Group Finance Product Analyst at LifeBank Nigeria

LifeBank is a healthcare technology and logistics company that’s in the business of saving lives. We believe that no African should die from a shortage of essential medical products at the hospital level, and we are on a mission to solve this. LifeBank is currently working on the blood shortage problem in Nigeria by connecting hospitals to blood banks, and blood banks to donors. We do this by hosting blood drives and by delivering blood in less than 55 minutes, in a WHO and EU recommended cold-chain, to hospitals.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Group Finance Product Analyst

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Reporting Relationships: Will report to the CFO

Function of the Role

• The Group Financial Product Analyst will be responsible for the growth and development of the product across all LifeBank markets.
• He/She will manage the product lifecycle for all LifeBank finance innovations and its subsidiaries.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development and proposal of overall product strategies, innovation, presentation of marketplace outcome projections, as well as product culture development.
• Responsible for the development and proposal of overall product strategies, innovation, presentation of marketplace outcome projections, as well as product culture development.
• Develop pricing and marketing strategies.
• Perform competitor analysis on similar products and services.
• Work with digital Product Managers, Sales and Marketing teams to drive products from conception to launch across channels and devices.
• Develop forecasts and models helping us track product profitability and market share.
• Identify unmet industry needs and disruption opportunities, guiding interdisciplinary teams to deliver innovative products to market.
• Test and iterate in small-scale pilots to validate concepts, and refine them to achieve
• Prior Small Business and/or Middle Market lending experience is required
• Proven experience in and passion for building and shipping great product
• Undertakes financial modeling on the products or services of the business as well as of the target markets in order to bring about an understanding of the relations between the product and the target market.
• Lead and monitor the market, competitor activities, as well as any price movements and make recommendations that will be used in key decision making.
• Drive consumer intelligence through the development of external and internal data sources that improve the business’s understanding of the product’s market, competitor activities, and consumer activities.
• Develop or adopt research tools, sources, and methods that further support and contribute to the business’s product marketing management intelligence.
• Assist in controlling the operating expenses and the capital expenditure program to ensure adherence to budget limits and relevant authorizations including the establishment of internal controls to cover Group operations
• Assist in all financial tasks of the company and ensure optimal use of the company’s capital and resources
• Assist the CFO in fundraising activities
• Perform other tasks assigned.

Requirements
Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Engineering, Healthcare, Finance or any other related disciplines.
• An MBA will be considered an advantage.

Experience:

• At least 3 years of experience in digital product management and translating business strategy and analysis into corporate-facing digital products
• Proven experience (2 years+) in product management and leadership
• Demonstrated success in defining and launching products that meet and exceed business objectives
• Subject matter expertise in the healthcare and engineering industry is a strong plus
• Prior Small Business and/or Middle Market lending experience is required
• A deep understanding of working capital needs for SMEs
• Project management, Market research, intelligence, Budgeting, financial planning, Business development, Product development is desirable
• Experience working with Agile Methodologies and a deep understanding of how B2B software is built

Skills and Abilities:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams
• Ability to handle stressful situations appropriately
• Good time and knowledge management skills
• Good initiative, time and stress management skills
• Good networking, prospecting and closing skills.

Personal Attributes:

• Friendly and pleasant
• Highly organized and detailed
• An excellent leader and team player.

Work Environment:

• Work in the office
• Work on the field
• Will be required to work overtime and on weekends.

Remuneration
N500,000 – N600,000 Monthly.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.