Senior Data Analyst at Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN)

Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN) is a fast growing Software company with a vision to build an enduring organization with an ecosystem of value creators- while delivering high impact technology solutions for emerging markets through a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation. At VGN we wage war against the average, go beyond the ordinary to explore limitless opportunities; breaking the norms and aggressively pursuing success through- Relentless Hard-work, Pursuit of excellence, calculated risk taking and a hunger for knowledge and we have a lot of fun at it!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Data Analyst

Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As a Senior Data Analyst, you will be a dedicated resource of a Strategic Business Unit (SBU) and as such will work directly in the SBU.
• All assigned task from the Analyst Competence Center will be targeted at personal development (and occasionally to cover for shortfalls in capacity).
• You will be tasked with learning sector/industry specific skills while also perfecting skills around Data Analyst competence and knowledge areas through training and practical approach to learning.

Principal responsibilities and accountabilities
Technical:

• Metrics: Define and evaluate key business metrics and understand what moves them and why.
• Data Modelling: Design well-structured tables that are at the correct grain, format and structured for widespread use (e.g. using Kimball modelling and data normalisation techniques).
• Visualization: Use Looker to design actionable and insightful reporting.
• Insight and analysis: Support the marketing team to generate forecasts, realistic commercial targets and opportunity analysis.
• Analytical education: Hold training sessions and more to evangelise Power BI, R or Python and data analysis best practices throughout the company.
• Software Engineering Mindset: Automate tasks and work to deploy production standard code (with unit testing, continuous integration, versioning, clean code, DRY principles etc).
• Master Data: Managing master data, including creation, updates, and deletion. Including Commissioning and decommissioning of data sets.
• Reporting: Helping develop reports and analysis. Managing and designing the reporting environment, including data sources, security, and metadata. Generating reports from single or multiple systems.
• Technical Contribution: Providing technical expertise on data storage structures, data mining, and data cleansing.

Non-technical:

• Business insight: Understand complex business processes and break down fuzzy requirements into actionable segments.
• Stakeholder Management: Demonstrate maturity in the management of executive stakeholders and clients, always exceeding expectation set for continuous improvement.
• Multi-tasking: Prioritize workloads to balance conflicting priorities in order to ensure that all given deadlines are achieved to a high standard.
• Discipline, drive, depth understanding of a sector: Requires quick assimilation of the sectors / industries within the Company's portfolio
• Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with Program / Product Managers, Engineers and Business Functions to provide valuable insights and success measurement
• Technical Documentation: Proven quality of technical Documentation, where required, showing attention to details and clarity with a maximum of 2 reviews. With almost zero iteration required.

What Success Looks Like:

• The business is able to drive actionable insight from its data creating a step change in business performance.
• Key dashboards and alerts are in high usage by Enterprise wide teams and drive daily actions.
• Reports and insight drive commercial and marketing strategy.
• Key commercial teams are trained on Power BI and data analysis and apply these practices and tools effectively in their day to day role.
• Forecasts are delivered on time and to a high level of accuracy.

Qualifications

• Coding (SQL primarily + Python and/or R), intermediate level
• Experience with relational databases, ETL and data acquisition
• Experience with manipulating flat files from Python
• Experience with data analytics: EDA, sampling, visualization, data cleaning / wrangling
• Experience with data warehousing and reporting tools
• Young, passionate and available to put in the long hours.
• B.Sc Certificate holder, Certification in a Business, Science, Mathematical or Technology related course
• 4-7 years’ work experience in a similar/relevant role from a reputable organization (Experience in Business Intelligence or Data Analyst roles is an advantage).
• An understanding of the role of a Business / Data Analyst in a Technology product and service company.
• Drives significant insight from information gathered on the VGG sector happenings and market trends.
• Above average level proficiency in the use of basic Microsoft office application/tools (MS Office, Visio, Smart draw, prototyping tools)

Added Considerations but not mandatory:

• Experience of data visualization tools such as Looker, Tableau, SQL Report Service, Power BI and data modelling / design.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Google Analytics or other web analytics systems.
• Expertise in digital marketing analytics.
• Strong background in Mathematics or Statistics.
• Computer Science background
• A master's degree in a relevant field
• Sector Knowledge in Power, Aviation, Education or Finance
• Project Management Certification - PMI, Scrum

Skills & Abilities:

• Good Team player
• The right level of attention to detail
• Excellent writing skills
• Good time management skill
• Excellent Communications skills
• Speedy learner
• Ability to lead small - mid-sized project teams
• Dependable, shows dedication and hunger to learn
• Exhibits confidence and maturity in handling senior management and executives internally and externally.
• Personal Presentation and Brand Management skills
• Cross-functional/ Cross-Business Thinking skills
• Willing, ready and able to learn new skills on the go
• High emotional intelligence
• Self-driven and Self-motivated
• Empathetic and understanding
• Skilled motivator
• Organized and Focused.

Additional Information

• Working conditions: Flexibility is important.
• Equal opportunity: The role is open to anyone who meets the above criteria regardless of race or nationality
• Relocation options: Must be ready to relocate to Lagos.

Remuneration
Competitive based on experience

Application Closing Date
12th June, 2019.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online