Specialist - Data Analyst. Bayobab at MTN

Job Description

• The Specialist – Data Analyst is responsible for the delivery of highly relevant BI reports/dashboards. Coaching colleagues for self-service BI capabilities. Extract key insights from data analytics in order to grow and secure business and operations. 

Responsibilities

Key Performance Areas: 

Core, essential responsibilities / outputs of the position (KPA's)

Operational Delivery

• As a very active member of the Strategy & BD Team, he/she will rapidly become the data expert of the company to detect threats & opportunities. He/she will take care of the ongoing improvements of the Bayobab Business Intelligence capabilities with close interactions with business lines.   
• He/she will make sure the company is moving towards a data driven decision-making process. 

Business Intelligence 

• Responsible for data analytics:  descriptive, diagnostic, predictive & prescriptive analytics 
• Responsible for developing and overseeing the company's Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities & architecture (in collaboration with the relevant BU’s) Ensure quality of a self-service and ongoing improvements of the BI tool taking feedback of users into account 
• Responsible for BI reporting with respect of deadlines, quality of the reports
• Manage data sources -availability, quality and enrichment 
• Responsible for Data Visualisation to create intuitive dashboards and reports for easy interpretation and decision-making.
• Responsible for data governance (internal & external) with strong attention to compliance, with the support of legal & external advisers – Tracking new regulations & best practices 
• Integrate BI capabilities in the company’s digital landscape 
• Drive KPI definition & metric building to ensure single definition and source of truth across the organization
• Data/KPI change management and training

Data driven organisation

• Make sure there is adequate use of data at Bayobab Group & Infraco/Fibreco levels 
• Permanently looking for solutions to improve/innovate (BICC & external insights) 

Role Deliverables (high quality & accuracy, condensed & visuals) 

• Design reports/dashboards/analysis in a way to ease understanding 
• Guarantee accuracy of reports/dashboards/analysis (with stakeholders) as these are basis for the decision-making process 
• Automate as much as possible 
• Ensure a good structure of reports/dashboards & analysis library 
• Close collaboration with business on IT data and reporting needs

Qualifications

Job Requirements

(Education, Experience & Competencies)

Education:

• Minimum undergraduate bachelor’s degree (Business orientation) 

Experience: 

• At least 3-5 years working in Business Intelligence field    
• Worked across diverse culture and geographies 

Competencies:

• Very strong data analytical skills, ability to extract valuable insights from a large set of various data 
• Solid knowledge & experience of Power BI 
• Good understanding of the telecom/IT sector (wholesale infrastructure & service is a plus) 
• Very curious 
• Eager to learn 
• Problem solver 
• Team player with the ability to create value as individual as well as Team Member 
• Walk-the-talks  
• Stress resilient 
• Business acumen 

Other: 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  
• Excellent interpersonal and customer service skills. 
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. 

Apply Before 09/17/2025