Melody Manyaka

Leads enterprise Business Intelligence, Data Engineering, and Decision Intelligence capabilities for Home Loans, partnering with executive leadership to translate strategic priorities into actionable insights and data products.

Led enterprise data migration and modelling initiatives, aligning data architecture to MIS governance and operational needs, including migration from legacy EDW to Azure Data Lake.

Managed actions to ensure financial results are understood and analysis is provided to improve projected and budgeted financial performance, translating market opportunities into data-driven recommendations.

Built the SARS Nerve Centre (Stars Room), pioneered Power BI Cloud adoption, and established data security and governance protocols to protect sensitive tax data.

Delivered data-driven insights and business analysis solutions for a major banking client, optimizing operational processes and enabling strategic decision-making through analytics.

Contributed to the full lifecycle implementation of the BSM Cluster Data Warehouse, including design, ETL integration, testing, and production release, and drove data management optimization.

Translated business requests for data into technical requirements, produced reports on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, and automated reporting functions to reduce repetitive tasks.

Enhanced divisional effectiveness by understanding and satisfying business information requirements, including developing statistical models and generating leads for new campaigns.

Currently pursuing a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration, expected to complete in the future.

Completed the Leadership Development Programme from November 2024 to November 2025.

Completed a Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology from the University of the Free State from July 2002 to December 2005.