Venture Garden Nigeria (VGN) is a fast-growing B2B/B2G Fintech Platform Holdco Company with six subsidiaries, two platform entities and a suite of shared services offered to all subsidiaries. At VGN we wage war against the average, go beyond the ordinary to explore limitless opportunities; breaking the norms and aggressively pursuing success through- Relentless Hard-work, Pursuit of excellence, calculated risk-taking and a hunger for knowledge and we have a lot of fun at it!

• Metrics: Define and evaluate key business metrics and understand what moves them and why. 
• Data Modelling: Design well-structured tables that are at the correct grain, format, and structured for widespread use (e.g. using Kimball modeling and data normalization techniques). 
• Visualization: Use Looker to design actionable and insightful reporting. 
• Insight and analysis: Support the marketing team to generate forecasts, realistic commercial targets, and opportunity analysis. 
• Analytical education: Hold training sessions and more to evangelize Power BI, R, or Python and data analysis best practices throughout the company. 
• Software Engineering Mindset: Automate tasks and work to deploy production standard code (with unit testing, continuous integration, versioning, clean code, DRY principles, etc.). 
• Master Data: Managing master data, including creation, updates, and deletion. Including Commissioning and decommissioning of data sets. 
• Reporting: Helping develop reports and analysis. Managing and designing the reporting environment, including data sources, security, and metadata. Generating reports from single or multiple systems. 
• Technical Contribution: Providing technical expertise in data storage structures, data mining, and data cleansing. 

• Business insight: Understand complex business processes and break down fuzzy requirements into actionable segments. 

Essential Competencies  

• Coding (SQL primarily + Python and/or R), intermediate level 
• Experience with relational databases, ETL and data acquisition 
• Experience with manipulating flat files from Python 
• Experience with data analytics: EDA, sampling, visualization, data cleaning/wrangling 
• Experience with data warehousing and reporting tools 
• Young, passionate and available to put in the long hours. 
• BSc Certificate holder, Certification in a Business, Science, Mathematical or Technology related course 
• 3-5 years’ work experience in a similar/relevant role from a reputable organization (Experience in Business Intelligence or Data Analyst roles is an advantage). 
• An understanding of the role of a Business / Data Analyst in a Technology product and service company. 
• Drives significant insight from information gathered on the VGG sector happenings and market trends. 
• Above-average level proficiency in the use of basic Microsoft office application/tools (MS Office, Visio, Smart draw, prototyping tools) 

Skills  

• Strong problem-solving skills 
• Skilled at managing cross-functional teams in a matric organization 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Execution focused – “get it done or go home” attitude 
• Strong leadership, inspirational and managerial skills 
• Sound Judgment and on-your-feet decision-making ability 
• Excellent relational skill 

Personal qualities  

• Should have a strong presence and aura of a business executive. 
• Willing to get his hands dirty and write codes when required. 
• Highly organized and efficient; able to multi- task effectively and prioritize work based on minimal direction and multiple competing priorities 
• Can-do approach 
• Committed to delivering high quality results, with cost effective use of resources 
• Discreet and respects confidentiality 
• Integrity and high personal ethical standards 

Working conditions

Flexibility is important. 
Equal opportunity
The role is open to anyone who meets the above criteria regardless of race or nationality
Remuneration:
Competitive based on experience