Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist at Kuda Bank

Kuda is a full service, app-based digital bank. Our mission is to be the go-to bank not just for those living on the African continent, but also for the African diaspora wherever they might live, anywhere in the world. Kuda is free of ridiculous banking charges and great at helping customers budget, spend smartly and save more. We raised the largest seed round ever seen in Africa, and completed a Series A funding round in February 2021, led by some of the world's smartest venture capital investors. With offices in London (our HQ), Lagos and Cape Town, and further offices opening across Africa during 2021, Kuda is fast becoming recognised as the leading 'Neobank' for Africans.

To help us grow into the company that can bring meaningful change to the way people across Africa get access to great financial products and services in order to take control of their personal finances, we are actively looking for bright, talented, driven people who are excited by our mission. If this sounds like a great way to spend your valuable time, then please get in touch with us.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Intelligence (BI) Specialist

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Data & Decisioning

Role overview

• We’re looking for a BI Specialist, who is very passionate and can develop and maintain BI solutions.
• You must be able to transform data, gain understanding and use that insight to dig deeper and present a straightforward data story.
• Must be conformable, communicating findings and insight across multiple business levels.
• If you are passionate about data and applying yourself to business challenges excites you, we would love to hear from you.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains BI solutions, including data models, data pipelines, and reporting and analytics tools
• Works closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and design solutions to meet those needs
• Tests and troubleshoots BI solutions to ensure they are functioning correctly and meeting business needs
• Monitors and optimizes BI solutions to ensure performance and scalability
• Collaborates with other IT teams to integrate BI solutions with other systems and applications
• Provides technical support and training to end-users of BI solutions
• Stays up-to-date with the latest BI technologies and trends, and makes recommendations for new tools or approaches
• Conducting data quality checks and implementing measures to ensures data accuracy and completeness
• Identifying opportunities for process improvement and optimization based on data insight

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Degree in the Information Technology field (e.g. Statistics, Economics, Math, Science, Engineering)
• 5 Years of experience in a Business Intelligence and/or Data Analyst role, with a focus on analyzing and understanding business problems
• Strong knowledge and proven experience using SQL
• Strong knowledge of and experience with tools like Looker, QlikView, Tableau or PowerBI
• Prior experience in designing and implementing performance measures to track business or product KPIs
• A fundamental in identifying patterns or regions in products or behaviors that indicate opportunities for business process improvement
• Excellent analytical and forecasting ability
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Understand current data protection and privacy laws, e.g., GDPR.

Skills:

• Looker, dbt (or any other data pipelines tool), bigquery (or SQL).

Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:

• Perkbox
• Leave days
• Medical aid
• Hybrid working environment
• Travel insurance
• Pension fund
• We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Kuda are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
• We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.