Database Administrator – Data Warehouse
& Analytics
We are looking for a seasoned database administrator with a knack for end-to-end proactive database design and management, a gritty never-say-die doer who relishes challenges, is dynamic, resilient, creative and highly-motivated.
If you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual
respect in a team-driven culture with a key focus on social empowerment, then
the Database Administrator position within The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The
Kingdom Bank” is the perfect opportunity for you to scale new horizons.We are looking for a seasoned database administrator with a knack for end-to-end proactive database design and management, a gritty never-say-die doer who relishes challenges, is dynamic, resilient, creative and highly-motivated.
The role holder will ensure
performance monitoring and management of database, data warehouse components,
Infrastructure, and general ICT systems through setting up of optimal
performance bench marks and the use of modern best practice and appropriate
tools to meet business performance growth demands, ensure system security,
business continuity and competitiveness in product and service development.
The Role
The Role
Specifically, the successful
jobholder will be required to:
- Monitor performance and manage parameters to
provide fast query responses to front-end users ensuring performance of
production data warehouse databases including systems logs, events and
event correlation and maintaining performance statistics and setting
baseline statistics.
- Monitor and manage the high availability
components including RAC, Dataguard, RMAN, ASM for key databases and
related components as well as ensure best practice in the installation of
database management systems (RDBMS); ensure compliance with RDBMS license
agreements and maintain upgrades and critical patches.
- Develop, manage and test back-up and recovery
plans and ensure that storage, archiving, back-up and recovery procedures
are functioning properly and ensure 24/7 available support for the data
warehouse and related systems.
- Take lead role in the various I.T. audits in
providing necessary information and enforcing closure of audit, change
management and compliance issues in the data warehouse environment and
also manage key I.T. risks for data warehouse database systems and ensure
proper mitigation; Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and disaster
recovery preparedness through periodic testing as scheduled and update of
disaster recovery procedures and sharing the results with management.
- Team up with analytics applications support,
development and infrastructure team in the development, implementation,
management applications, infrastructure, and monitor system health in
order to proactively identify weaknesses and address them.
- Perform data modelling tasks such as business
models, logical models and dimensional models to effectively convert
business requirements to technical requirements in conjunction with data
warehouse developers.
- Establish the needs of users and monitoring
user access and security, control data warehouse access permissions and
privileges, consider both back-end organization of data and front-end
accessibility for end-users and further refine the physical design to meet
system storage requirements.
- Create and maintain data warehouse
documentation, including data standards, procedures and definitions for
the data dictionary (metadata) as well as maintaining all technical
documentation relating to data warehouse maintenance, management and
configuration.
- Communicate regularly with technical,
applications and operational staff to ensure data integrity and security
and continually monitor security events in the network, take corrective
actions and generate reports for management.
- Attend to system failure and resolve/coordinate
resolution of the problem and handle queries from analytics application
support, resolve problems in a timely manner and advice accordingly.
- Establish and maintain business relationships
with vendors, consultants and other outside entities providing services to
the bank. Monitor performance of the SLAs to ensure that the database gets
maximum value from the services.
Skills, Competencies and Experience
The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering,
Computer Science, Information Technology, or related discipline, or
equivalent.
- 3 -5 years in database technology with
experience deploying data warehousing technologies (e.g., High
Availability, Data Warehousing, Backup, Partitioning, Online Data
replication) in production environments
- Oracle RDBMS 11g/12c OCP certification as well
as strong SQL and PLSQL skills including data warehouse objects such as
partitions and materialized views
- Skills in Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence,
OLAP, and Data mining as well Familiarity with ICT standards such as ITIL,
COBIT, and Proficiency in various operating systems like Unix, Linux,
windows.
- Thorough knowledge on data profiling, data
modeling and data validation and associated tools, Skills in Database
Sizing, Storage, Performance, and Security Considerations
- Strong analytical skills; ability to analyze
and correlate complex data and excellent knowledge on the Oracle
Technology stack as well as excellent knowledge of ICT system architectures,
platforms and Infrastructure
- Ability to effectively communicate complex
technical issues and exhibit a wide degree of creativity and latitude
coupled with the ability to lead and direct the work of others without the
benefit of a direct reporting relationship as well as the ability to
utilize independent judgment and to support senior managers on operational
criticality
- General awareness of the banking industry ICT
operations and security procedures.
How to Apply:
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number DBA/2/HRD/2015 by 17th December, 2015
Relationship Manager, Corporate Banking
Are you looking to expand your knowledge of corporate & commercial markets with a passion for delivering an outstanding customer experience?
Are you looking to expand your knowledge of corporate & commercial markets with a passion for delivering an outstanding customer experience?
If yes, The Co-operative Bank of
Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the ideal place to elevate you to the next career
level.
We are looking for a self-driven and experienced professional who do things differently and who will go an extra mile to make sure our clients have the best chance to succeed, to come and be part of our team of talented professionals to drive the Corporate Banking business for the Bank.
