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  • Posted: Sep 11, 2020
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    Babban Gona, which means "Great Farm" in the Hausa language, is a social enterprise organization that provides support for smallholder farmers in Nigeria to become more profitable. 


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    Associate, Corporate Finance

    Key Responsibilities

    • Develop schedule for investment transactions and analyze efficiency, trends, revenues and financial commitment to project future revenues and expenses.
    • Manage and organize operational data to determine costs of operations and establish standard costs.
    • Provide creative solutions to reduce costs and improve financial performance
    • Conduct financial processes and procedures, prepare reports and supporting documents and provide regular updates to Finance Team.
    • Consult with the Corporate Finance team to guide and influence long term strategic thinking.
    • Review monthly expenses to ensure that expenses are booked correctly and work with the finance team to make any necessary reclassification.
    • Demonstrate appropriate understanding / working knowledge of accounting principles and internal controls, and apply them.
    • Advise on how to meet targets and create investment capital; and generate finance from shares and loans.
    • Gather, analyse and interpret complicated numerical information.
    • Assess and predict financial risks and returns; use financial modelling to predict outcomes.
    • Negotiate and structure financial details; provide investment advice, tactics and recommendations
    • Assist in preparation and analysis of annual budgets and long range plans.
    • Prepare consolidated forecasts and analyze trends in revenue, expense, capital expenditures and other related areas.
    • Conduct complex business analysis including ROI, NPV and IRR, making recommendations to management on new products, features, pricing, marketing promotions, based on historical financial data.
    • Research, analyze and synthesize data from multiple sources into business information as directed and by self-identification of business information needs.
    • Work with management and business units to determine strategic objectives and identify opportunities to meet these goals.
    • Prepare financial and business-related analysis and research in such areas as financial and expense performance, rate of return, depreciation, working capital, and investments.
    • Assist with compilation and analysis of consolidated budgets and long range plans.

    Reporting Line

    • This position reports to Principal, Corporate Finance.

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Banking, Business or Economics (Master’s degree in finance and/or MBA preferred)
    • Profound know-how in advanced financial analysis and investment banking
    • Leadership experience in financial analysis coupled with relevant accounting experience.
    • Proficient in Excel Spreadsheets, MS Office and Financial Software applications.
    • Bear strong analytical skills.
    • Strong financial analysis skills and quantitative analysis planning
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as technology and Learning organization.
    • Excellent communication skills: Fluent oral and written English.

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Unlocking Potential of Team Members:

    • Extensive experience and passion for coaching/ mentoring a team.

    Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

    • Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance

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    Associate, Grants

    Key Responsibilities
    Grant Research and Management:

    • Managing and supporting the grants requirement and implementation for the organization
    • Identify and develop strategies to optimize the grants administration process
    • Perform relevant research to identify available grant opportunities and evaluate the results
    • Directly involve in grant writing by coordinating with grant writers or coordinators
    • Research for effective and authentic funding opportunities having a lawful registration and proven track record
    • Oversee if the grants are implemented according to the operational and financial needs of the organization
    • Supervise the fundraising team to ensure proper coordination of work
    • Keep the relevant staff informed about upcoming deadlines and deliverables, thereby ensuring smooth completion of work responsibilities
    • Oversee if other grant staff (coordinators, writers and administrators) is complying with their job responsibilities
    • Oversee the job of invoicing, accounting, reporting, and other administrative functions to ensure successful execution of grant process
    • Prepare financial or budget plans and allocation along with the planning and finance department in accordance with each requirement
    • Analyze the budget trends and make recommendations for cost control and reduction for various grants
    • Provide detailed reports to the funders and the board of directors with respect to the organization's progress
    • Monitor paperwork and other related documents connected with grant-funded programs
    • Maintain records of all payments and receivables and prepare monthly records for all grant related activities
    • Provide training to the new staff on grants management and reporting requirements
    • Designing grant programs and determining funding needs.
    • Preparing and monitoring budgets, and managing timelines and deliverables.
    • Be involved in all relevant 3rd party relationships including investors, banking relationships, auditors etc.

