Business Intelligence Operations Lead @ Mastercard Foundation
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August 22, 2021
ABOUT MASTERCARD FOUNDATION
Mastercard Foundation seeks a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. Through its Young Africa Works strategy and Canadian EleV program, the Foundation works with partners to ensure that millions of young people, especially young women, access quality education, financial services, and dignified work. Mastercard Foundation was established in 2006 through the generosity of Mastercard when it became a public company.
The Foundation is independent with its own Board of Directors and CEO.
THE WORK AT THE FOUNDATION
We have entered a very exciting time at the Foundation as we scale up our operations across Africa to realize our Young Africa Works strategy. Our role at the Mastercard Foundation is to be a catalyst. Our Young Africa Works strategy focuses on working with others to spur systemic change so young people have the opportunity to find work that is dignified and fulfilling.
The Foundation has opened offices in Rwanda, Kenya, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Uganda, building a broader leadership presence in Africa to develop specific strategies that support youth employment. Within a country, we work with governments, the private sector, educators and other funders to improve the quality of education and vocational training, prepare young people for the work force, expand access to financial services for entrepreneurs and small businesses, and connect job seekers to dignified and fulfilling work.
We are ambitious and driven. Our values transcend and rise above everything else as our guide. We encourage you to bring your bold ideas, curiosity, and expertise to your work. We laugh at ourselves and with each other. We are a team. Our journey together makes our impact even more meaningful.
If you are a Business Intelligence professional ready to build something new and increase your impact, read on!
THE OPPORTUNITY
The Business Intelligence unit at The Foundation is one the main units under The Strategic Operations Function. The Business Intelligence unit comprises of the following sub-units:
Data Governance, Advanced Analytics and Business Intelligence Operations & Business Partnering.
This position offers the possibility to enter a dynamic team, and the right candidate will be able to influence how Mastercard Foundation improves data-driven decision-making for the benefit of our immediate and future goals.
The Business Intelligence Operations Lead will support The Foundation’s Business Intelligence (BI) strategy, by working closely with various teams and key Functions within the Foundation, serving as the Analytics & Reporting Business Partner to Country Teams and other Enterprise functions; to understand, translate and recommend fit-for-purpose Business Intelligence & Analytics solutions to support decision making and enhance insights & efficiency.
S/he will also work very closely with the Technology team to develop and maintain a tight-fit BI environment in line with business requirements.
The job holder will be charged with enhancing the Foundation’s reporting requirements (including self-serve capabilities) and data analytics capabilities while developing use cases and solutions through business partnering and maintaining the organization’s overall “data literacy.”
The successful candidate will be based in Canada or any of our listed offices in Africa (Rwanda, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria).
WAYS YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE
- Identify data analytics needs and use cases to drive evolution of Foundation’s overall analytics capabilities.
- Engage other teams (e.g., Programs, Impact, Finance, IT, Knowledge Management etc.) to support data analytics and reporting needs.
- Engage with stakeholders in order to understand their business processes, imperatives, constraints and priorities, and design appropriate BI solutions to help in achieving their goals.
- Close business partnering with regional/country and functional teams to discover insights that will guide strategic decisions and uncover optimization opportunities.
- Lead a team of data analysts to build BI…
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