Product Analyst at Prodigy Finance

Prodigy Finance - who are we?

Prodigy Finance is a platform that delivers socially responsible financial services; making it possible for students from more than 150 countries to fulfil their dream of studying at the world’s top universities and schools by financing their international postgraduate studies, whilst delivering competitive financial and social returns to alumni, institutional and private investors.

This borderless and innovative model enables education loan financing to students from across the globe, whilst using predicted post-degree affordability rather than present-day salary. Since 2007, Prodigy Finance has extended over US$1 billion through the platform to fund over 19,000 students.

We are funded by some of the best, pre-eminent institutions in the world including Index Ventures, Balderton Capital, RMIH, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank

What will you do in the role?

Own and deliver in-depth analyses of large-scale business problems to influence numerous aspects of performance helping us ensure that we deliver the right experiences to internal and external customers. You will need to gain a complete understanding of all our available data sources, execute data gathering and cleaning, analytics and visualisations. You will be responsible for driving insights to help unlock value and solve problems. The ideal candidate will deliver accurate and actionable analytical information, have an inquisitive nature, a strong commitment to privacy and professional ethics, a customer service orientation and a flexible, entrepreneurial approach to solving problems.

What are some of the responsibilities of this role?

• Working closely with key stakeholders to own the implementation of a comprehensive product data strategy designed to unlock business value.
• Driving and advocating how data and metrics are used across the organisation to maximise customer and business value.
• Developing insightful dashboards, reporting and metrics in Tableau (or other similar visualization tools)
• Engage with key teams to empower them to leverage data and metrics in order to deliver against business objectives.
• Using a Metrics based approach, champion and drive the data product roadmap and support the establishment of the wider product roadmap.
• Interpreting, analyzing and storytelling of data through visual presentations and dashboards to provide recommendations and reports on existing and prospective product

What would the ideal candidate be great at?

• An outstanding ability to synthesize the essence of the business problem, and present it in a clear and concise way to all stakeholders
• Mindfulness; be considerate of the implications of your work, really care about what you are doing and the impact of your contribution
• An ability to thrive in a dynamic environment with a flat reporting structure
• Strong attention to detail; logical, systematic, relentless focus on 100% accuracy and quality, an obsession for errorless and perfectly presented work products
• Problem-solving aptitude and analytical ability; able to conduct research to define problems and prepare responses to anticipated questions and queries, make logical conclusions, anticipate obstacles, and consider different approaches during the decision-making process
• Resilient, gets things done timeously, 80/20, carpe diem, adaptable to change, huge capacity for hard work in a relentlessly fast-paced environment requiring prioritising of multiple & competing demands

Qualifications and experience

• 2+ years previous professional experience in an analytical role, preferably from a tech environment
• Minimum 1-2 years’ experience working with visualization tools e.g., Tableau, Power BI etc
• A degree in Business Science/Mathematics/Statistics or a similar discipline 
• Working knowledge of relational databases and data reporting software
• Business analysis experience (preferred – not essential)
• Strong communication skills 
• Good with complexity and multitasking
• Must be adaptable to change and the fast pace of a dynamic company