We are looking for a self-driven and experienced professional who do things differently and who will go an extra mile to make sure our clients have the best chance to succeed, to come and be part of our team of talented professionals to drive the Corporate Banking business for the Bank.
The role: Reporting to the Head - Corporate Banking, the role
holder will own and drive the Corporate Banking Proposition by developing and
overseeing the execution of strategic account plans aimed at growing
profitability through cross-selling the full range of Bank’s products and
services.
The successful jobholder will be expected to:
The successful jobholder will be expected to:
- Oversee the development and implementation of
strategic initiatives for marketing and selling Corporate banking products
with a focus on growing business volumes, customer base and income.
- Develop and implement initiatives for
maintaining strong relationships with existing customers as well as
develop new relationships that guarantee a portfolio of corporate
customers.
- Effectively and proactively manage the cost of
funds by mobilizing deposits from corporate banking clients as well as
developing and implementing initiatives that bring down the cost of doing
business within institutional banking department.
- Spearhead the formulation and implementation
of strategies, systems, policies and processes that guide and ensure
delivery of corporate banking business.
- Spearhead the development of products,
solutions and services that are tailored to meet Corporate banking client
needs and requirements.
- Demonstrate executive presence and authority over
Corporate banking matters in order to instill confidence in clients and
influence outcomes.
Qualifications, Skills &
Attributes
The successful jobholder will be
required to possess the following qualifications:-
- A Bachelor’s degree in a business related
field with at least 5 years’ banking experience in a relationship
management role.
- Must have worked in a team oriented
environment and with good relationship management skills.
- Excellent planning and organization skills as
well as excellent communication with the ability to set and meet stretch
targets and deadlines
- Result driven with a track record of
demonstrable networking, selling and influencing skills as well as ability
to identify new opportunities.
- Demonstrate solid awareness in operational risk
and quality while driving service excellence.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the
ability to build long term, high quality and trusted relationships.
How to apply:
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.keindicating the job reference number RM/1/CB/2015 by 17th December, 2015.
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.keindicating the job reference number RM/1/CB/2015 by 17th December, 2015.
Research Analyst – Kingdom Securities Limited
Are you a self-driven, highly motivated professional looking for an opportunity to jumpstart your career in the world of economics and Financial markets?
Are you a self-driven, highly motivated professional looking for an opportunity to jumpstart your career in the world of economics and Financial markets?
This position presents you with the
opportunity to grow and develop an exciting career that will allow you to
utilize your knowledge of the financial sector, investment services, capital
markets and all key relevant stake-holder and carry out in-depth analysis of
economic and industry dynamics.
If you are looking for an employer
who promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture
with a key focus on social empowerment, then look no further, Kingdom
Securities Ltd, a subsidiary of the Co-operative Bank of Kenya, is the place
for those looking to new horizon.
We are looking for a dynamic, creative and self-driven professional with strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in the financial markets.
We are looking for a dynamic, creative and self-driven professional with strong analytical skills, intellectual curiosity and a genuine interest in the financial markets.
The role holder will be responsible
for initiating and conducting research on companies, monitoring performance of
stocks and offering recommendations to investors on whether to buy or sell
particular financial instruments.
The role
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be expected to:
The role
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be expected to:
- Maintain a library of financial reports of all
listed companies as well as a database of financial market trading
statistics.
- Maintain information of key local and global
economies and markets and a library of key GOK publications.
- Carry out in-depth analysis of economic and
industry dynamics and participate in company research visits and attend
investor briefings.
- Undertake fundamental analysis of all listed
companies and provide investment recommendations to clients and also
undertake unquoted equity reviews and other investment reviews on client’s
request.
- Prepare investment recommendations on
financial instruments.
- Engage other market players in primary data
generation.
- Prepare regular analyst reports and ensure
timely circulation of research findings and reports to the relevant units.
- Maintain the Research Department filing
system.
Qualifications, Skills &
Attributes
The successful jobholder will be
required to possess the following qualifications:-
- Bachelor’s degree in a business, economics,
finance or related field.
- Has CFA qualification or other relevant
professional course, those who are candidates in the CFA program will also
be considered.
- A minimum of one year experience in an
investment firm or financial institution.
- Advanced Word, PowerPoint and Excel knowledge
with sound understanding of database architecture.
- Advanced accounting and financial modelling.
- Strong communication skills with ability to
exercise objective and independent thought.
- Innovative problem solving skills with
excellent analytical capability.
- Self-supervising – personally accountable for
the quality and accuracy of work.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates meeting the above criteria should forward an application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke by 17th December, 2015
Interested candidates meeting the above criteria should forward an application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke by 17th December, 2015
We are an equal opportunity employer.
Only the shortlisted candidates will
be contacted.
Please quote this reference on your
application: RA/02/HRD/2015