BI Business Analyst at Kuda Bank

Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet. We're a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it’s only right that we ended up with the name ‘Kuda’ which means ‘love’ in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa. We’re giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices.

We’ve raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we’re rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK. 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: BI Business Analyst

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Contract Type: Full-time
Department: Tech

Role Overview

• We’re looking for passionate BI Business Analysts that can analyze and communicate business- related (BI & Analytical by nature) trends and data-driven business decisions through constant product evaluation and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Excelling in critical thinking, ensuring all data problems are solved.
• They 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, identifying improvement areas, and suggesting actionable outcomes aligned with business goals.
• If you are passionate about applying yourself to business challenges that require data-driven solutions, we would like to hear from you.

You will be expected to:

• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing analytical solutions.
• Modernize and automate existing data models and analytical systems.
• Provide management and other teams with a plan of action.
• Collaborate with other departments and teams within Kuda and manage program outcomes.
• Ensure cost-efficient resource allocation.
• Project management and performance monitoring fed back to inter-department heads (BI and Analytics).
• Obtain information from various stakeholders, document required outcomes and solutions,and supply technical resources to build valuable decisions making products.
• Analyze current analytical and business process and device improvement solutions.
• Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.
• Managing competing resources and priorities.
• Involved in sprint planning meetings and scrum sessions to ensure portfolio alignment with business requirements.
• Manage and maintain analytical data dictionary and business glossary.

Requirements
We are looking for someone who has the following:

• 5+ years of experience in a BI Business Analyst and/or Data Analyst role, with a focus on analyzing and understanding business decision solutions.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations
• Excellent communication skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Advance technical skills.
• 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.
• A degree in the information technology field or relevant industry certification (e.g., Statistics, Economics, Math, Science, Engineering).
• A track record of following through on commitments
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.

Nice to haves:

• Experience building solutions in AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
• Experience using BigQuery.
• Good understanding of the software development process and best practices
• Strong knowledge and proven experience using SQL.
• Strong knowledge of and experience with visualization tools like Looker, QlikView, Tableau or PowerBI.

Benefits
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:

• Pension
• Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
• Group life insurance
• Health insurance
• L&D training
• We are advocates of work-life balance and offer a 3 day per week remote working option

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.