Data Analyst Recruitment at Primera Africa Finance Group

Primera Africa Finance Group is a financial services firm that provides a range of services to clients across the African continent. Our goal is to provide bespoke financial solutions, in the most professional and efficient manner to meet our clients' individual needs. Primera Africa Finance Group is a financial services firm that provides a range of services to clients across the African continent. Our goal is to provide bespoke financial solutions, in the most professional and efficient manner to meet our clients' individual needs.

We operate in four major business areas: Securities Trading, Financial Advisory, Principal Investments and Consumer Finance. Based on our people's global experience and local knowledge, we are able to deliver the most advanced financial solutions, keeping in perspective the local nuances peculiar to each market to ensure our clients receive superior advice. Overall, each client benefits from our dedication to excellence, entrepreneurial thinking and long-term commitment to service.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Data Analyst
Job Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reporting to: Head, Business Intelligence & Data Analytics

Job Description

• Create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture
• Improve data availability, acting as a liaison between source systems and Business teams
• Generate automated reports from single or multiple systems
• Develop accurate and timely reports to be used by the business
• Interrogate data to identify trends and present back in an insightful manner
• Train end-users on new reports and dashboards
• Assist in preparation of management reports.

Key Performance Indicators

• Accuracy of reports generated
• Timeliness of reports and ability to meet set timelines
• Number of manual reports automated from source system to visualization
• Ability to present data in an insightful manner.

Qualifications

• B.Sc in Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or Statistics
• Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience
• Proven work experience as a Data Analyst or Business Intelligence Analyst
• Strong SQL skills with the ability to perform effective querying involving multiple tables
• Experience building and automating dashboards using data visualization tools like PowerBI, Tableau e.t.c.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
• Knowledge of IFRS 9 and computation of Expected Credit Loss
• Experience using MS Office e.g. Excel, PowerPoint for reporting
• Knowledge of Cloud architecture (Azure specifically) will be an added advantage.