Sahara Group is a leading privately owned Power, Energy, Gas and Infrastructure Conglomerate established in 1996 with operating companies active in the downstream, midstream, upstream, infrastructure and power sectors. Sahara has presence in different locations including Africa, The Caribbean, Asia and Europe.
The Group's strategy is to replicate its succe...
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The responsibility of the Data Analyst is to provide support to the Business Performance Manager in the administration, communication, and coordinated reporting of Corporate Priorities through the organization.
The individual will serve as the Subject Matter Expert in identifying and analyzing operational and financial data of the Sahara Group Ltd. In this highly visible role, the analyst interacts with senior management of the entity to lead information gathering and analysis while providing useful insight to improve performance.
What you’ll do:
Design, implement and monitor the execution of corporate and departmental priorities.
Collaborate with all teams to identify, collect, clean and analyze data from multiple data sources
Build and manage dashboards for various stakeholders (both internal and external) that will help drive key business decisions
Prepare ad-hoc reports specifically to measure, monitor, and alert the business regarding unforeseen shifts in the performance
Cost Management: Responsible for framework (including integration with procurement and accounting), to drive continuous cost optimization and associated reporting
Requirements
Minimum of a relevant University Degree.
Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in a similar role within a Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company, Financial services company, Oil & Gas, Telecoms or topflight creative agency, with well compiled portfolio
Proven working experience as a Data Analyst or Business Data Analyst
Adept at SQL queries, report writing and presenting findings
Strong visualization skills (Data storytelling) using any visualization tool such as PowerBI, Tableau, Mode, metabase etc.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy
Possess excellent communication skills (written and verbal) and have a high level of comfort in making presentations to various stakeholders.
Your Personal Attributes
Intrinsically motivated;
Results - oriented and pragmatic with exceptional problem solving and decision making skills;
Emotionally intelligent and team player with an international outlook
Excellent and precise communication & presentation skills;
Comfortable and effective in managing and communicating with team members and stakeholders
Ability to deliver results with low levels of supervision;
Strong interpersonal skills, time management and planning skills
Conscientious in approach to work
Negotiation skills and the ability to develop strong relationships with external parties
Strong demonstrated use of Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Exceptional creative flair and an innovation approach to all design projects.
Proven competence in design and image manipulation software
Good knowledge of InDesign & Illustrator, Photoshop, 3Ds Max/Cinema 4D, Adobe, Photography & Fine Art.