Topic: Business analyst

Overview
Cogniko is seeking a talented Analyst in its Nigerian office. The desired candidate must be articulate, analytical, organized, and confident. The role will primarily provide analytics support to our Lagos, Nigeria office.
The ideal candidate will play a vital role in the Analytics Group. The ideal candidate will be responsible for data analysis, modeling, and insights generation for marketing and business analysis internally and for client accounts.

Responsibilities and Skills

• Provides analysis and insights generation support on Analytics engagements and projects
• Manages digital analytics and reporting efforts for key clients
• Defines success criteria, identifies key metrics, provide specs for data capture, develops reporting templates and performs ongoing reporting and analysis of efforts resulting in actionable insights & recommendations
• Conducts analysis to support the discovery phases of strategy and planning engagements, as well as background research for business development efforts
• Provides project management support for internal Cogniko projects
• Provide client relationship management as necessary

Qualifications and Desired Capabilities

• 2+ years experience in a consulting, marketing agency or client services environment preferred (Fresh graduates with superior academic performance and potential will be considered as well)
• Strong knowledge of Excel skill a must. Candidate must have strong experience with filter, sort, pivot tables, formulas (calculate CTR and CPM’s, concatenate cells, if/than statements, data formulas) and preferably be able to do vlookups. Also must be able to create Excel reports that are professional and present the data in a way that is user friendly, highlights trends etc. Be able to analyze the data to draw conclusions.
• Familiarity with analytics tools such as SAS, SPSS, R, or Stata a plus
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Intellectual sophistication and strong problem solving skills
• Comfort in working with highly intense, intellectually stimulating, and high expectations work environment
• Must be able to assess impact of digital within the context of integrated campaigns
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytics
• Bachelor’s degree (preferably 2:1 or First class)
• Undergraduate degree in quantitative fields such as Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Business Administration, Engineering, and Finance preferred
• Familiarity with latest developments in digital platforms such as web, social media and mobile technology a plus

• 2+ Years Experience • Quantitative Degree

• 2:1 or First Class • Superior Communication Skills

Only qualified candidates need apply.
Please send resumes to [email protected] our apply via our website at www.cogniko.com We will respond to you within 48hrs.

Please note that application for this opening, that is, Business Analyst is now closed. Thanks to the people who responded.