I am seeking data analytics or data science roles where I can apply finance and compliance domain expertise, build predictive models, and create actionable dashboards in a collaborative, impact-driven team.
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Mashudu Tshifura
@mashudutshifura
Finance & procurement professional with 13+ years in financial operations, analytics, and risk management.
South AfricaWhat I'm looking for
Finance & procurement professional with 13+ years in financial operations, analytics, and risk management. Transitioning into data science with hands-on machine learning and fraud detection portfolio projects. Demonstrated Agile development methodologies in driving projects forward. Skilled in Python, SQL, predictive modeling, dashboards, cloud analytics (AWS & Azure), and big data platform frameworks (structured and unstructured data). Delivered measurable impact, including 35% automation gains, 10-12% procurement cost savings, 96% fraud detection accuracy, and 15% directional prediction improvement. Possesses a strong foundation in computer science principles and statistical analysis, with a keen focus on business understanding. Seeking Data Scientist role where technical capability drives measurable results.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
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Current
Senior Procurement Officer
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Jan 2022 - Present (4 years 2 months)
Automated SQL & Power BI reporting pipelines, reducing manual reporting by 35% across 20+ operational units & delivered KPI dashboards to track procurement performance, financial risk, & compliance. Applied predictive analytics & feature engineering to procurement data to achieve 10–12% cost savings, led a team of 5, & strengthened budget forecasting and audit readiness through variance analysis.
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Senior Procurement Clerk
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment
Jul 2013 - Dec 2021 (8 years 5 months)
Managed data capture and reconciliation for 2,000+ contracts to enable analytics-driven budget oversight; optimized SQL queries and indexing to improve retrieval efficiency by 60% and delivered monthly dashboards with >95% on-time reporting to support executive decisions.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
MC
Microsoft Learn / Microsoft Certifications
Certification(s), Cloud Data & Analytics
Activities and societies: Microsoft Azure Data Scientist Associate (2025); Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst Associate (2025); Azure AI Fundamentals (2025); Azure Data Fundamentals (2025)
Completed Microsoft certifications in data, analytics, and AI fundamentals to demonstrate proficiency with Azure data and analytics services.
DataCamp
Certificate, Data Analysis / Programming
Activities and societies: Datacamp Python & SQL (2025)
Completed DataCamp coursework in Python and SQL to build practical data analysis and scripting skills.
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting, Management Accounting
Completed the CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting, covering core management accounting principles and practices.
University of South Africa
Bachelor's Degree, Financial Management
Earned a Bachelor's degree in Financial Management with coursework in financial reporting, compliance, and procurement analytics.
AC
AWS Training and Certification
Certification(s), Cloud Data & Machine Learning
Activities and societies: AWS Data Engineer Associate (in progress); AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer Associate (2026)
Pursuing and completed AWS certifications focused on data engineering and machine learning to validate cloud data skills.
DA
Deloitte (Forensic Data Analytics)
Certificate, Forensic Data Analytics
Activities and societies: Deloitte Forensic Data Analytics (2025)
Completed Deloitte forensic data analytics training to apply analytical techniques for investigations and assurance.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Dash
Snowflake
Azure Synapse
Apache Spark
Looker
ggplot2
AWS IAM
Microsoft Azure
CodeSandbox
Amazon S3
GitHub
Jupyter
NumPy
Pandas
SQLite
Hadoop
InVision
Dropbox
Font Awesome
Google Fonts
Node.js
Bootstrap
Figma
Slack
Microsoft Teams
React
Apache Kafka on Heroku
JavaScript
Python
HTML5
ES6
CSS 3
TensorFlow
PyTorch
scikit-learn
Amazon A/B Testing
Microsoft Office 365
Microsoft Excel
Azure SQL Database
Netlify
Visual Studio Code
Git
Zoom
Google BigQuery
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Microsoft Power BI
SQL
Amazon SageMaker
XGBoost
SciPy
Hugging Face
Clerk
Perplexity AI
GitHub Copilot
Enhance
Availability
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Location
South AfricaAuthorized to work in
Social media
Job categories
Skills
SparkApache KafkaApacheGgplotScipyLong Short Term Memory (LSTM)Random ForestFeature Engineering InfrastructureModel MonitoringData WranglingAWSAWS S3ETL ELT Data PipelinesSnowflakeBigQueryHadoopAzure Data FactoryLLMMLOpsData AnalysisA B TestingPythonSQLPower BIAdvanced ExcelAzure Machine LearningGitJupyter NotebooksPandasNumPyscikit learnSeaBornMatplotlibXGBoostTensorFlowPyTorchDashVector BTClassificationForecastingModel EvaluationStatistical AnalysisDAXPower QueryAzure ServicesMicrosoft FabricAzure SynapseRisk AnalysisData And Analytics In ProcurementIFRSBBBEEGitHubLookerTableau
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