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The Role

• Why it’s important: Stears produces some of the highest quality content and data on the African continent, produced by a deeply analytical, Intelligence team. A Sales Associate's role is to grow our revenue through direct sales.
• What it covers:  As a Sales Associate, your mission is to set and meet the team's corporate/B2B sales targets.
• Who you will work with:  This role is part of the sales team. You will report to the COO/Head of Growth.

We are looking for someone with the following:

• 4-6 years of experience in B2B sales and an interest in building a world-class sales team.
• Experience working in a startup environment and comfortable working with new sales processes.
• Thorough knowledge and understanding of data and information products.
• Strict attention to detail and shoots for the highest standards.
• The ability to collaborate efficiently with multiple teams.
• Interest in African economies and business landscape is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Consistently closing new corporate deals/licences.
• Coordinating with growth teams on lead generation.
• Understand our ideal customers and how they relate to our products.
• Continuously iterate on and improve sales processes as the business evolves and expands.
• Identifying potential customers through networking initiatives, cold-calling, and email communications.
• Preparing and delivering sales presentations to potential and existing customers.
• Developing innovative sales strategies to achieve sales goals.

Perks

• Unlimited access to Stears Premium
• Hybrid working (office and remote as required)
• Stears branded merchandise and swag
• Onboarding allowance to facilitate workstation setup
• Access to Stears Employee Hardship Fund
• Annual off-site team bonding
• Special emphasis on learning and development
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Competitive salaries at junior, intermediate and senior levels
• Paid time off - 25 days excluding public holidays and sick days
• Access to an expert Intelligence team - Stears Intelligence team includes some of the brightest knowledge experts in Nigeria, covering a wide range of sectors, all with a passion for delivering the highest quality of intelligence on the African continent.
• The Stears Experience - These are the top reasons our team members highlight as contributing to having the best experience of their careers at Stears:
  • Deepen their analytical & critical thinking skills, which apply beyond a specific domain 
  • Gain a high level of autonomy and responsibility by taking on responsibility for an entire industry
  • Do something meaningful by being part of a team making African data more widely available

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The Role

• Why it’s important: High quality data and insights are the core value that Stears provides to its customers.
• It empowers our customers to make important decisions about their organisation’s strategy and where and how they should invest in Africa.
• This role is focused on producing that essential data that our customers need.
• The Data Production team handles the data collection, data cleaning, data wrangling, and data automation process at Stears. We are also responsible for conducting QA checks on all data inputs.

Example Data production projects:

• Collecting raw data needed to feed the inflation forecast model 
• Using a variety of excel formulas to check for irregularities in large FX datasets, brainstorming/problem solving to determine how to deal with said irregularities
• Cleaning historical FX data for various countries when expanding the FX Monitor 
• Automating the daily collection of FX rates from different countries central bank websites for the FX Monitor 

What it includes: As a Data Production Intern, your mission is to find, gather, and synthesise data for a variety of intelligence solutions. This includes research, data wrangling, data cleaning, data visualisation and data analysis. You will work on an exciting range of intelligence solutions, spanning price trackers, proprietary forecasts, and macroeconomic data for countries across the continent. 

Your day-to-day activities could include:

• Scouring the internet to find useful, reliable data points and datasets
• Extracting/scraping data from PDF documents, websites, and other sources
• Conduct diagnostic data analysis to identify inconsistencies, errors or discrepancies  in large datasets 
• Cleaning, combining, and analysing datasets
• Producing beautiful, interactive data visualisations

We are looking for someone who has:

• Availability to begin work in February
• Training in Data Science, Statistics, econometrics or Mathematics
• A self-starter attitude and the ability to quickly learn on-the-job, including teaching yourself new skills when needed
• 1-2 years of experience creating and analysing data using tools like Google Sheets (formulas and pivot tables), Python, SQL, QGIS/ArcGIS, PowerBI, Tableau, PDF scraping software, etc.
• Knowledge in economics and finance (beginner/intermediate)  
• Passion for data visualisation and making data insights easy to understand

Key responsibilities:

• Conduct research to find useful, reliable information sources
• Collect, clean, combine, and organise datasets
• Assess and quantify data quality problems (training will be provided) 
• Analyse datasets to derive insights
• Create data visualisations (training will be provided in Flourish)

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The Role

• Why it’s important: This role will be important for building out our capacity to execute our operational and financial strategy within the Operations team. You will be responsible for working with the COO to deliver on key results to drive financial efficiency across-board.
• What it covers: As a Senior Finance Associate, you are responsible for supporting and executing various finance operations functions across the company to ensure accuracy, compliance and efficiency. 
• Who you will work with: This role is part of the Management Operations team and you will be reporting to the CEO and COO. In addition to working with the core team, you will also engage with other amazing stakeholders like the Director, Stears Insights and the Director, Stears Advisory.

We are looking for someone with:

• At least four (4) to six (6) years work experience in a finance, accounting and operations role, preferably in a technology/innovation company
• Professional finance certifications (ACA, ACCA, CFP, e.t.c)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to think strategically 
• Experience with managing relationships with multiple internal and external stakeholders
• The proven ability to manage tight deadlines. This involves long term planning and clear instructions. 
• Extensive knowledge of accounting standards and fiscal procedures
• Strong understanding of financial analysis and budgeting processes
• Exceptional attention to detail
• High intelligence and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

Financial Strategy and Planning 

• Develop and execute financial strategies aligned with the company's goals and growth plans.
• Collaborate closely with the COO to manage all financial aspects of the company, with a focus on planning, tracking and reporting against the company’s financial plan
• Support the budgeting and forecasting processes, analyze trends and provide insights to senior management
• Assist with the collection and preparation of company data for audits, account opening, due diligence reviews and tax filings
• Provide financial analysis to support strategic decision-making

Financial Operations

• Oversee the day-to-day financial operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable
• Streamline financial processes to improve efficiency and accuracy
• Monitor and manage cash flow and expenditure 
• Work with senior management to manage budget adherence and provide insights on spending patterns
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement process improvements and best practices.
• Automate the collection of financial and business intelligence metrics for monthly & quarterly investor reports

Compliance 

• Assist in preparing documentation for audits and support audit processes as needed
• Collaborate with external tax advisors to manage tax planning and compliance

Perks

• Hybrid working (office and remote as required)
• Special emphasis on learning and development
• Comprehensive health insurance
• Competitive salaries at junior, intermediate and senior levels
• Paid time off - 25 days excluding public holidays and sick days
• Access to an expert Intelligence team - Stears Intelligence team includes some of the brightest knowledge experts in Nigeria covering a wide range of sectors, all with a passion for delivering the highest quality of intelligence on the African continent.
• The Stears Experience - These are the top reasons our team members highlight as contributing to having the best experience of their careers at Stears:
  • Deepen their analytical & critical thinking skills which apply beyond a specific domain 
  • Gain a high level of autonomy and responsibility by taking on responsibility for an entire industry
  • Do something meaningful by being part of a team making African data more widely available