Business Analyst at West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC)

Firmly established as Africa’s carriers’ carrier, award-winning capacity wholesaler WIOCC provides international and African telcos and ISPs with unrivalled high-speed, resilient and diverse capacity into, within and out of Africa. In November 2012 (at Africa Com), WIOCC won the Best Pan-African Initiative Award for building an unparalleled, dive...

 

Business Analyst

  • Job TypeFull Time
  • QualificationBA/BSc/HND
  • Experience4 years
  • LocationNairobi
  • Job FieldData, Business Analysis and AI 

Job Objective

To transform data into actionable insights, drive strategic decision making across the company and ensure effective utilisation of data for informed business strategies.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Business Intelligence and Analysis Support

  • Day to day maintenance and review of data in WIOCC’s business budget models and associated working data files
  • Perform reconciliation work in collaboration with accounts to ensure that data for actual period in the budget model matches that in the ERP and that data for forecast periods in the ERP matches the budget model
  • Support the IT and finance departments on all aspects of Business Intelligence as needed, including the data flow within NetSuite as data experts
  • Assist the management in interpretation of various reports and applications provided by Business Intelligence
  • Manage the business case approval process for revenue-driven capital expenditures (capex) and operating expenses (opex)
  • Provision of margin analysis tools to the business development unit
  • Support other departments in producing adhoc reports as required

Cost Reporting

  • Ensure business intelligence models are up to date including the tracking and approval of invoices for the supply of network capacity
  • Highlight to the Cost Optimisation team possible opportunities to save costs through price reduction, cancellation of services no longer required with recommendations to action
  • Provision of cost base expertise during the budget planning process
  • Support the accounting team with any audit requirements

Revenue Reporting

  • Tracking service handovers and updating the budget file
  • Keeping abreast with pipeline opportunities and analysing their impact on the P&L and Balance Sheet
  • Highlighting key dependencies and risks in the financial plan to the executive team
  • Development of processes within the BI team to assure that revenue is not lost
  • Support the accounting team with any audit requirements

Minimum Qualification

  • Bachelor’s degree in e.g. Finance. Accounting, Actuarial, Statistics, or equivalent
  • Relevant professional qualification e.g. CPA(K) or ACCA
  • Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience

Experience & Skills

  • Significant experience of numerical, financial or other analysis and interpretative techniques
  • Experience of producing high-level graphical representations of data in an insightful and user-friendly format and an understanding of the best way to communicate analytical information
  • The ideal candidate should have abilities in business acumen; strategy and P&L understanding; data comprehension and analysis
  • Problem-solving: recommend solutions for creating more revenue and reducing loss
  • Time Management: work with many data streams and many deadlines. Ability to manage time is crucial
  • Ability and confidence to make decisions understanding their full accounting implications
  • Confidence in managing and advising on a wide variety of accounting matters
  • Proficient in Ms. Office and ERP systems
  • Good interpersonal skills and the ability to integrate within the WIOCC team to achieve results
  • Excellent English written and verbal communication skills

Attributes

  • Client focused, relationship builder
  • Integrity, honest with high ethical standards
  • Boundless, passionate, and flexible
  • Personal excellence, accuracy, and attention to detail
  • Collaborative, achieve results through teamwork

Method of Application

Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting their updated CV including three referees. Deadline for the application is 13th February 2024. Applications should be sent to applications@wiocc.net indicating the job position in the subject line

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