Senior Business Analyst

Job Summary

The Senior Business Analyst KSSC owns the end-to-end data processing, market intelligence modeling, and commercial KPI tracking systems for regional and corporate business units. Core responsibilities include running corridor and client profitability analyses, building automated data models within Power BI, compiling cross-country business dashboards, and structuring high-level slide decks for global executive committees.

Technical Stack & Analytics Toolkit

In your daily reporting workflows, you will actively build, manage, and scale corporate intelligence models using:

• Business Intelligence Systems: Advanced data visualization, data architecture modeling, and multi-source integration maps using Microsoft Power BI.
• Financial Modeling Engines: Advanced Microsoft Excel environments (complex formulas, index/matching, pivot tables, macros, and financial forecasting sheets).
• Executive Presentation Frameworks: Professional Microsoft PowerPoint slide builds optimized for C-suite business reviews and Steering Committee briefs.
• Corporate Performance Metrics: Multi-layered sales pipeline variables, lead-to-opportunity conversion tracking, net margin calculations, and portfolio mix variables.

Experience & Competencies

Candidates must demonstrate a strong background in large-scale data modeling, international business contexts, and clear executive communication:

Professional Background & Analytical Mastery

• Professional Tenure: Minimum of 4 to 6 years of verified professional experience operating within business analysis, management consulting, corporate data analytics, commercial operations, or strategy-focused corporate functions.
• Multi-Country Exposure: Prior analytical experience navigating multi-country environments, cross-border corporate structures, or international commercial units is considered a strong competitive advantage.
• Advanced Technical Skills: Outstanding, hands-on mastery of Excel and PowerPoint, alongside a proven track record of constructing scalable dashboards and data relationships within Power BI.
• Commercial KPI Literacy: A deep understanding of core business metrics, with the practical ability to calculate, forecast, and map sales pipeline health, conversion velocities, gross margins, and client portfolio profitability ratios.

Communication & Operational Agility

• Dual-Language Fluency: Professional written and spoken command of both English and French is mandatory; you must be comfortable presenting data models and writing reports in both languages.
• Data Synthesis Skills: A proven ability to take complex, messy datasets from multiple countries and translate them into clear, simple, and highly actionable business recommendations.
• Autonomous Execution: Comfortable operating independently within a highly structured, rigorous, and fast-moving team environment, successfully managing multiple analytical deliverables under tight corporate deadlines.
• Industry Interest: A genuine interest in logistics, supply chain architectures, trade corridors, and the unique dynamics of expanding African emerging markets.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic & Market Business Analysis (40%)

• Evaluate Trade Corridors: Design and execute advanced analytical reviews across targeted geographic markets, freight corridors, customer groups, and business sectors—mapping cargo volumes, macro trends, and the competitive landscape.
• Audit Client Portfolios: Conduct granular customer segmentation and portfolio health analyses to identify margin changes, client behavior trends, and shifts in product mix profitability.
• Support Strategic Planning: Contribute to high-level strategic studies, opportunity assessments, and formal business cases to help global HQ and regional leaders validate new investments.
• Guide Regional Roadmaps: Provide regional country directors with data-driven diagnostic insights, highlighting operational bottlenecks and identifying growth opportunities to improve local sales roadmaps.

2. Sales Performance & Business Intelligence (35%)

• Monitor Regional Sales: Trace, measure, and report on commercial performance metrics across various industry verticals, regions, and target countries.
• Build Power BI Dashboards: Design, automate, and continuous update data models and interactive Power BI dashboards, making raw performance metrics accessible to internal teams.
• Consolidate Global Data: Gather, clean, and consolidate disparate commercial and operational data from various country systems to generate uniform monthly reports for corporate HQ.
• Analyze Performance Gaps: Spot performance deviations, trace underlying trend variances against budget projections, and flag early warnings when targets are missed.
• Prepare Executive Reviews: Create clear, polished presentation decks and summary reports for HQ leadership reviews, regional executive briefings, and Steering Committee meetings.

3. Analytical Delivery & Methodological Leadership (25%)

• Deliver High-Quality Assets: Produce structured, presentation-ready analytical files that meet the high documentation and layout standards of the KSSC.
• Provide Analytical Support: Manage ad-hoc data requests and deep-dive analytical inquiries from global brand leads, regional directors, and corporate strategy teams.
• Mentor Junior Analysts: Provide clear methodological guidance, quality checks, and technical support to junior data analysts within the shared services center.
• Standardize Reporting Formats: Champion the use of unified analytical frameworks, matching templates, and corporate guidelines across all internal KSSC projects.

Expected Outputs & Deliverables

• Automated, highly scalable Power BI commercial dashboards showing clean, cross-country performance insights.
• Regular, detailed market corridor analyses, client segmentation studies, and margin trend models.
• Polished executive slide decks and brief summaries in both English and French for global steering committees.
• Standardized reporting templates and documented analytical guidelines to help train junior team members.

Skills Required:

• Sales / Marketing / Business / Management