Senior Analyst - Mining

Job Title: Senior Analyst, Mining
Region: South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho, eSwatini
Employing Legal Entity: Gilbarco AFS
Organization: Convenience Retail
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Workplace Type: (Hybrid/In-Person)
Department: Sales
Reports To: Senior Manager, Mining Analytics South Africa
Direct Reports: None

Job Overview

To execute the daily data collection, compilation and analysis that powers the contracted analytics services at the core of Vontier's end-to-end mining solutions. The role is the operational backbone of the analytics service delivery: ensuring the data underpinning customer-facing insight is accurate, validated, reconciled on time, and free of unmanaged exceptions.

Mining customers rely on these analytics as a cornerstone of the solutions deployed to them, so the integrity, timeliness and defensibility of the data directly determine service quality and customer trust. The role combines disciplined day-to-day execution with analytical rigour, identifying trends, managing exceptions, and producing reporting that turns raw operational data into reliable, actionable insight.

Responsibilities

Data collection and compilation
• Execute daily collection and compilation of operational data feeding the contracted analytics services.
• Ensure data completeness, accuracy and consistency across all sources.
• Manage data intake from multiple systems, sites and customer feeds.

Validation and reconciliation
• Validate data integrity, applying quality checks and controls before analysis and reporting.
• Complete reconciliations accurately and on time, in line with contractual and service commitments.
• Identify, investigate and manage exceptions, anomalies and discrepancies to resolution.
• Escalate unresolved or material issues to the Senior Manager promptly.

Analysis and reporting
• Analyse data to identify trends, patterns and outliers relevant to customer operations and contract performance.
• Produce accurate, timely analytics outputs and reports for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Translate data findings into clear, meaningful insight supporting customer decision-making.
• Support continuous improvement of analytics methods, controls and reporting.

Service delivery support
• Ensure analytics service delivery meets SLA, accuracy and timeliness requirements.
• Maintain documentation of data processes, controls and reconciliations for audit and compliance.

Required Skills / Qualifications / Certifications / Tech Stack

Essential
• 4+ years in a data analyst, operations analyst or reporting analyst role, ideally in mining, industrial, telematics or data-services contexts.
• Strong data-handling, validation and reconciliation skills with high attention to accuracy.
• Proficiency in data analysis and reporting tools (advanced Excel essential; SQL, Power BI or similar advantageous).
• Ability to identify, investigate and resolve data exceptions and anomalies.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to turn data into insight.
• Disciplined, deadline-driven approach to recurring reconciliations and reporting.
• Clear communication skills for reporting findings to internal and customer stakeholders.
• Relevant tertiary qualification in data science, statistics, engineering, finance or a related quantitative field.

Preferable
• Understanding of mining operations, fleet, fuel or asset data advantageous.

Outcomes and Deliverables

Deliverables
• Daily and periodic data collection, compilation and validation completed to schedule.
• On-time, accurate reconciliations with documented exception management.
• Regular analytics outputs, trend reports and insight summaries for customers and internal stakeholders.
• Exception and anomaly registers with resolution tracking.
• Maintained data-process and control documentation for audit readiness.
• Escalation reports on material issues to the Senior Manager.

Outcomes
• Accurate, validated data consistently underpinning the contracted analytics services.
• Reconciliations completed on time, every cycle, with no material errors.
• Exceptions identified, managed and resolved promptly, with clear escalation of material issues.
• Meaningful trends identified, managed and reported to support customer decisions.
• Analytics service delivery meeting SLA, accuracy and timeliness commitments.
• High customer confidence in the integrity of the analytics underpinning their solutions.

WHO IS GILBARCO VEEDER-ROOT

Gilbarco Veeder-Root, a Vontier company, is the worldwide technology leader for retail and commercial fueling operations, offering the broadest range of integrated solutions from the forecourt to the convenience store and head office. For over 150 years, Gilbarco has earned the trust of its customers by providing long-term partnership, uncompromising support, and proven reliability. Major product lines include fuel dispensers, tank gauges and fleet management systems.

WHO IS VONTIER
Vontier (NYSE: VNT) is a global technology company powering the way the world moves. We empower businesses in the transport sector to adapt to a fast-changing landscape by uniting productivity, automation and multi-energy technologies.

Our smart, connected solutions serve roadside convenience retail stores, fleet operators, and auto repair technicians. From integrated payments and EV charging software to carwash technology and retail automation, we help customers stay productive and prepared for a rapidly evolving industry.

With decades of expertise and a balanced portfolio, Vontier enables businesses to navigate complexity, unlock growth, and build a cleaner, safer future. Driven by continuous improvement and the dedication of Team Vontier, we empower businesses to think bigger, act boldly, and thrive on the road ahead. Learn more at www.vontier.com

At Vontier, we empower you to steer your career in the direction of success with a dynamic, innovative, and inclusive environment.

Our commitment to personal growth, work-life balance, and collaboration fuels a culture where your contributions drive meaningful change. We provide the roadmap for continuous learning, allowing creativity to flourish and ideas to accelerate into impactful solutions that contribute to a sustainable future.

Join our community of passionate people working together to navigate challenges and seize new opportunities. At Vontier, you are not on this journey alone, we are committed to equipping you with the tools and support you need to fuel your innovation, lead with impact, and thrive both personally and professionally.

Together, let’s power the way the world moves!