    Reporting Line:

    • This position reports to Principal, Corporate Finance.

    Requirements
    Methodical and Strategic thinking:

    • Devise a plan of action that will make the grants raising easy and feasible.
    • Identify potential grant support from government agencies, foundations, and corporations to meet the financial and operational needs of the organization

    Grants and Budgeting experience:

    • Ability to perform grant research, grant writing, grant program design and implementation, compliance and grant reporting.
    • Excellent project management skills with experience in managing and supervising administrative projects
    • Excellent organizational skills and strong command over written and verbal communication
    • Good understanding of the organization's overall business and its objectives
    • Possess good knowledge of planning and strategizing financial and budgeting issues
    • Ability to work within a team and provide support to the junior staff
    • Ability to perform in cross-functional team approach and job responsibilities
    • Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
    • Experience with basic financial management skills including developing and monitoring budgets and financial reporting
    • Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines and produce quality results on time with attention to detail.
    • Proficient in using computers with related knowledge of software programs and Internet

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance

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    Associate, Human Resources

    Industry: Human Resources

    Key Responsibilities
    Manage Babban Gona’s Onboarding and Mentoring Programs

    • Develop and execute a world-class onboarding program for new hires.
    • Develop and manage mentorship programs and monitor mentoring cycle end-to-end.
    • Plan and implement succession planning process for high potential employees.
    • Recommend strategies to motivate employees.
    • Assist with the recruitment process by identifying candidates, conducting reference checks and issuing employment contracts.
    • Investigate complaints brought forward by employees.
    • Coordinate employee development plans and performance management.
    • Perform orientations and update records of new staff.
    • Manage the organization’s employee database and prepare reports.
    • Assist with budget monitoring, payroll and other adhoc HR projects.
    • Maintain digital copies of employees' records.
    • Undertake tasks around talent and  performance management
    • Schedule meetings, interviews, HR events and maintain agendas.
    • Coordinate training sessions and seminars.
    • Produce and submit reports on general HR activity.
    • Conduct employee onboarding and help organize training & development initiatives
    • Provide support to employees in various HR-related topics such as leaves and compensation and resolve any issues that may arise.
    • Promote HR programs to create an efficient and conflict-free workplace.
    • Assist in development and implementation of human resource policies.
    • Gather and analyze data with useful HR metrics, like time to hire and employee turnover rates.
    • Enhance job satisfaction by resolving issues promptly, applying new perks and benefits and organizing team building activities.
    • Assist with all internal and external HR related inquiries or requests.
    • Keep up-to-date with the latest HR trends and best practice.

    Reporting Line:

    • This position reports to Head, Human Resources.

    Requirements
    Profound know-how in Onboarding & Mentoring Programs:

    • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline (Master’s degree and /or Human Resources Management Certification is preferred)
    • 3+ years of experience in Human Resources Generalist or Specialist role
    • Exposure to Labor Law and employment equity regulations
    • Understanding of general human resources policies and procedures
    • Outstanding knowledge of MS Office and HR Information systems
    • Excellent communication and people skills
    • Aptitude in problem-solving
    • Desire to work as a team with a results driven approach
    • Effective HR administration and people management skills
    • Exposure to payroll practices
    • Full understanding of HR functions and best practices.
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
    • Able to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
    • Highly tech-savvy with capability in MS Office and related business and communication tools.
    • Fantastic organizational and time management skills.
    • Strong decision-making and problem solving skills.
    • Meticulous attention to detail.
    • Professional certification in HR (e.g SHRM-CP, PHRi) is a plus

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Detailed Orientation and Managing Complexity:

    • Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance

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    Associate Product Manager

    Key Responsibilities
    Product Management:

