Senior Data Analyst job at Kiira Motors Corporation

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Kiira Motors Corporation company

Role context

The Senior Data Analyst is a role within the Department of Finance and Planning, responsible for leading and executing the Corporation’s performance data management, business intelligence, and integrated reporting functions. This role serves as the principal data and analytics resource for collecting, consolidating, validating, and transforming enterprise-wide data into actionable insights, interactive dashboards, and high-quality performance reports that articulate the Corporation’s value creation across the Six Capitals (Financial, Manufactured, Intellectual, Human, Social & Relationship, and Natural). The Officer is tasked with building and maintaining the Corporation’s reporting data infrastructure, automating data pipelines, developing corporate performance dashboards, and producing analytical outputs that support evidence-based decision-making by the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Management, Board of Directors, and Financiers.

Responsibilities or duties

Functional Responsibilities

The Officer is responsible for the development, execution, and continuous refinement of the Corporation’s data analytics capabilities, corporate performance reporting systems, business intelligence infrastructure, and data governance frameworks, ensuring data integrity, analytical rigor, and alignment with corporate reporting objectives.

1.1 Integrated Financial Reporting and Corporate Performance Analytics

Lead the collection, consolidation, validation, and analysis of enterprise-wide data from all departments to support the accurate and timely preparation of the Corporation’s Integrated Financial Reports, articulating value creation across the Six Capitals (Financial, Manufactured, Intellectual, Human, Social & Relationship, and Natural). Develop and maintain standardized data collection frameworks, templates, and reporting calendars to ensure consistent, reliable, and auditable data flows from all departmental sources into the corporate performance reporting system. Conduct quantitative analysis of corporate performance data, identifying trends, correlations, anomalies, and leading indicators that inform Executive Management and the Board of Directors on the Corporation’s progress toward its strategic objectives. Support the preparation of the Corporation’s monthly, annual and quarterly performance reports for submission to the relevant statutory institutions, ensuring data accuracy and narrative coherence.

1.2 Business Intelligence and Dashboard Development

Design, build, and maintain interactive corporate performance dashboards and business intelligence solutions using the necessary tools providing real-time or near-real-time visibility into key financial and operational metrics across all departments. Develop automated reporting systems and data pipelines that reduce manual data handling, improve reporting speed, and enhance the accuracy and reliability of corporate performance data. Create tailored analytical views and visual reports for different stakeholder groups (Executive Management, Board of Directors, Departmental Managers, Financiers), ensuring that data is presented in formats that are accessible, actionable, and aligned with each audience’s decision-making needs. Continuously evaluate and improve the Corporation’s business intelligence infrastructure, recommending and implementing enhancements to data visualization, reporting automation, and analytical capabilities.

1.3 Data Governance and Quality Management

Develop and implement the Corporation’s data governance framework, including data quality standards, data ownership protocols, metadata management, and data access policies, ensuring the integrity, consistency, and security of corporate data assets. Establish and enforce data validation, cleansing, and reconciliation procedures across all departmental data sources to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data feeding into corporate reports and dashboards. Maintain comprehensive documentation of data sources, data dictionaries, transformation logic, and reporting methodologies to ensure auditability, reproducibility, and institutional knowledge continuity.

1.4 Financial and Operational Data Analysis

Conduct in-depth analyses of financial and operational data, including revenue trends, cost drivers, production efficiency metrics, supply chain performance, and workforce productivity, providing actionable insights to support strategic and operational decision-making. Perform statistical analyses, predictive modelling, and data mining to identify patterns, forecast trends, and quantify the impact of key business variables on the Corporation’s financial and operational performance. Support the Planning, Strategy and Budgeting Unit and the Capital Budgeting and Analysis Unit by providing validated datasets, analytical outputs, and data visualizations for use in budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal, and strategic planning processes. Develop and maintain KPI tracking models and performance scorecards that enable Executive Management to monitor progress against targets and take timely corrective action.

1.5 ESG and Non-Financial Data Reporting

Lead the collection, validation, and analysis of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data, including carbon emissions, energy consumption, water usage, workforce diversity, health and safety metrics, and community engagement indicators, in collaboration with the Department of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Management. Support the Corporation’s ESG reporting obligations and carbon financing initiatives by providing accurate, verifiable, and timely non-financial data for inclusion in integrated reports, sustainability disclosures, and carbon credit documentation. Develop ESG performance dashboards and tracking tools that enable the Corporation to monitor its environmental and social impact in alignment with its Sustainability and ESG strategy.

1.6 Financial Reporting and Executive Communication

Prepare and present data-driven analytical reports, dashboard summaries, and performance analytics to the Executive Management, Board of Directors, Board Committees (Audit and Risk Management Committee), and external stakeholders including Financiers. Develop clear, visually compelling executive presentations that translate complex datasets into accessible narratives, highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities, and performance insights. Ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of all data outputs and analytical reports with applicable regulatory frameworks, including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) requirements, and corporate governance best practices.

