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At M-KOPA, We Finance Progress.

The scale and impact of our work is massive. M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off-grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.

JOB PURPOSE:

The job holder is responsible for developing and managing data models that monitor production performance levels, and efficiency of all warehouse functions, while ensuring all teams are properly staffed by maintaining staff scheduling models. 

KEY JOB FUNCTIONS

• Developing data tools to monitor and report on the performance indicators and efficiency of processes of the warehouse and logistics department 
• Understand processes of each team within the warehouse, and identify health indicators to measure process efficiency 
• Provide Warehouse performance data, to facilitate team leaders with the information required to hold performance discussions and a custodian of all performance data 
• Real-time monitoring of SLAs, communication of deviations from SLAs, and impact analysis of deviations 
• Being a link to the BI team on useful reports that can be automated to help create visibility  
• Conducting data mining activities on an ad hoc basis, such as collecting and organizing data from multiple sources in order to identify patterns or other useful information 
• Maintain databases and perform updates as necessary to ensure accuracy 
• Regularly examine data reports to locate and resolve mistakes throughout 
• Accurately analyze and collect data for various types of business reports 
• Create business reports that provide insight into key data points 
• Communicate the results of data analysis in written and verbal form and by creating visualizations 
• Suggest areas of improvement from the data analyzed 
• Monitor data to identify changes in financial and business trends 
• Operate as the subject matter expert on staff scheduling practices using proper staffing models 
• Meet with management to review staffing models and to make improvements on future staffing forecasts 

EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS & COMPETENCIES/ LICENCES & CERTIFICATIONS/ EDUCATION REQUIRED

• Degree in a related field 
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in a similar role. 
• One to three years of experience as a financial or business analyst 
• Analytical skills that allow for the development of data-driven reports 
• Demonstrated ability to manage time and prioritize projects to meet deadlines 
• Ability to use SQL and Microsoft Excel to create pivot tables, graphs, and charts 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively relate data to co-workers 
• Excellent critical thinking skills to help solve business problems and make decisions 
• Tendency to pay close attention to small details that could impact results 
• General knowledge of warehouse operations, objectives, strategies, processes, and information flow 

M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’ or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process.

To Apply:
https://jobs.lever.co/m-kopa/a2302e15-370c-498c-9220-8f1ae3d75d63