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  • Posted: Jun 8, 2022
    Deadline: Not specified
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    Mukuru helps you move money around Africa. Whether you are sending cash for instant collection or topping up a bank account or mobile wallet it has never been easier. We use the latest mobile and web-based technologies to give you the best experience possible. But that’s just half the story. To really understand us, you need to know the "why” beh...
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    Data Analyst

    Duties and Responsibilities (Include but is not limited to):

    • Work closely with stakeholders across all levels and business areas to elicit data & analysis requirements
    • Translate requirements into reporting or data analysis specifications employing critical thinking to ensure alignment with the actual business need.
    • Be the translator between Business, Product, and the Data teams on data needs
    • Interview subject matter experts and shadow workflows to build an understanding of our data collection and logging processes. In time, become an expert in our data.
    • Specify, gather, clean, combine and aggregate data from disparate sources for data analysis and reporting needs
    • Profile and validate all data intended for use in reporting or analysis to ensure high data quality (accuracy, completeness, missing/invalid data correction, timeliness)
    • Perform data analysis to (not exhaustive):
    1. Extract key insights and observations to influence/support business decisions and actions
    2. Identify the core drivers/levers and segments that influence the movement of key metrics/KPIs
    3. Identify gaps in existing business processes and product offerings and formulate recommendations to improve them
    4. Measure the effectiveness of product launches and new business initiatives
    • Design, build, and maintain reports to track and communicate KPIs and results from data analysis activities
    • Build data visualizations to improve access and visibility into the content from all key reports and our data in general
    • Share insights and analysis results in written form and in business presentations
    • Train and support user community in the use of reports, BI tools, and the interpretation of analysis results
    • Collect and apply feedback from business presentations, user training and peer review to continuously improve reporting and analysis solutions
    • Proactively communicate the status (including blockers, risks, issues) and roadmap of the work assigned to you, with all affected stakeholders
    • Cultivate relationships and collaborate cross-functionally to shape, support, and execute on business and product goals
    • Help define and improve upon our analytics standards through participation within the community of practice, conducting peer reviews and contribution to internal documentation
    • Identify data quality issues, their corresponding root cause and collaborate with business, product, and data teams to drive improvements in data hygiene
    • Continuously upskill and stay abreast of new developments in Data Analysis & BI tools, methodologies, and applications

    Key Requirements:

    • Grade 12 or equivalent (Essential)
    • Tertiary qualification in a quantitative field (includes but not limited to – Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, Computer Science, Actuarial Science, Economics, Finance, Business Analytics)
    • 4+ years working experience within Data Analytics or business intelligence (Essential)
    • Strong verbal and written communication skills in English and understand how to share insights and analytical results to both technical and non-technical audiences.
    • Knows how to work with stakeholders to gather Data & Analysis requirements and communicate findings
    • Strong report/dashboard development and data visualization skills with modern BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik)
    • Advanced SQL skills
    • Advanced Excel skills
    • R or Python programming for data analysis (desirable)
    • Experience cleaning, assimilating, manipulating, and aggregating large data sets using SQL, R or Python or similar tools
    • Knowledge of data analysis techniques, such as time series analysis, scenario analysis, clustering & segmentation, regression, decision trees, forecasting, and interpretation & creation of probability distributions (proficiency in a few of these will suffice)
    • Analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Execution-oriented, and able to complete tasks independently

    Additional Skills:

    • Experience in Financial Services or Retail industry or high growth businesses
    • Teamworking and collaboration
    • Excellent organisational skills with ability to juggle many tasks without losing sight of the highest priority items and able to stay focused under pressure
    • Passionate about knowledge sharing
    • Attention to detail
    • Data modelling
    • A/B testing

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Mukuru on mukuru.breezy.hr to apply

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