About Easy Solar

Easy Solar is a leading solar company in West Africa, distributing and financing high-quality solar products and appliances for those with limited or no access to the conventional grid. Customers can finance their purchase over time by paying in weekly or monthly installments, with the option to pay via cash or mobile money. To date, Easy Solar has reached more than 700,000 beneficiaries, who access products and services through the company’s extensive network of agents and outlets throughout Sierra Leone and Liberia.

The Position

Easy Solar is seeking a Junior Data Analyst who will be responsible for providing support to a fast-paced analytics department. The ideal data analyst candidate is curious, creative, highly numerate, and tackles real-world problems using quantitative models. Responsibilities will include complex data manipulation, statistical analysis, and translation of insights into business cases or presentations. Analysts will work on a mix of team-oriented and self-directed tasks.

The Role:

• Analyze and identify business challenges and opportunities, and solve for them using fact based analysis to make strategic and tactical recommendations
• Perform product level modeling/analytics to assist product and pricing strategies for various EasySolar products
• Prepare and present dashboards for management team highlighting key findings and takeaways
• Perform credit analysis of existing customers based on historical behavior, creating models, and testing hypotheses using rigorous monitoring and analysis

Are You A Fit? :

• Strong logical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills
• Experience with at least one statistical package (R, STATA, SAS, etc.)
• Have good SQL skills
• Have good skills with at least one programming language preferred (Python, Nodejs)
• Have a Bachelor’s degree in an analytical discipline, preferably in Math, Statistics, Computer Science. Or equivalent proven experience.

What we Offer

• Competitive salary
• A unique opportunity to expand energy access & financial inclusion at scale in West Africa
• A secure position in a rapidly growing company with a young, dynamic and motivated team
• The opportunity to develop new solutions and concepts to support a growing retail and asset financing business
• A very attractive, performance-based, remuneration with benefits
• Plenty of opportunities to grow within the company
• The opportunity to take part in one of West Africa’s most exciting entrepreneurial companies that has a strong commitment to outstanding customer service, user-friendly, high-quality life-changing devices and environmental sustainability
• Frequent coaching and training
• The opportunity to work closely with a young, international, tech-driven team of renewable energy enthusiasts