Current Vacancies at Terragon Limited

Job Title: Senior Data Scientist

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Details

• Terragon is looking for Mid/Senior Data Scientists to join their organization. The Senior Data Scientists will be key players in the Advanced Data and Analytics group of the Organisation.
• You will help the organization discover insights from big data and make smarter decisions to deliver data driven products, services, improve our customer relationship as well as optimize our business processes.
• The Senior Data Scientist’s primary focus will be in applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Machine Learning (ML) / Data Mining (DM) techniques, doing Statistical Analysis (SA), and building high quality prediction models/systems integrated with our platforms to bring Business Value.

As a SeniorData Scientist, a typical day might include the following:

• Build, Optimize and deploy AI/ML models in productive environments AI/ML/DM/SA using state-of-the-art methods.
• Enriching company’s data with third-party sources of information when needed
• Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems.
• Extracting, Processing, cleansing, verifying the integrity and quality of data used for analysis
• Doing ad-hoc analysis and presenting results in a clear manner; constantly tracking of models performance.
• Integrate model outputs into business applications (like CRM, ERP), and Reporting/Dashboarding tools (Microsoft PowerBI, Reporting Services) or develop if needed
• Create informative, actionable, and repeatable reporting that highlights relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Conduct insightful, ad hoc analyses to investigate ongoing or one-time operational issues.
• Define and deliver metrics, reporting platforms, dashboards, and analytical models vital for tracking and managing the business.
• Identify business challenges and initiate process improvement projects.
• Facilitate the computerization of analytics and data collection processes.
• Provide analyses for large datasets necessary for decisions using actionable insights
• Collaborate with Retail banking, Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Operations, etc. to build scalable processes and metrics.
• Carry out complex analysis of datasets and conduct appropriate data validation
• Responsible for gathering and cleaning of datasets across multiple data sources.
• Responsible for spotting vital insights and developing the framework of the organization’s data system.
• Provide information on analytic results to business and functional leaders using visualizations to communicate data and metrics, including data maps, leveraging Tableau, etc.
• Coach and educate junior colleagues and new hires; build and deliver training programs/contents on AI/ML/DM/SA.
• Excellent understanding of AI/ML/DM/SA techniques and algorithms
• Great communication skills, and ability to educate business persons to become data driven
• Ability to uncover use cases from Retail Banking Business problems and needs; ability
• to translate business problems into AI/ML/Analytics use cases.
• Hands-on Experience with data visualization tools, such Microsoft PowerBI, as well as
• web front-end developments tools
• Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL well as AWS ETL tools.
• Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, Deep
• Learning. Experience in designing and running experiments and A/B tests at scale.
• Good scripting and programming skills mainly using Python / Jupiter and leading
• AI/ML frameworks
• Data-oriented personality

You’d be a good fit if you have:

• Excellent understanding of AI / ML / DM / SA techniques and algorithms
• Great communication skills, and ability to educate business persons to become data driven
• Ability to uncover use cases from Retail Banking Business problems and needs; ability to translate business problems into AI / ML / Analytics use cases.
• Hands-on Experience with data visualization tools, such Microsoft PowerBI, as well as web front-end developments tools.
• Proficiency in using query languages such as SQL well as AWS ETL tools.
• Good applied statistics skills, such as distributions, statistical testing, regression, Deep Learning.
• Experience in designing and running experiments and A/B tests at scale.
• Good scripting and programming skills mainly using Python / Jupiter and leading AI/ML frameworks.
• Data-oriented personality.
• Expert with any visualisation tool, Big Data and AI Platforms
• Big Picture Thinking
• Work Well Under Pressure
• Problem-Solving skills
• Critical Thinking skills
• Relationship Building Skills

Salary
NGN4,800,000 – 5,400,000 / Year.

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Profile
As a Financial Controller, a typical day might include the following:

• Prompt coding and registering of commitments in the accounting system, maintaining chart of accounts, invoicenumbers.
• Documenting financial transactions by entering account information.
• Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options.
• Liaising with accounting officers with respect to bills receivable, bills payable, etc
• Providing assistance to auditors with regards to scope and items
• Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
• Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions.
• Ensuring internal control system is effected and adhered to on the assets and accounting system of the company.
• Prepare asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analysing account information
• Summarise current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports.
• Preparation of the monthly bank reconciliation of the accounts of the company.
• Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
• Develop, implement, modify, document, record keeping, and accounting system, making efficient use of the accounting
• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information needed for the audit of financial statements
• Ensure all costs are captured on SAP daily and revenues captured promptly
• Compute statutory taxes i.e VAT, PAYE, local government and preparation of tax returns, ensure compliance with payment, reporting and other tax requirements.
• Maintaining account payables and accounts receivables: Collate payments due to the vendors for each unit of the business.
• Streamlining accounting functions and operations.
• Developing plans for financial growth.
• Evaluating and managing risk.
• Coordinating audit processes.

Requirements
You’d be a good fit if:

• Minimum of 5-7 years relevant analytical experience
• Candidate should possess a Masters degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant discipline
• Significant analytical skill set, including the utilisation of BI and reporting tools
• Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
• High level of commercial acumen
• Advanced computer software skills, including writing macros in Excel and other accounting packages
• Professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA or CFA

Salary
NGN3,600,000 – 4,800,000 / Year.