Telecommunications Business Analyst at LigaData

Job Description

Position Overview

LigaData is looking to hire a dynamic, Telecommunication Business Analyst that can support the execution and delivery of project deliverables related to: Executive Dashboards, Data Governance Definition, and Smart Capex.

The candidate should have:

•   Experience in the mobile telecommunications industry,
•   Experience as a consultant, and
•   An ability to lead and execute the creation of client deliverables from conception to final delivery.
• The candidate will be based on Johannesburg, South African but should expect periodic travel within the African continent.

Summary of responsibilities:

• Create Executive Dashboards, Define a Data Governance Target Operating Model, and Develop a Smart Capex use case.
• In a highly consultative manner, (1) assess the client’s needs, (2) build and/or manage plans to address the client’s needs, and track, report, and measure day-to-day activities according the plan.
• Leverage telecommunication experience and knowledge to help define requirements, assess accuracy of current/future work within the work streams, and provide industry context/expertise as needed to help the overall team complete tasks.
• Conduct business analysis, both quantitative and qualitative, to support: (1) decision making, (2) deliverable completion across work streams, and (3) executive presentations
• Work side-by-side with business and technical client stakeholders to develop/identify requirements that will help drive completion of deliverables and objectives for individual work streams.
• Independently run meetings and workshops to gather information, review documentation and deliverables, and present weekly status on deliverables.
• Proactively learn, assess, and respond quickly to client expectations.
• Quickly learn data science, big data, analysis, data-as-a-service, and data architecture concepts.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of data, big-data, analytics, and similar topics.
• 5+ years in mobile telecom industry (Experience with South African mobile telecommunications providers is a plus).
• Familiar with financial statements: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement.
• Some experience conducting financial data analysis (i.e. We preference someone that can help define KPIs, analysis Capex data at a high-level, etc.).
• Client-facing consulting experience (i.e. We prefer someone with experience delivering client-facing work, managing deliverables, etc.).
• Some general management or project management experience (i.e. We prefer someone with leadership qualities).
• Ability to lead end-to-end completion of deliverables and work product.
• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate difficult concepts clearly to business and technical audiences.
• South Africa based, but periodic travel within the Africa continent.