Jobs in Cape Town, South Africa
Senior Data Analyst
Job summary
Kuda is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to join their BI & Analytics team in Cape Town. This role involves formalizing data-driven decision-making by providing actionable insights on user engagement, product performance, and marketing strategies, utilizing big data analytics and visualization tools to inform business growth.
Benefits
Qualifications
- 5+ years of working experience as a data analyst.
- Strong understanding of mobile app technologies and attribution.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to mentor junior team members.
Responsibilities
- Develop and champion data leverage from our tech stack.
- Conduct in-depth analyses to improve user acquisition and revenue.
- Design and analyze experiments to enhance user engagement.
Skills
Education
Tools
Kuda is a money app for Africans on a mission to make financial services accessible, affordable and rewarding for every African on the planet.
We're a tribe of passionate and diverse people who dreamed of building an inclusive money app that Africans would love so it's only right that we ended up with the name ‘Kuda' which means ‘love' in Shona, a language spoken in the southern part of Africa.
We're giving Africans around the world a better alternative to traditional finance by delivering money transfers, smart budgeting and instant access to credit through digital devices.
We've raised over $90 million from some of the world's most respected institutional investors, and we're rolling out our game-changing services globally from our offices in Nigeria, South Africa, and the UK.
Role Overview
Kuda is looking for a highly skilled and motivated Senior Data Analyst to join our growing BI & Analytics team. We are looking for someone who can work with large datasets, leverage their expertise in data analysis and deliver actionable insights across various business functions. You will play a critical role in helping to shape data-driven decisions around attribution optimisation, product performance, experimentation and user engagement.
Roles And Responsibilities
- Develop, own and champion how we leverage data from our tech stack.
- Analyze, and where required build, datasets that enable better understanding of company KPIs, marketing performance and user engagement
- Design, develop, and maintain dashboards and reports using tools like Looker
- Conduct in-depth analyses to improve customer acquisition, engagement, retention, referral, segmentation and revenue across multiple channels. Understand trends, correlations and identify opportunities to move these key user growth metrics.
- Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) and statistical modeling to support strategic initiatives
- Ensure the accuracy and relevance of key performance indicators (KPIs) across different functions.
- Design and analyze experiments to improve user acquisition, product adoption, and spend efficiency of marketing campaigns
- Be comfortable with cross-functional collaboration and delivery.
- Present findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- 5+ years of working experience as a data analyst
- Proven track record of delivering actionable insights that impact business outcomes
- Strong understanding of mobile app technologies and attribution
- Advanced proficiency in SQL
- Have development experience with Business Intelligence/ visualization tools (ie. Looker)
- Possess strong knowledge of mobile app growth metrics (LTV, CR%, Churn)
- Understanding of versioning control (ie. Git, BitBucket or other similar technologies)
- Experience with data modeling (ie. dbt)
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to mentor junior team members
- Experience in the Fintech, financial services or the gaming industry
- Experience in modeling techniques and application within organisations
- Knowledge of African markets
- Understanding of SKAdNetwork
- Bachelor's degree in CS, Statistics, Business, Mathematics, Economics, or related field
Why join Kuda?
At Kuda, our people are the heart of our business, so we prioritize your welfare. We offer a wide range of competitive benefits in areas including but not limited to:
A great and upbeat work environment populated by a multinational team
Pension via Allan Gray
Career development & growth
Competitive annual leave plus bank holidays
Competitive paid time off (Parental, Moving day, Birthday, Study leave etc)
Travel Insurance
️YuLife - rewards for reaching health and fitness goals
Employee wellness program via Lyra Wellbeing
️Goalr - employee wellness app
Medical insurance via Discovery
Award winning L&D training
Well-fare package (Wedding, Compassionate and etc)
We are advocates of work-life balance, working in a hybrid in office schedule
Kuda is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Kuda is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent.
We don't regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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