Financial Consultant Job in Kenya


Our client, a market leader in providing consulting services to retail financial institutions globally including: leading commercial banks, microfinance banks, SACCOs, microfinance institutions, multilateral and bi-lateral donors, intends to recruit a Consultant to join its team in Kenya.
Duties and Responsibilities


The successful candidate will be trained on approaches, tools and will subsequently offer technical assistance and training to financial service providers mostly in the following areas:
·         Business planning and financial modelling
·         Financial management and analysis
·         Costing/pricing of financial services
·         Planning/implementing product pilot-tests and rollouts
·         Process re-engineering, policies and procedures
·         Represent our clients on assignments with minimum supervision.
A critical component of this job is field research in line with its orientation to providing market-led solutions to financial services. The Consultant will therefore be expected to conduct field based research in carrying out assignments from time to time.
The office is to be based in Nairobi though with extensive travel in the region.
Experience & Age
Potential Candidates should have at least 5 years professional experience in retail banking preferably in operations, credit, risk management, compliance or audit, and must be under 35 years of age.
Skills:
This position requires a wide range of skills and experience, in particular:
·         Strong accounting, business planning, and financial modelling skills,
·         Strong field orientation and proven inter personal skills,
·         Highly developed computer skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, and
·         Excellent report writing skills
·         A professional demeanour.
Education: Masters level degree (or higher) in Banking, Finance, Business Administration, or Economics is a requirement. Part or full CPA (or its equivalent) is an added advantage.
Language: Excellent spoken and written English and Kiswahili. Additional working language is an advantage but not mandatory.
Salary: Salary is commensurate with experience. State the current and expected salary and your availability in the cover letter.
Deadline: Deadline for applications is 4pm Wednesday 14th March 2012.
Correspondence: Applications by email only to apply@kenyajobsconnection.com including a detailed
C.V.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.