Global Profilers is a Recruitment & HR Services firm specialized in recruitment in Africa; we are currently looking for a Senior Business Analyst for our client which is an Online Travel Agency
Job Title: Senior Business Analyst
Ref No: 377
Category: Top Management
Location: Lagos
Sector: Hotel / Aviation / Travel / Media
Reports to: Chief Strategy Officer
Job Summary
- The individual will work in a cross-border role and have daily interconnection with stakeholders.
- The individual will serve as advisor to the Company and cross functional business owners when making investment and capital budgeting decisions.
- He/She must be able to understand and communicate the economics of making different business decisions as well as the risks associated with the different alternatives.
- The individual will also be responsible for budgeting, forecasting, tracking actuals related to projects and make sound financial decisions with appropriate understanding of benefits, costs and risk.
- He/She will be responsible for facilitating decisions that lead to the judicious use of the company’s investment fund.
- Strong candidates will need to understand strategy and valuation as well as be able to provide guidance relevant stakeholders.
- Prospective candidate need to be able to effectively and proactively share this expertise with business partners in wide ranging roles in the organization.
Responsibilities
- Strong understanding and ability to quantify the implications of business strategies
- Maintaining g high level relationship with Financial Institutions
- Expert understanding of analytic tools as well as a strong ability to explain them in meaningful business terms to partners who do not have financial backgrounds
- Independently lead and drive complex analytic work that results in large investment decisions
- Work with business partners to understand the economic and accounting implications of their proposed projects as well as helping to guide them to decisions that maximize project risk/return profile
- Has some experience with higher level methods like sensitivity analysis, break even analysis and understanding business risk.
- Actively seeks resolution of issues, understanding their causes, and follows through to ensure results are achieved.
- Provide business partners and management with actual-to-plan variance analyses, working with business partners to identify causes and possible resolution of variances.
- Prepare reporting to demonstrate project actual-to-plan
Qualification and Experience:
- 8 -10 years work experience in Strategic Banking or Consulting Firm
- Strong understanding of accounting concepts.
- Strong financial acumen, with expertise in valuation of business projects and a solid foundation of accounting skills.
Expectations/Skills
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, innovative, analysis, organization, problem solving and presentation skills
- Must be a team player and possess the ability to influence others and move toward a common vision or goal
- Ability to work independently on multiple tasks simultaneously in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
Application Closing Date
Not Stated
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidtaes should:
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