    • Provide end-to-end product life cycle management from information gathering to  reporting on effectiveness through analysis & financial management
    • Collect quantitative product data and metrics through market research
    • Synthesize customer research
    • Gather product requirements and align them with business goals
    • Coordinate with stakeholders to achieve the product vision
    • Develop new product features
    • Work on developing product strategies
    • Actively mitigate impediments impacting the completion of release/sprint goals
    • Efficiently translate business strategies into technical capabilities and product roadmaps
    • Ensure that projects meet the needs of intended clients through efficient market research and regional input
    • Collaborate with Enterprise Systems engineering team, program associates to share required product properties
    • Create viable product design documents and clear product requirements for internal team.
    • Continuously iterate with relevant stakeholders to manage competing priorities and guide decision making in line organizational goals.
    • Continuously make iterative decisions based on customer and business needs
    • Collaborate with Enterprise Systems Engineering team to negotiate on the technical implementation options and
    • Clearly communicate key product changes and updates with relevant stakeholders appropriate avenues such as trainings, webinars emails etc to create awareness about products
    • Exercise knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) to enhance product features and internal processes
    • Establish and review test plans; lead UAT to ensure team capability requirements and deadlines are met
    • Conduct feedback sessions with Enterprise Systems Engineering teams to continuously iterate and improve team processes and performance
    • Utilize and stay current with modern platforms and methods
    • Other responsibilities and tasks required to support organizational goals and objectives

    Reporting Line

    • This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Product.

    Requirements
    Experience in Product Management Role:

    • Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Product Management, Information Systems or related field, or equivalent professional experience
    • 1 - 3 years of related experience as a Product Owner or in a Product Management role
    • Proven knowledge and hands-on experience of modern technology stack
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data to derive business insights

    Other Requirements:

    • Demonstrated experience with workflow management systems; experience with Atlassian tools (Jira Core, Jira Software, Jira Service Desk)
    • Ability to efficiently prioritize projects and manage multiple dynamic priorities.
    • Proven ability to leverage technology to translate business requirements.
    • Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance

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    Senior QA Engineer

    Key Responsibilities
    Quality Assurance for all Babban Gona Technical Products:

    • Review requirements, specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and meaningful feedback
    • Develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality
    • Monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards.
    • Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
    • Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
    • Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open source tools
    • Meet with the software/product designers to determine quality assurance parameters.
    • Review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts.)
    • Lead the team in designing QA test procedures.
    • Oversee the drafting of testing documents.
    • Implement testing procedures and overseeing the QA process.
    • Troubleshoot quality issues and modifying test procedures.
    • Conduct analysis checks on product specifications.
    • Review Quality Assurance reports.
    • Ensure the successful deployment of products to the end-users.
    • Respond to requests from the design team and management.
    • Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs
    • Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
    • Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
    • Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
    • Monitor debugging process results
    • Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
    • Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
    • Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies

    Reporting Line:

    • This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Product.

    Requirements

    • Proven Experience in Software Quality Assurance
    • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
    • At least 5 years of working experience in a quality assurance position within a business in a fast-paced and constantly evolving market.
    • Proven experience in database testing in SQL inclusive of experience in the design and manipulation of test data and the validation of stored testing procedures.
    • Experience working with various QA tools inclusive of bug and defect tracking systems.
    • Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes
    • Good understanding of one or more programming languages and strong working knowledge Java and Python scripting languages.
    • Have extensive experience in analytics, high-level problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage project.
    • Advanced written and verbal communication skills.
    • Critical thinker; detail oriented.
    • Experience in writing clear, concise and comprehensive test plans and test cases
    • Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing
    • Hands-on experience with automated testing tools
    • Solid knowledge of SQL and scripting
    • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
    • Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance

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    Senior UI / UX Designer

    Industry: Technology

    Key Responsibilities
    Create Great User Interface and User Experience

    • Gather and evaluate user requirements, in collaboration with product managers and engineers
    • Illustrate design ideas using storyboards, process flows and sitemaps
    • Design graphic user interface elements, like menus, tabs and widgets
    • Gather and evaluate user requirements in collaboration with product managers and engineers; design graphic elements and build navigation components.
    • Develop UI mockups and prototypes for new product ideas
    • Create original graphic designs (e.g. images, sketches and tables)
    • Prepare and present rough drafts to internal teams and key stakeholders
    • Identify and troubleshoot UX problems (e.g. responsiveness)
    • Conduct layout adjustments based on user feedback
    • Adhere to style standards on fonts, colors and images
    • Plan and implement new designs; optimize existing user interface designs
    • Test for intuitivity and experience
    • Communicate with clients to understand their business goals and objectives
    • Develop technical and business requirements and always strive to deliver intuitive and user-centered solutions
    • Combine creativity with an awareness of the design elements
    • Conduct an ongoing user research

    Reporting Line:

    • This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Product.

