Jedida Tsimba
@jedidatsimba
Senior BI and data analytics professional with 15+ years in banking and payments.
South AfricaWhat I'm looking for
I am a senior Business Intelligence and Data Analytics professional with over 15 years' experience in the financial and banking sector, specialising in BI delivery, data management and analytics for industry-wide payments products.
I have led BI teams and projects for more than eight years, delivering enterprise dashboards, data integrity solutions and migrations using tools such as QlikView, Qlik Sense, Oracle, MS SQL and Python. I have also contributed to cross-industry Rapid Payments initiatives as a Fraud Data Scientist, performing UAT, simulations and model evaluation.
I combine strong stakeholder engagement and business-analysis skills with technical expertise in ETL, reporting and data governance, and hold certifications including CDMP and CIMP to ensure scalable, well-governed analytics solutions.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Business Analyst
Rabobank
Collaborated with business, developers and scrum masters to translate requirements into source-to-target mappings, data profiling and specification sheets for the Housing data hub, enabling timely intake of new sources and smooth DWHF implementations.
Fraud Data Scientist
BankservAfrica
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023 (7 months)
Delivered and UAT-tested high-performing fraud detection models and ran simulation exercises to determine alert volumes and go-live rule configurations for the Rapid Payments FaRM program, producing detailed ML capability reports.
Business Intelligence Specialist
BankservAfrica
Jan 2015 - Jun 2022 (7 years 5 months)
Led Cognition analytics as lead BI Specialist delivering end-to-end dashboards and reporting for payment products, migrated 37 dashboards to Qlik Sense, automated data integrity dashboards and owned Human Capital analytics to improve decision-making.
Strategic Performance Analyst
BankservAfrica
Jan 2020 - Aug 2020 (7 months)
Seconded to CEO's Strategy Office to define and automate corporate scorecards and strategic performance reporting, align KPIs to individual scorecards and maintain strategic risk registers for executive stakeholders.
BI Analyst
African Bank
Oct 2013 - Dec 2014 (1 year 2 months)
Led BI project definition and specification for Electronic Payments, automated monthly reporting and provided ad-hoc analysis to support forecasting, collections and risk mitigation using QlikView and MS SQL tools.
MIS Analyst / SME
First National Bank
Sep 2012 - Aug 2013 (11 months)
Extracted and transformed multi-source data to inform customer campaign decisions, performed attrition analysis and supported ETL processes in MS SQL/SSIS to maintain reporting relevance and governance.
MIS Analyst - Team Lead
African Bank
May 2008 - May 2012 (4 years)
Led MIS reporting team to deliver timely, quality management information and supported collection campaigns and reporting automation across the Collections function.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
UCUniversity of the Western Cape
Postgraduate Diploma, Data Analytics and Business Intelligence
Postgraduate diploma in Data Analytics and Business Intelligence focusing on data analysis and BI methodologies.
Solusi University
Bachelor of Business Administration, Computer & Management Information Systems
Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer & Management Information Systems integrating business management with information systems.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
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