CAREER OPPORTUNITY
Business analyst
Location
Initial placement in the Sacred Valley, Cusco (Peru), for extended onboarding and training.
Subsequent location based in the consultant’s country of residence.
Appointment
One-year initial appointment, with the intention to renew and progress to a permanent role,
subject to performance.
Salary
Competitive international salary and benefits package, linked to experience.
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THE POSITION
The Business Analyst operates as a strategic business consultant within a multidisciplinary team, working on global assignments across a wide range of clients and disciplines. You should expect to get involved in natural resource projects from developing sustainable farming practices in East Asia, to devising a regional tourism strategy in Latin America or scoping a renewable power investment project in West Africa. While specific sector-expertise is useful, we are looking for an inquisitive and strategic thinker who can operate across sectors.
Ergo seeks to retain and promote high performers: a strong performance as Business Analyst and increasing accumulation of experience will open the door to a Consultant role in the firm.
Specific responsibilities include:
› Reporting to a Consultant, the role operates as a strategic analyst within projects, leading specific
components. Depending on clients’ needs and challenges, projects can vary in location and length, often lasting from two weeks to six months.
› You will be engaged throughout the life cycle of projects. Your tasks within these projects will include scoping, data collection and research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, report production, and reporting on assignments for a variety of leading global customers.
› You will contribute to the production of analyses that are clear, concise, and compelling. We principally produce reports in PowerPoint. As such, expertise with PowerPoint and ability and disposition to quickly expand your technical capabilities is vital to the role.
› The opening offers an opportunity to join a unique team of highly motivated and creative professionals. As a BA, you will participate and contribute to technical discussions to advance team thinking and knowledge around specific subjects.
› You will increasingly develop relationships with technical specialists, project associates, and/or client
team members. Ergo has an exciting portfolio of projects and customers across five continents, spanning some of the largest global corporations, the main global multilateral agencies, as well as governments.
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL BE
› A problem-solver, comfortable operating across theoretical thinking and practical project
implementation.
› A strategic thinker who can articulate concepts with clarity and translate them into practical deliverables.
› In possession of excellent writing skills that allow you to produce writing material that is clear, concise, and compelling.
› Highly numerically literate and capable of navigating their way through numbers and spreadsheets.
› Motivated to pursue and acquire new knowledge and skills. Ability to work both independently and in
teams is essential to the position.
› Genuinely excited about working on international projects with clients and governments across the world. You welcome the opportunity for travel off the beaten track.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
› Master’s degree in economics, development, business, engineering, international relations, or other
relevant disciplines.
› Professional experience in consulting and/or project management.
› Previous exposure to the natural resources sector is useful – i.e., agriculture, energy, mining, environment, etc.
› Ergo operates in English but produces work across multiple languages. Multilingual skills are an advantage.
ABOUT ERGO
Ergo Strategy Group applies a management consulting approach to the fields of natural resources and
economic development. The Group comprises Ergo, a global consulting firm, and its sister organisation Highgrade Media, set up as a think-tank to build and disseminate specialist knowledge.
Ergo delivers rigorous analytical thinking, creativity, and innovation to solve strategic challenges faced by our clients in industry, the multilateral sectors, and government. Ergo was established in the UK in 2016. The Group is growing fast, with active projects in five continents.
To deliver on our mission, we have set up a central operating hub in the Sacred Valley, in the Peruvian
Andes, where immersion in nature fosters innovation and high productivity. We are part of a vibrant
international community located just one hour from Cusco international airport. Parallel, we are rapidly
expanding our operating footprint in Europe.
We value a diverse and international workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability.