Sahara Group is recruiting to fill the below vacant position:
Job Position: Sahara Analyst Program
Location: Nigeria
Job Grade: Supervisor
Purpose Statement
- Responsible for financial position to make better financial and investment decisions.
- The Sahara Analyst is responsible for processing and evaluating businesses, projects, budgets and other finance-related entities to determine their suitability for investment.
- (S)He must be able to perform financial analysis at a micro and macro level to understand the financial health of the company and offer suitable recommendations.
- After successful completion of the programme, successful candidates would perform in any of the following capacities; Strategy, Business Analysis & Risk Analysis with a focus on Energy, and Infrastructure development.
Key Deliverables
- Recommend individual investments and collections of investments, which are known as portfolios.
- Evaluate current and historical data.
- Study economic and business trends.
- Perform expense trend analysis and monitor financial and operational risk exposure on an ongoing basis; proactively communicate potential risks to management.
- Conduct special projects to improve reporting and analysis, develop best practices and support Company initiatives; establish and implement new procedures to address areas requiring improvement.
- Completes other ad hoc financial analysis and reporting, including utilizing data from multiple sources.
- Fosters strong working relationships with peer and management to meet company objectives and develop efficient and effective cross-divisional relationships among core teams throughout the company.
- Study a company's financial statements and analyze commodity prices, sales, costs, expenses, and tax rates to determine a company's value by projecting the company's future earnings.
- Meet with company officials to gain better insight into the company's prospects and management.
- Prepare written reports.
- Meet with investors to explain recommendations on research and forecast.
- Monitor budgets, prepare and submit regular reports, raise flags whenever necessary, and provide management with explanations for any distortion from initial budgets and assumptions.
Minimum Educational Qualification / Experience
- University Degree in Economics, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Business Management, Accounting, Finance and any other Degree i.e. Candidates with a bias for Financial/Business Analysis. (Minimum Second Class Upper).
- A business degree and a certification as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) will be an added advantage
- Minimum of 3-5 years cognate working experience (Post NYSC) in a similar capacity within an organisation.
Personality Traits:
Must be a person of high integrity.
Must be a self-starter and a team player with proactive approach to work.
Must be hard working and resourceful.
Must possess the ability to multitask and work under pressure.
Knowledge/Skills:
- Must be able to communicate fluently in written and oral English.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial & dynamic environment.
- Must be able to understand market trends and forecast.
- Must be a critical thinker with good judgement and decision making.
- Must have excellent presentation skills
- Ability to collect, integrate and analyze information from multiple sources to create a cohesive, fact-based analysis.
- Must be MS Word, Excel and Internet Browser proficient.
- Must be thorough in research finding and methodology.
- Must possess a flare for numbers and be business savvy.
- Must possess excellent numerical and quantitative skills.
Working Relationships
Internal Relationship:
Develop efficient and effective cross-divisional relationships among core teams throughout the company including, Finance Managers, Managing Directors, Executive Directors and the Company Board.
External Relationship:
Is expected to develop relationships with banks, tax authority, treasury houses, Investor Relations etc.
How To Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should Apply Here
