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Keith Coetzee

@keithcoetzeeza

I turn multi‑source, messy data into clear, actionable insight that improves decisions, cuts waste, and reveals the story your numbers are hiding.

South Africa
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What I'm looking for

Remote-based Data & Operations Analyst, FP&A, or Business Intelligence role where analytical rigour, process design, and financial reporting capability are valued. Open to contract or permanent. Available immediately. Working hours 09:00 to midnight SAST — compatible with EMEA and LATAM time zones.

Every organisation pays for uncertainty. Sometimes that cost appears as declining profitability, operational inefficiencies or missed opportunities. Sometimes it is paid more quietly through delayed decisions, assumptions that remain untested or opportunities that are never recognised.

My work begins by reducing that uncertainty.

I believe analytics is not the production of reports. It is the disciplined search for understanding that transforms uncertainty into actionable insight, enabling decision makers to move organisations forward with confidence.

My approach is to understand the business before the data, identify the relationships that drive performance, distinguish symptoms from underlying causes and validate conclusions through evidence. Whether working with Excel, SQL, Power BI, Python or R, the objective remains the same: provide insight that supports better judgement and practical action.

My experience spans operational management, financial analysis, business intelligence and technical documentation. Alongside my professional career, I continue to build an evidence-based portfolio of analytical projects, technical documentation and published writing exploring analytics, artificial intelligence, recruitment systems and organisational decision-making.

I believe good analysis should be transparent, reproducible and understandable. A report has value only if it improves understanding. A dashboard has value only if it enables better decisions.

Technology changes. Evidence endures. Judgement creates value.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

WH

Business/Operations Analyst

WGMica Retail Hardware

Sep 2020 - Mar 2026 (5 years 6 months)

Reconciled 5yrs ERP data, isolating a ~R8,600 discrepancy; redesigned controls cutting audit sign-off 8mo→4wks (~88%) and supplier recon variance 10–15%→2–5%. Built profitability dashboard exposing a 12% net loss; ran weekly KPI analytics across 6 depts, presenting to HODs. Skills: Reconciliation, Root-Cause Analysis, KPI Reporting, Leadership.

PS

Operations & Reporting Analyst

Protea Superspar

Feb 2015 - Sep 2020 (5 years 7 months)

Built monthly CFGP% benchmarking dashboard (20% target) via SQL/Power Query, reporting to 13 managers to protect GP% and cash flow. Applied recipe costing to hold margins to target. Project-managed a 5-store + Wimpy revamp into one SPAR. Built cost-benefit case for a R800k-1.5M generator, incl. fuel-usage costing. Prepared annual budgets/forecasts.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

GC

Google Data Analytics Certificate

Google Data Analytics Certificate, Data Analytics

2025 - 2026

Grade: Certificate

Activities and societies: None

Google Data Analytics Certificate, covering SQL, R, Python, data cleaning, and data visualisation.

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Coursera

FinOps Foundations Specialization, FinOps Foundations

In progress with the Coursera FinOps Foundations Specialization, strengthening skills in cost analysis, usage optimisation, anomaly detection, and financial governance.

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Matric (English First Language)

Matric, English First Language

Completed Matric with English as the first language.

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