1.7 Cross-Functional Data Support

Act as the Corporation’s primary enterprise data analytics resource, providing data extraction, transformation, analysis, and visualization support to all departments for operational, financial, and strategic reporting needs. Collaborate with the Department of Product Development (Information Systems Engineering Division) on data systems integration, ERP data access, and the alignment of operational data architectures with corporate reporting requirements. Coordinate with the Business Analytics Unit within the Department of Marketing and Sales to ensure consistency in analytical methodologies, data definitions, and reporting standards across the Corporation’s analytics functions.

1.8 QHSE Data Intelligence & Integrated Reporting

Lead the design and automation of an integrated QHSE analytics framework to monitor and report on environmental footprint and occupational health. This involves building automated pipelines for metrics like emissions and safety rates, developing interactive ISO-c

Qualifications or requirements

Experience needed

Not specified.

Any other provided details (e.g., benefits, work environment, team info, or additional notes)

None specified.

• Lead the collection, consolidation, validation, and analysis of enterprise-wide data from all departments to support the accurate and timely preparation of the Corporation’s Integrated Financial Reports, articulating value creation across the Six Capitals (Financial, Manufactured, Intellectual, Human, Social & Relationship, and Natural).
• Develop and maintain standardized data collection frameworks, templates, and reporting calendars to ensure consistent, reliable, and auditable data flows from all departmental sources into the corporate performance reporting system.
• Conduct quantitative analysis of corporate performance data, identifying trends, correlations, anomalies, and leading indicators that inform Executive Management and the Board of Directors on the Corporation’s progress toward its strategic objectives.
• Support the preparation of the Corporation’s monthly, annual and quarterly performance reports for submission to the relevant statutory institutions, ensuring data accuracy and narrative coherence.
• Design, build, and maintain interactive corporate performance dashboards and business intelligence solutions using the necessary tools providing real-time or near-real-time visibility into key financial and operational metrics across all departments.
• Develop automated reporting systems and data pipelines that reduce manual data handling, improve reporting speed, and enhance the accuracy and reliability of corporate performance data.
• Create tailored analytical views and visual reports for different stakeholder groups (Executive Management, Board of Directors, Departmental Managers, Financiers), ensuring that data is presented in formats that are accessible, actionable, and aligned with each audience’s decision-making needs.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the Corporation’s business intelligence infrastructure, recommending and implementing enhancements to data visualization, reporting automation, and analytical capabilities.
• Develop and implement the Corporation’s data governance framework, including data quality standards, data ownership protocols, metadata management, and data access policies, ensuring the integrity, consistency, and security of corporate data assets.
• Establish and enforce data validation, cleansing, and reconciliation procedures across all departmental data sources to ensure the accuracy and completeness of data feeding into corporate reports and dashboards.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation of data sources, data dictionaries, transformation logic, and reporting methodologies to ensure auditability, reproducibility, and institutional knowledge continuity.
• Conduct in-depth analyses of financial and operational data, including revenue trends, cost drivers, production efficiency metrics, supply chain performance, and workforce productivity, providing actionable insights to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Perform statistical analyses, predictive modelling, and data mining to identify patterns, forecast trends, and quantify the impact of key business variables on the Corporation’s financial and operational performance.
• Support the Planning, Strategy and Budgeting Unit and the Capital Budgeting and Analysis Unit by providing validated datasets, analytical outputs, and data visualizations for use in budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal, and strategic planning processes.
• Develop and maintain KPI tracking models and performance scorecards that enable Executive Management to monitor progress against targets and take timely corrective action.
• Lead the collection, validation, and analysis of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data, including carbon emissions, energy consumption, water usage, workforce diversity, health and safety metrics, and community engagement indicators, in collaboration with the Department of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment Management.
• Support the Corporation’s ESG reporting obligations and carbon financing initiatives by providing accurate, verifiable, and timely non-financial data for inclusion in integrated reports, sustainability disclosures, and carbon credit documentation.
• Develop ESG performance dashboards and tracking tools that enable the Corporation to monitor its environmental and social impact in alignment with its Sustainability and ESG strategy.
• Prepare and present data-driven analytical reports, dashboard summaries, and performance analytics to the Executive Management, Board of Directors, Board Committees (Audit and Risk Management Committee), and external stakeholders including Financiers.
• Develop clear, visually compelling executive presentations that translate complex datasets into accessible narratives, highlighting key trends, risks, opportunities, and performance insights.
• Ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and compliance of all data outputs and analytical reports with applicable regulatory frameworks, including International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) requirements, and corporate governance best practices.
• Act as the Corporation’s primary enterprise data analytics resource, providing data extraction, transformation, analysis, and visualization support to all departments for operational, financial, and strategic reporting needs.
• Collaborate with the Department of Product Development (Information Systems Engineering Division) on data systems integration, ERP data access, and the alignment of operational data architectures with corporate reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with the Business Analytics Unit within the Department of Marketing and Sales to ensure consistency in analytical methodologies, data definitions, and reporting standards across the Corporation’s analytics functions.
• Lead the design and automation of an integrated QHSE analytics framework to monitor and report on environmental footprint and occupational health.
• This involves building automated pipelines for metrics like emissions and safety rates, developing interactive ISO-c