Business Analyst at Management Alternatives Limited

Reference Code: MAL/OBA/004

Department: Reports to: Chief Executive Officer

Summary
Under the supervision of the CEO, s/he will develop business cases, business valuations and appraisal of investment opportunities in the ICT industry in Nigeria. To develop competitive intelligence reporting of the ICT industry and carry out data collation, market intelligence report and analyze macroeconomic indicators to identify new investment and growth areas for the business.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITES

• Research investment and economic market trends to create investment ideas and educational white papers.
• Evaluation of business investment opportunities
• Long term business planning for the Organization
• Providing developmental suggestions to the company and improving operational efficiency of the company by helping in the development process
• Promote information flow to capture gathered intelligence from internal and external sources.
• Collecting requirements for the project business, analyzing them and guiding the developmental team in optimizing their work
• Gather and analyze relevant financial data and economic information from a variety of sources, using financial modelling tools and techniques
• Evaluate potential new investments and perform qualitative and quantitative analysis.
• Review investments and prepare materials and Investment Committee proposals and presentations
• Interacts with other departments to create financial models in order to evaluate investment profitability under a bearable risk level
• Assisting at various levels of project and helping in task analysis
• Evaluating the data collected by project development team and preparing hardware and software requirement specifications understanding these details
• Documenting the projects by preparing functional specification documents and user interface guides for the reference of the end users
• Designing and documenting functional specification requirements such as GUI (Graphical User Interface) designs, and input and output device requirements
• Acting as an interface between the clients, development team and the development support team
• Executing test scenarios and test scripts and making necessary changes in the projects to meet client requirements

EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• First Degree in Business Administration/Computer Science /Information Technology
• Must be IIBA Certified
• 10years working experience in similar position
• An In-depth knowledge of the business analysis practices in the ICT industry
• A strong understanding of usability engineering lifecycle.
• Versed knowledge with Object oriented techniques
• Strong data analytical skills
• High level of Technology awareness
• Excellent Understanding of Business Process Management
• Understanding of investor relations reports
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
• Excellent research and data mining
• Strong analytical, computational, communication and documentation skills
• Excellent understanding of the business domain
• High level of commitment
• Attention to detail
• Results oriented
• Good interpersonal skills