    Requirements
    Proven Design Experience:

    • Bachelor's degree in Design, Computer Science or relevant field
    • Work Experience: 4-5 years
    • Proven work experience as a UI/UX Designer or similar role
    • Portfolio of design projects
    • Knowledge of wireframe tools (e.g. Wireframe.cc and InVision)
    • Up-to-date knowledge of design software like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
    • Knowledge of Usability Factors in Human Computer Interaction
    • Team spirit; strong communication skills to collaborate with various stakeholders
    • Good time-management skills

    Other Requirements:

    • Ability to discuss and explain design options
    • Detail oriented
    • Critical thinker; problem solver and customer-centered
    • Good knowledge of HTML5 & CSS3

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance

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    Senior Product Manager

    Key Responsibilities
    Product Management:

    • Develop product requirements and roadmaps
    • Leading product managers and coordinating with engineering, operations and other teams
    • Incorporating feedback and input from customers, partners and in-house teams on product strategy and finding ways to expand product market reach
    • Develop and implement product strategies consistent with company vision
    • Collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements, features and end products
    • Work with senior management to create product plans and roadmaps
    • Lead product managers and coordinate cross-functional teams
    • Produce and review product requirements documents (PRD)
    • Ensure products and releases are launched correctly and on schedule
    • Make creative recommendations to expand product base and vision
    • Suggest ways to track product use and impact on end users
    • Collaborate with engineering team, product owners, program managers to share required product properties
    • Collaborate with the Scrum Master on the product backlog prioritization to ensure incremental delivery of features
    • Create clear-cut product requirements and  product design documents for internal team.
    • Collaborate and iterate with other stakeholders to manage competing priorities and guide decision making in-line business strategies.
    • Collaborate with Enterprise Systems Engineering team to negotiate on the technical implementation options and make decisions based on the customer and business needs
    • Create vision and multi-year roadmaps for products and programs; seek feedback/buy-in on roadmap as needed; keep roadmap up-to-date and in sync with development
    • Exercise knowledge of Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) to enhance product features and internal processes
    • Utilize meaningful KPIs and metrics to articulate progress made and impact on the customers; plan for capturing and reporting success metrics from the beginning
    • Establish and review test plans; lead UAT to ensure team capability requirements and deadlines are met
    • Conduct periodic feedback sessions with Enterprise Systems Engineering teams to continuously iterate and improve team processes and performance

    Reporting Line:

    • This position reports to Head, Enterprise Systems Product.

    Requirements

    • Proven Experience in Product Management Role
    • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field or Bachelor's degree with equivalent professional experience
    • Proven experience as a Product Manager, Program or similar role
    • Experience in product lifecycle management
    • Background in software development and program management is preferred
    • Familiarity with Agile framework
    • Excellent communication skills; organizational and leadership abilities
    • Problem-solving aptitude; creative thinking skills
    • In Depth knowledge and hands-on experience of modern technology stack
    • Demonstrated ability to understand business need and accurately interpret data to support data driven decision-making
    • Demonstrated ability to interpret data to derive business insights.

    Other Requirements:

    • Demonstrated experience with workflow management systems; experience with Atlassian tools (Jira Core, Jira Software, Jira Service Desk)
    • Experience collaborating with Enterprise Systems Engineering Operations at a reasonable level of technical depth
    • Ability to efficiently prioritize projects and manage multiple dynamic priorities
    • Proven ability to leverage technology to translate business requirements
    • Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives.

    Start Up Environment:

    • Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

    Benefits

    • Competitive salary
    • Health Insurance
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
    • Annual paid vacation
    • Group Life Insurance.

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