Financial Analyst at Fido

About The Job

Ready for your next career move?

• Are you sharp, motivated, and purpose-driven? We are looking for you. Join us in our mission to make financial services accessible in Africa.

What you will do:

• Collecting and aggregating data from public and commercial data sources/domains, focusing on key policy, economic, market and technological developments in our key markets/segments and jurisdictions.
• Identifying key trends, risks, insights and opportunities arising from economic and regulatory developments such as monetary policy decisions, foreign exchange currencies and economic market indicators (inflation, interest rates, etc.).
• Deriving cross-sector market insights, driving strategy formulation and data-based decision making around product pricing and financial hedging against risks.
• Designing and presenting reports and presentations within Fido’s business units and for Fido’s senior management.

Who you are:

• At least 5 years experience in market analysis, intelligence analysis or financial/economic journalism
• Strong communication and presentation skills, with experience in delivering insights to senior management
• Fluent English speaker
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to independently transform a business question into a market research and monitoring processes
• Hands-on experience in report writing and presentations design
• B.A/M.B.A in Economics, Accounting or Finance - An advantage
• Proficiency in news and information aggregation platforms – advantage
• Experience in SQL and in using data visualization and BI tools – Tableau, Power BI or similar - advantage