Jumia is the leading pan-Africa e-commerce platform. Founded in 2012, Jumia’s mission is to improve the quality of everyday life in Africa by leveraging technology to deliver innovative, convenient and affordable online services to consumers, while helping businesses grow as they use our platform to reach and serve consumers.

Our platforms consist of our marketplace, which connects sellers with consumers, our logistics service, which enables the shipment and delivery of packages from sellers to consumers, and our payment service, which facilitates transactions among participants active on our platform in selected markets. Through our online platforms, consumers can access a wide range of physical and digital goods and services, fashion, electronics, beauty products and also hotel and flight bookings or restaurant delivery.

With over 3,000 employees in 14 countries spanning across 6 African regions, Jumia is led by top talented leaders offering a great mix of local and international talents and is backed by very high-profile shareholders. Jumia is committed to creating sustainable impact for Africa. Jumia offers unique opportunities in a vibrant and booming environment, creating new jobs, new skills, and empowering a new generation. We are looking for talented people with a passion for Africa to join our team and embark on our exciting journey!

The Business Analyst will get the most out of our seller database. By gathering insights from the raw data, you should be able to construct a credit-scoring model, which will be used to take the loan underwriting decision. Our Analyst will provide insights to business leaders for making daily, weekly, monthly managerial decisions. Our new team member will participate in developing the reporting domain as well as provide ad hoc analytical support for our activities across countries.


Main Responsibilities

• Designing, delivering and improving a credit scoring model for Jumia seller


• Validating and testing the credit scoring model


• Tracking Performance of Jumia Lending


• Developing and improving the reporting domain


• Mining data in order to propose new analysis and evaluate feasibility of fulfilling new information requests from management.
  
  

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Engineering or IT related field


• 2-3 years of experience


• Prior experience in an analytical role and data visualization tools (PowerBI, QlikView, Tableau, etc.);


• Highly proficient SQL languages and in Microsoft applications (mainly Excel);


• A statistical programming language like R or Python would be much appreciated;


• Being familiar with clustering & regression techniques would be a plus;


• Proficiency in English.
  
  

We offer:

• A unique experience in an entrepreneurial, yet structured environment;


• An opportunity to be part of a highly professional and dynamic team working around the world;


• An unparalleled personal and professional growth where you will learn from the best and grow like nowhere else;


• A unique experience working in an international group impacting millions of users and in revenue.