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4G Capital, Senior Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst

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About the portfolio organization

4G Capital is the market leader in unsecured working capital lending in Kenya and Uganda.
We empower micro and small businesses to grow and succeed by providing instant access credit and training to unlock business growth, maximising the impact for micro business owners.
Products and services are delivered via mobile money and proprietary fintech systems and
data-led algorithmic underwriting. The award-winning company is Africa’s highest scoring
fintech B Corp, the highest standard in global ESG and impact assessment.
 
Purpose: To Unlock Human Potential for Good
Mission: To Grow Business with Capital and Knowledge
Vision: To Democratise Wealth Creation

About the Fellowship role

The Senior Business Analyst will work in the Product department and will collaborate
cross-functionally with a number of independent teams. The role requires understanding of
the needs/goals of various stakeholders and work backwards to develop products and use
metrics to measure their success.

This role involves conducting company and market analysis, analyzing company product
lines, market category, and customer segmentation. The job holder will also assist in the
development of quality metrics and reports to assist the business segments.The role requires close collaboration with all parts of 4GC
 
Location: In-person, Nairobi, Kenya. Open to both local and global candidates. Organisation is willing to sponsor the right candidate.
Employment: Full-time, one-year Fellowship
Starting Date: July 2026

Key responsibilities

  • Support in maintaining the data integrity and ongoing quality control of the reviewing and analyzing products and collating it into management information in a timely fashion for strategic and operational decision making.
  • Providing support in modelling of projects and financial appraisals of  investments projects and new products and services to drive key investments decisions.
  • Communicating technical insight from analytics and modelling to line manager and senior executives in a business-oriented and pragmatic way.
  • Providing support for continuous business process reviews, risk identifications and control design as well as compliance monitoring through exception reports.
  • Monitoring various business information trends and providing reports to facilitate decision making.
  • Monitoring and analyzing infrastructure for ongoing collection and management of qualitative customer data.
  • Synthesizing primary research insights with secondary and behavioral data for richer customer intelligence, insights and recommendations for experience improvements and product refinement in line with market needs.
  • Developing a robust, iterative product planning and forecasting model with key KPI inputs and P&L, B/S, and cash outputs.
  • Continually improving the entire product planning process and financial model in terms of accuracy and efficiency as well as relevancy of insights to the senior management team.
  • Ensuring that the business has the needed accurate Product Systems as well as efficient links/accounts between Accounting/Actuals and Planning.
  • Prepare strategic and financial well-written, documented, and concise power-point presentations for line and senior management, board, investors, and prospective investors, including presentations on business performance, KPI’s, business strategy, product strategic investments, recommendations, etc. as needed.
  • Supporting key business decision-making and strategic initiatives through ad hoc analyses and the building meaningful product models.
  • Demonstrating success by using storytelling, data visualization and communication skills to bring the voice of the customer to life across the organization and ensure that insights enable decision making for the design towards delivering compelling customer value propositions

Requirements

Experience and education:

  • Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or a related field
    preferred)
  • MBA strongly preferred (B.A. /B.S. required).
  • 5 years + of Product Management or Data Analysis role
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint skills and an ability to share previous excel
    iterative budgeting and forecast models and PowerPoint presentations
  • Ability to communicate comfortably, confidently, and credibly to share your point of
    view and expertise.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic environment and comfortable collaborating with various
    teams.
  • Demonstrating understanding of product reporting and accounting.
  • Proven self-starter and independent problem-solving ability with sense to understand
    implications of work and probe more deeply when presented with inconsistent or
    interesting findings.
  • Proven ability to manage projects from beginning to completion with a 'can-do'
    attitude and a proven ability to manage and meet all deadlines.
  • Highest standards of accuracy and precision; highly numerate and organized.
  • Strong experience in creating Iterative, dynamic product planning model with key
    drivers/assumptions that reflect the impact to a cash forecast and p&l forecast.

About the LGT Impact Fellowship

As part of LGT Venture Philanthropy's and Lightrock's strategic efforts to scale positive impact, the LGT Impact Fellowship was established to provide additional know-how and capacity to portfolio organizations and companies. Each year a limited number of professionals are nominated to work full-time for one year with the organizations and companies supported by LGT Venture Philanthropy and Lightrock in Africa, India and Latin America as per the above job description.
 
LGT Impact Fellows are part of an enriching cohort of like-minded Fellows. They benefit from various program activities, including a 1-week in-person kick-off workshop, webinars, access to the network and know-how of LGT Venture Philanthropy, etc.

How to apply

Submit your application via the "Apply" button. Please note that we only accept online applications and that multiple applications are not allowed. However, you are invited to mention additional preferences in your application.
Moreover, please make sure to read all information in the application form carefully and answer the questions accordingly (additional information about the questions are marked with "i").