Data Analyst

Job description

Job Title:

Data Analyst

Location

Zambia

Reporting line:

Business Strategy Manager

We are building a diverse and inclusive team and this opportunity is open to any qualified internal and external applicants. Women, candidates from Africa and those with experience working on the continent are particularly encouraged to apply for this role.

About ENGIE Energy Access (EEA) 

ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,700 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.6 million customers and more than 8 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.

www.engie-energyaccess.com

https://www.linkedin.com/company/3055106

Job Overview

The Data Analyst is part of a team responsible for making powerful insights for action from our unique, extensive and rich dataset of customers and driving improvements in our approach to data gathering, analytics and reports generated. This role will help generate data insights which will make a meaningful impact to the central and country teams by enabling them to make faster and smarter business decisions to improve efficiency and identify business opportunities that will drive business profitability.

Key Responsibilities:
Performance Analysis and Reporting:
Summarize daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly performance by creating informative reports for audiences.
Design and own interactive dashboards that summarize monthly and quarterly sales, credit and customer experience performance and data trends.
Lead the development of formal reports for the central and country teams which includes weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual performance
Support with ad-hoc or regular data requests from stakeholders including but not limited to the central team, country teams, the Board and Investors through informative dashboards, analyses and reports
Data Management:

Ensure custom country data tables are created, maintained and up to date.
Design analytical and reporting frameworks to make complex data easy to understand and drive decision making for the teams
Evaluate the results from tests, pilots, and campaigns run in country with recommendations on improvements.
Create best-practice reports based on data mining, analysis, and visualization

Inform Business Decisions:

Identify trends and opportunities for growth through analysis of complex data sets
Highlight insights, opportunities, areas of improvement and recommendations to decision makers in markets and at the central team related to projects or overall performance.

Knowledge and skills

 Experience:

3 years professional experience in data analysis, preferably in energy access, asset financing, microfinance etc.
High level of competency with analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data
Organized and able to follow through and prioritize tasks
Ability to synthesize complex information from different sources and to distinguish important information from details
Strong ability to work with large amounts of data to develop strategies and make rigorous decisions
Experience as a collaborative, hands on team player and eagerness to learn new tools and / or roll-up sleeves to get the job done.
Exceptional verbal, written and visual communication skills
Self-starter and ability to work independently

Qualifications:

Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in a related/quantitative subject such as computer science, statistics.
Data Analytics qualification

Technology:

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Proven experience with data analytics and visualization tools (Power BI and Tableau) is mandatory for this role.
Proven experience using SQL and Advanced Excel

Language(s):

English

 ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths!  

Business Unit:  GBU Flexible Gen & Retail
Division:  Energy Access
Legal Entity:  FENIX INTERNATIONAL ZAMBIA LIMITED COMPANY
Professional Experience:  Skilled ( >3 experience <15 years)
Education Level:  Bachelor’s Degree