Senior Business Analyst Job at The People Practice

The People Practice - Our client, a boutique financial advisory and business process outsourcing firm, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Senior Business Analyst

Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Business Intelligence

Job Description

• Our client is looking to hire a Senior Business Analyst who will be able to hit the ground running from Day 1, learning to give input in making businesses more valuable; responsible for generating specific industry and company insights to support a wider team.
• An analyst will be responsible for taking ownership of assigned tasks, giving analysis and providing timely and useful inputs on assigned tasks.

Responsibilities

• Understand the client’s needs and situation and adapt to case expectations.
• Take responsibility for assigned work streams. Effectively understand the mandate and execute.
• Communicate data, knowledge and insight to team members.
• Effectively structure communication of insights from own work stream.
• Deliver clear and professional presentations to team members, managers and clients.
• Assist with project management for selected projects.
• Improve, execute, and effectively communicate significant analyses that identifymeaningful trends and opportunities across businesses.
• Develop actionable roadmaps for improving workflows and processes, and establish and organize KPIs in line with directives.
• Under limited supervision and general direction, evaluate and report on tasks given.
• Seek and provide meaningful and actionable feedback.
• Preparation of tenders and feasibility studies
• Recognize different skills and development needs in oneself and work towards it.
• Take ownership of key strategic business templates: existing business plan, overall company expansion strategy
• Execute market penetration strategies and business growth enhancement objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Engineering, Science, Economics, Business, Technology
• 5 years plus experience performing similar or inter-related tasks industry experience preferred.

Skills:

• Excellent spoken and written English
• Organization and time management skills
• Excellent report writing, communication, analytical and presentation skills.
• Ability to prioritize and manage time to meet deadlines
• Ability to use the Microsoft Suite (Powerpoint, Excel, Word) and technologically proficient.
• Self-starter and highly motivated, ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to display initiative and analytical thinking coupled with good problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Must be able to work individually and as part of a team.