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  • Tetra Pak logo

    Sales & Customer Management Business Analyst

    Tetra PakLagos, Nigeria27 June

    Tetra Pak​ is one of three companies in the Tetra Laval Group - a private group that started in Sweden. The other two companies are DeLaval ...

    Onsite
  • Bayshore Technologies Limited logo

    Business Analyst

    Bayshore Technologies..Lagos, Nigeria25 June

    Bayshore Technologies is a specialist service provider delivering the best support and implementing services to our clients across the whole of Africa. Job ...

    Onsite
  • ISN Medical logo

    Business Analyst

    ISN MedicalLagos, Nigeria24 June

    We provide healthcare practitioners and patients peace of mind through innovative medical diagnostics solutions in Nigeria and across West Africa. About the ...

    Onsite
  • Tezza Business Solutions Ltd logo

    Business Analyst

    Tezza Business Soluti..Lagos, Nigeria22 June

    Tezza”(te-zza) from the Italian word "Completezza” embodies our commitment to providing IT and Business Solutions that are comprehensive, through ...

    Onsite
  • NCDF Group Plc - Nigerian Capital Development Fund logo

    Business Analyst

    NCDF Group Plc - Nige..Lagos, Nigeria18 June

    An institution that mobilizes capital from the public and private sectors to invest in projects, businesses and social enterprises with the intention to ...

    Onsite
  • Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting logo

    Business Analyst/Technical Assistant to Director

    Peridot Forte Solutio..Lagos, Nigeria12 June

    Peridot Forte Solutions Consulting was birthed out of the passion to assist and help organization to create a structure and frame work for their businesses ...

    Onsite
  • IDH - Sustainable Trade Initiative logo

    Senior Business Analyst

    IDH - Sustainable Tra..Lagos, Nigeria12 June

    IDH catalyses positive change by bringing together committed stakeholders from across global markets to create better jobs, better incomes, a better ...

    Onsite
  • Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) logo

    Graduate Business Analyst

    Western Development C..Lagos, Delta, Nigeria11 June

    Western Development Company Limited (WDCL) is an independent limited liability company, established in Nigeria for over 13 years ago. WDCL is the sole ...

    Onsite
  • Trusoft Limited logo

    Business Analyst

    Trusoft LimitedLagos, Nigeria11 June

    Trusoft Limited is an indigenous software company, specialising in the design and development of software solutions. Trusoft has built its brand around ...

    Remote
  • Baobabplus logo

    Business Analyst

    BaobabplusLagos, Nigeria07 June

    We are a social business committed to energy access and digital access in Africa. We make accessible to all innovative products that meet the needs of local ...

    Onsite
  • Skyscend logo

    Business Analyst

    SkyscendLagos, Nigeria06 June

    Skyscend Ng. is a team of entrepreneurs with professionals which specialize in Business Consulting, Human Resource, ICT Solutions, Insurance, Coporate Training ...

    Onsite
  • Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited logo

    IT Business Analyst

    Northwest Petroleum &..Lagos, Nigeria06 June

    Every big achievement starts with a vision. The vision behind Northwest Petroleum & Gas Company Limited is about a team with passion and commitment, whose ...

    Onsite
  • Software Business Solutions Consulting logo

    Senior Business Analyst

    Software Business Sol..Lagos, Nigeria05 June

    Software Business Solutions Consulting (SBSC) is a boutique, minority-owned and managed, consulting firm, working with global clients to uncover opportunities ...

    Onsite
  • Software Business Solutions Consulting logo

    Business Analyst

    Software Business Sol..Lagos, Nigeria05 June

    Software Business Solutions Consulting (SBSC) is a boutique, minority-owned and managed, consulting firm, working with global clients to uncover opportunities ...

    Onsite
  • Rotawn Energy & Logistics Services Ltd logo

    Business Analyst

    Rotawn Energy & L..Lagos, Nigeria04 June

    Rotawn Energy & Logistics Services Ltd was established in 2007 as an indigenous Nigerian company offering tailor made solutions to the Oil and Gas, ...

    Onsite
  • Boston Consulting Group logo

    Business Analyst, Internship

    Boston Consulting Gro..Lagos, Nigeria29 May

    Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG ...

    Onsite

Who is a Business Analyst? 

Business analysis is a disciplined, structured, and formal approach to analyzing a business process, identifying improvements, and implementing changes so that the business can better achieve its goals. It is based on facts, figures, and observations.

A business analyst is a person who helps businesses analyze their processes, products, services, and systems to improve current processes and make profitable decisions through insights and data analysis. A business analyst also helps organizations document business processes by assessing the business model and its integration with technology.

What is the job description of a business analyst? 

  • A Business Analyst uses data to identify problems and solutions, thereby creating step-by-step actionable steps for the future of the organization. He also conducts a business model analysis to evaluate the organization’s policies and structure to suggest change and improvement. 

  • Builds business cases with strategies from financial analyses and reports on risks and returns.

  •  Streamlines and improves internal and external reporting. He also forecasts and budgets the finances of the organization in line with key performance indicators.

  • Ensures quality control by evaluating and improving business output which includes products, services, and IT structure of the organization.

  • Identifying and prioritizing the organization's functional and technical needs and requirements

  • Using SQL and Excel to analyze large data sets, as well as compiling charts, tables, and other elements of data visualization 

  • Understanding business strategies, goals, and requirements, and creating financial models to support business decisions

  • Planning enterprise architecture (the structure of a business)

  • Forecasting, budgeting, and performing both variance analysis and financial analysis

What skills are required to be a business analyst? 

  • Expertise in data research

  • Mathematical mindset and expert analytic capabilities

  • The ability to investigate and identify critical data

  • Proven SAP skills

  • Strong Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills

  • SQL proficiency

  • Project management experience

  • Strong communication skills for reporting to stakeholders