Do you possess extensive experience in leading transformative data and analytics reporting with a focus in revenue assurance?
You have strong financial acumen and
a solid understanding of business processes and information flow in the banking
sector?
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 The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.
We are looking to place a dynamic,
creative and self –driven experienced professional with a wide degree of
creativity and latitude, with a keen interest in revenue assurance &
analytics.
This position presents you with the
opportunity to grow and develop an impressive career that will allow you to
implement analytical approaches and methodologies in performing key business
analytics for the Bank, geared towards ensuring revenue assurance.
As the role-holder, you will be expected to manage revenue assurance activities across the business in order to continuously identify and mitigate financial risks within revenues, margins and cash flows while identifying and delivering opportunities and solutions to improve performance.
As the role-holder, you will be expected to manage revenue assurance activities across the business in order to continuously identify and mitigate financial risks within revenues, margins and cash flows while identifying and delivering opportunities and solutions to improve performance.
This role will involve the use of
Information systems and will focus on the technical and business aspects of
revenue assurance and will maintain an end-to-end view of all customer related
revenue processes across the bank, and assess/mitigate risk in this area.
The Role
Specifically, the successful
jobholder will be required to:
- Import, clean, transform, validate or model
data with the purpose of understanding or making conclusions from the data
for decision making purposes through Continuous Audit and Continuous
Controls Monitoring, Exception reporting, Business Intelligence, Spend
Analytics, Wastage Analytics, Dashboarding using Interactive Data
Exploration & Analysis (IDEA) software, Caseware Monitor, Excel, SQL,
Qlik.
- Analyze data analysis requests obtained from
management to determine operational problems define data modeling
requirements, gathering and validating information, applying judgment and
statistical tests and developing data structures to support the generation
of business insights and strategy.
- Providing analytical thought leadership and
analyzing large pools of data to discover trends, patterns, or
correlations that will solve business problems and create opportunities of
maximizing profitability and ensuring high quality business analytics.
- Ensure innovative and interactive utilization
of appropriate analytical and risk management concepts to ensure an
independent and objective assurance on effectiveness of the internal
control environment.
- Identify opportunities to use data to develop
new strategies and improve business performance and utilize knowledge of
mathematical modeling and other optimization methods to perform
quantitative and qualitative data analysis.
- Perform diagnostic reviews on the revenue
assurance processes by identifying and eliminating potential revenue
leakage areas by way of providing an end to end reconciliation of the
various revenue lines.
- Utilize techniques for independent checks on
the accuracy and completeness of data for revenue assurance adequacy.
- Drive a culture of operational revenue
assurance across the business from product creations to revenue analysis,
engaging and influencing all stakeholders who impact or are impacted by
the revenue process.
- Undertake platform integrity assurance to
identify all problems in the revenue recognition chain, enabling the
subsequent correction and prevention of the causes by making leakage and
losses visible so they can be consequently controlled.
- Map and implement control routines for all
revenue affecting activities including discounts, adjustment and
promotions as well as lead efforts to develop policies and procedures that
streamline revenue assurance processes.
- Assess all risk impacts and implement
effective controls into new and existing products, promotions and
services.
- Lead the revenue assurance team to deliver
high quality, timely and robust assurance activities, including
monitoring, assessing and auditing across the bank’s products and
technology solutions.
Desired Skills and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance,
Engineering, Mathematics, Science, Information Technology, Business
Administration or a related quantitative analytical field.
- In- depth knowledge of banking industry
technology and data landscape with proven experience in a similar position
in a complex organizational set up e.g. financial services, telecoms,
insurance.
- Experience in quantitative and qualitative
data analysis; data modelling; developing reports; Teradata or similar
relational database tool; SQL, SAS, or UNIX programming to formulate
mathematical or simulation models as well as professional accounting
qualification such as CPA(K) or its equivalent.
- Proven ability to lead and manage a team to
deliver multiple and complex results, build effective relationships
internally and externally to accomplish team goals and improve revenue
assurance, prioritize tasks, work with schedules and manage resources
while remaining focused on key goals & deal effectively with
differences of opinion and conflict management.
- Is able to impact and influence at a senior
level and execute complex analysis and formulate methodologies that cover
key technical revenue leakage drivers.
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 the job reference number RAAM/FS/2016 by 10th February, 2016.
Vendor Relationship Manager - ICT
Are you looking for an employer who
promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with
a key focus on social empowerment?
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The
Kingdom Bank” is the place for those looking to new horizons.
We seek highly motivated professionals with experience of creating and managing procurement within a corporate environment and with the ability to prioritize, manage and negotiate on contracts.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Vendor Relationship Manager to join our ICT team.
We seek highly motivated professionals with experience of creating and managing procurement within a corporate environment and with the ability to prioritize, manage and negotiate on contracts.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Vendor Relationship Manager to join our ICT team.
Reporting to the Chief Information
Officer, the Vendor Relationship Manager will be responsible for building and
managing relationships with those who supply ICT products and services to the
Bank, ensuring that vendors meet or exceed their contractual obligations and
also ensuring that Bank obligations with vendors are executed with all due
diligence and within prescribed SLAs.
The ideal candidate should have
extensive technical knowledge of hardware appliances, software contracts,
project management skills, and supplier relationship management.
The Role
The Role
Specifically, the successful
jobholder will be required to:
- Evaluate potential suppliers using developed
and agreed criteria to support alignment and understanding of the
expectations and requirements of engagement.
- Manage the effectiveness of the vendors
accordingly to ensure the achievement of business objectives and outcomes,
performance criteria and targets are achieved, ensuring maximum value
realized from suppliers on a consistent basis.
- Monitor and report on the performance of
selected vendors to ensure delivery in line with contractual obligations
and performance metrics.
- Manage outward communication to vendors to
facilitate understanding and awareness of organizational strategic
direction, changes and challenges.
- Negotiate a comprehensive service provision
that will deliver greater efficiencies for ICT products and services to
the point of operation delivering business value.
- Act as a central point of contact and
escalation point for vendor/stakeholder issues and coordinate, control and
resolve issues/problems by devising alternative courses of action and
contingency plans including innovative approaches.
- Ensure all ICT Services and products are
supported by valid contracts and manage a portfolio of contracts by
tracking contract milestones while liaising with procurement partners to
review, report on and revise contractual agreements as necessary.
- Liaise with Legal team to develop and manage
contracts with suppliers to meet key performance indicators and agreed
targets.
- Be responsible for the liaison between the
Bank and designated ICT supplier(s). This will involve carrying out
benchmarking and making use of supplier performance data to ensure that
supplier performance is properly monitored and regularly reviewed.
- Manage and implement vendor related contract
extensions, significant orders, procurement, billing and undertake
reporting responsibilities for these activities.
- Undertake strategic analysis, including
research into suppliers, markets and product and service categories, to
inform and develop commercial strategy and sourcing plans as well as
focusing on continuous improvement of product and service provisions
respective to budget where possible.
- Advise on policy and procedures covering the
selection of suppliers, tendering, and procurement.
Desired Skills and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business related field/Supply
Management from a recognized university with a Diploma in Purchasing &
Supplies or Advanced Certificate in Purchasing & Supplies.
- 3+ years of procurement experience directly
managing the IT hardware and software spend category within a large organization
and with a successful track record.
- Strong ability to build relationships across
functions and at leadership levels.
- Ability to aggressively take the lead on
implementation of savings opportunities that affect numerous lines of
business.
- Ability to clearly communicate strategy, plans
and issues across the organization by developing business cases,
presentations & stakeholder communications.
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 VRM/ICT/2016 by 10th February, 2016.
We are an equal opportunity employer.
