Latest Vacancies at Jumia Nigeria

Department: Commercial Planning

Job Objective

• The Commercial Analyst - OnDemand Services will be responsible for providing proactive and actionable insights through persistent forward-looking analysis and financial performance evaluation across the OnDemand Services.
• You will play a key role in supporting the Commercial Planning Manager in reviewing Commercial performance for the optimization of revenue and gross profit.
• In addition, a pivotal responsibility will be to drive proactive and actionable commercial insights, standardization of analytics, customer engagement routines and performance reviews.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for production and communication on key insights on On-Demand Services (best selling products, price points, brands, product specs, etc.) to be used in making high impact decisions
• Supporting the execution of the commercial plan, Ensuring Jumia always has for the customer, the right products at the best price, at the right place. Being within our teams, an early adopter, a leading ambassador, and a relentless missionary of Jumia's strategic commercial orientation. 
• Owning our inventory monitoring process to ensure best in class inventory management 
• Understanding all your markets, vendors and customers, bringing valuable insights and convictions to support your data-driven commercial recommendations.
• Building analysis, flying high and diving deep, to ensure smart reporting on the performance across specific categories, Supporting Commercial planning team to deliver best in class performance steering 
• Working seamlessly with all departments (Commercial, Marketing, Onsite, Operations...), enabling decision making, problem-solving and ensuring laser focus execution. 
• Support massive and complex commercial operations and project management initiatives, coordinating effectively cross functions initiatives. 
• Constantly working toward improving and simplifying our tools and process.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree from accredited universities.
• 2-4 years of experience in analyzing large data sets to make strategic decisions. 
• Proficiency in MS Office, Excel (VBA would be a plus)
• Proficiency in SQL and Google suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and presentation skills
• Excellent analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills required
• Ability to work to deadlines and targets can prioritize tasks under pressure.

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures.

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Department: Finance

Job Objective

• As a Financial Planning Analyst, you will be involved in running the annual budgeting process and producing regular forecasts that show the expected future performance of the business.
• Analyze business trends and past results, advise on how company performance can be improved and explore potential growth scenarios.

Responsibilities

• Liaising with senior management to prepare the business's financial and strategic plans
• Identify and research variances to forecast, budget, and prior-year expenses, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Monitor performance indicators, highlighting trends and analyzing causes of unexpected variance.
• Oversee and manage the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools.
• FP&A finance support to the accounting teams related to productivity, demand planning, reporting, and metrics in a timely manner.
• Identify and understand business challenges; propose and create solutions.
• Partner directly with the finance team and central FP&A groups to collaborate on metrics, goals, and business reviews.
• Create presentations that provide insightful analysis, identify required action items, and effectively frame decisions to be made.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams at all levels of the organization.
• Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis.
• Quarterly and Monthly Financial reports.
• Implement and work with a Business Intelligence Tool and Dashboard reports.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision-making purposes.
• Supporting Senior Management Team and Departments heads with in-depth analysis.
• Prepare presentations to CFO, CEO & Senior Management Team.

Qualifications & Experience

• BSc in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in finance, accounting, and operational processes.
• Professional Accounting Qualification (ACCA, ICAN, ICMA, ACA, etc.)
• General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles.
• Experience developing financial reports and metrics and modelling.
• Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment.
• Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.
• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture.
• Demonstrated ability to influence others through effective verbal and written communication.
• Demonstrated ability to drive projects across an organization.

We Offer

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment.
• The opportunity to become part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world.
• An unparalleled personal and professional growth as our longer-term objective is to train the next generation of leaders for our future internet ventures.