In-office

Location of job:Johannesburg, South Africa

Visa requirements:Authorised to work in South Africa With status of citizen/passport holder or permanent resident

Visa sponsorship:Unable to sponsor visa

Employment type:Permanent

Role description

Join Prime SA's Data Science & Analytics team as a BI & Reporting Analyst, where you'll play a crucial role in reshaping the motor vehicle insurance industry. You'll transform raw data into meaningful insights, directly influencing operations, strategy, and customer outcomes. Based in our Bryanston office, you'll report to the Head of Data Science & Analytics.

In this role, you'll design intuitive Power BI dashboards, develop reusable data models, and write efficient SQL queries to support decision-making across the business. You'll also build automated data pipelines using Python or Databricks, and collaborate closely with senior data scientists and business owners. We're looking for someone with strong SQL and Power BI skills, Python proficiency, and experience with Git and basic command-line tools.

At Prime SA, we offer a fast-paced, supportive environment where your work will have real impact. If you're an analytical thinker with a natural curiosity, clear communication skills, and a collaborative mindset, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in our mission to provide the best possible insurance with humanity, simplicity, and compassion.

About Prime Meridian Direct

201-500 employees

Background

PMD is a direct marketing financial services business focussed on personal lines products in the motor and health insurance markets.

Launched in 2009, PMD is part of a wider financial services group that was first established in 2002 by Dr Brian Benfield - who is the founder of Clientele Life Limited (listed on the JSE). Dr Benfield currently plays a non-executive role in the group.

PRIME's Mission

PMD's mission is to restore faith in the Financial Services industry.

PMD started with successfully innovated a range of motor insurance products aimed at giving clients cover who normally could not afford insurance.

PMD has moved into the comprehensive motor insurance space and we are growing as a brand and as a company! Our strategy is to become obsessed with our clients and provide them with insurance that works for them and what they need!

PRIME's Value System & Culture

We are working hard at building a performance culture underpinned by our Prime Values. Our values are:

Humility
Humanity
Authenticity
Innovation
Connection

By combing our drive to succeed with our values we aim to change the way Financial Services operate!

Analytics Team

PMD has grown significantly over the past 9 years from +/- 30 people to now close to 300 with a policyholder book to match! As we have grown there has been more and more of a need to provide great analytical insight into the performance of the company and its operations.

We are building a team that can supply accurate, detailed, user friendly and applicable business insight to all areas of the business. This ranges from descriptive type reporting that highlights "what happened" to predictive type analytics that help direct stakeholders to the next value add!!

We aim to achieve this through adopting DataOps principles (Agile, DevOps & Lean Manufacturing), seeing our outputs as data products for the company

Interview Process

Our process involves 3 steps: