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The Africa Analyst role blends analytical, forecasting and commercial responsibilities across sub-Saharan Africa, with an expected focus on Southern and West Africa. The ideal candidate would have experience of producing country risk analysis for a commercial audience, including data analysis and visualisation.
Verisk Maplecroft has provided clients with quantitative and qualitative analysis in the political, social, and environmental spheres since 2001. The Africa Risk Insight team provides qualitative inputs for our risk exposure datasets, covering more than 190 issues and 198 countries globally. The team combines these quantitative tools with unrivalled country expertise to deliver unique commercial insights to our clients.
As a trusted advisor to clients, Verisk Maplecroft also provides bespoke solutions to companies, institutional investors, governments, and international organisations in a variety of sectors, including natural resources, financial services, and consumer goods. As a key member of our Africa Risk Insight research team, you will be involved in ad hoc, research-based consulting projects alongside other responsibilities.
Role Purpose:
Verisk Maplecroft’s Africa Risk Insight team is responsible for delivering the company’s qualitative analysis and forecasts relating to political, economic, security and regulatory risks across Africa. The team works closely with our Human Rights, Sustainable Finance and Environment thematic subject matter experts, data analysts, consultants, and sales representatives within Verisk Maplecroft on products relevant to multiple sectors.
The Analyst role is responsible for the production of content on sub-Saharan Africa. This individual will play a role in coordinating content with other regional teams and contributing to some of Verisk Maplecroft’s flagship annual publications, including our Political Risk Outlook.
A key responsibility is to coordinate the production of relevant, deeply analytical, data-led, and implications-focused commercial analysis with colleagues within the EMEA team and other regional teams. This role will require a proven ability to produce analysis that is informed by data and evidence, using appropriate visualisations.
The ideal candidate will have experience in using quantitative data sets to produce compelling and insightful visualisations to provide political and ESG risk-focused insights for clients.
• Delivers data-led insights and quantitatively-based visualisations to tell complex stories to non-expert audiences in a succinct and digestible manner.
• Combines expertise on specific countries with the ability to deploy wider regional insights; offers a strong general understanding of political and economic developments across the region.
• Demonstrates high levels of regional knowledge and country-level expertise in analytical output.
• Uses risk indices, analytics and other quantitative capabilities to support qualitative research to bring industry-leading analysis to clients.
• Ensures that content remains deeply client-focused, data-led, and sector-specific where relevant.
• Acts as a source of live insight for Verisk Maplecroft’s clients via participation in analyst calls, remote presentations, and webinars.
• Interacts regularly with contacts and clients at an intermediate level within a region or sector, understanding priorities, advising and enhancing Maplecroft’s reputation.
• Reviews and updates Verisk Maplecroft’s qualitative risk indices in accordance with our methodologies and procedures.
• Works with consulting colleagues to deliver research-based consulting requests within agreed cost and timeframe.
• Delivers media commentary, and attends conferences and client-facing engagements to boost Verisk Maplecroft’s profile and its long-term business opportunities.
• 2-5 years’ experience of working in a related professional field.
• Academic background in economics, political science, international relations, or a related discipline (postgraduate qualification preferred).
• Quantitative data skills, including advanced Excel and ability to manage and manipulate large data sets to extract analytical insights.
• Ability to understand and create a range of data visualisations (experience in Datawrapper preferred but not essential).
Proficiency in French, Portuguese and/or local languages would be a bonus.
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