Global Business Insight Analyst Job Cape Town area,South Africa,IT/Tech

Dentons is designed to be different. We are driven to always be the firm of the future, to challenge the status quo, and to provide holistic business solutions to our clients in new and innovative ways. We are the lightbulb moments. The bold ideas. We are the world's largest global law firm, with 12,000+ people across 80+ countries. Driven by the diverse perspectives of our people, our clients, and our communities, we combine local knowledge with global insight.

The legal profession is changing rapidly and Dentons is leading the way in advancing change for the benefit of our clients. We are driven to challenge the status quo, delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value to our clients in new and innovative ways. This role offers the successful individual the chance to play a significant role and make their mark in driving the successful implementation of a transformative Business Insight capability within Dentons.

About the Role

To support the continued evolution of our global analytics capabilities, Dentons is searching for a Global Business Insight Analyst. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Client Reporting & Analytics, this role sits at the intersection of financial data integrity and strategic business intelligence. You will serve as a key partner to Global Clients & Markets, global business leaders, and regional teams across our network.

The Global Business Insight Analyst is responsible for the sophisticated analysis and manipulation of client financial data. We are looking for a data-focused specialist with a strong foundation in accounting or financial audit who excels at data reconciliation and ensuring "one version of the truth."

As Dentons transitions to a data-driven organization, you will play a hands-on role in the deployment and enhancement of reporting tools – specifically Power BI. You will work closely with regional teams to extract data and build management reports that influence the decision-making process of leadership in the world's leading law firm. This is a high-visibility, global role requiring an ambitious, curious team player who can communicate effectively across time zones to drive financial transparency and insight.

Responsibilities

Own regional data integrity across the Global Data Infrastructure (GDI), leading reconciliation, validation, and resolution of anomalies end-to-end.

Strengthen and enhance data quality controls by monitoring existing processes and implementing proactive detection and prevention mechanisms.

Partner with regional and global stakeholders to design and optimize Power BI management reporting, ensuring clarity, usability, and actionable insight.

Deliver recurring and ad-hoc financial analysis for leadership, Sector/PG Leads, Pricing, and Clients & Markets to support strategic and commercial decision-making.

Generate forward-looking business insights by identifying trends, performance variances, and risk indicators across clients, sectors, and geographies.

Define and standardize reporting metrics and data definitions to ensure consistency and transparency across regional and global reporting.

Act as a GDI ambassador, driving analytics adoption through stakeholder engagement, training, and data literacy initiatives.

Champion continuous improvement by addressing root-cause data issues and leveraging automation, AI, and emerging technologies to future-proof reporting capabilities.

Requirements

Strong foundation in Accounting, Audit, Engineering, or Data Science, with 5+ years’ experience in a complex, international environment (Big 4 background advantageous).

Proven expertise in data analysis and reconciliation, with a meticulous, investigative mindset and the ability to resolve discrepancies back to source systems.

Advanced Power BI capability, including development of dashboards, Power Query transformation, and DAX-based modeling.

High proficiency in Excel and solid technical fluency in SQL, DAX Studio, Visual Studio, or comparable data extraction and validation tools.

Experience working within enterprise-level data environments (, Azure SQL or similar), with the ability to understand end-to-end data flows.

Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements into structured action plans, metric definitions, and functional specifications.

Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, capable of driving alignment across global.

Resilient and adaptable professional, able to manage ad-hoc analytical demands while contributing to long-term BI innovation, automation, and AI-driven enhancements.

Fluency in business English; additional European language skills (French or Spanish) are an advantage.

The above is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements.

Benefits

Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and country where hired.


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