Financial Systems Analyst
Description
Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is
to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and
economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that
maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12
million customers – the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is
seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below.
Financial Business
Intelligence and Analytics
- Provide
in depth information systems analysis and data mining capability to enable
extraction of information and building of analysis and dashboard that will
inform financial reporting and decisions.
Financial Information Systems
- Leads
from finance perspective development, implementation, and administration
of the organization’s financial information systems.
- Solve
business problems using information technology by identifying potential
solutions and assessing them for technical and business suitability
- Researches
and document financial record-keeping and reporting requirements and
ensures that systems are modified to meet these requirements.
- Establishes
best practices for financial systems use and ensures that these practices
are used throughout the group.
- Manages
financial information systems training
- Proactively
identify and propose scalable application features and functionality that
improves accounting process and overall user experience.
- Closely
work with other Finance and Accounting sections on diligently
troubleshooting and resolving systems issues
- Consolidate
all system issues that would otherwise have a materials impact on the
integrity and accuracy of financial information
- Understand
and articulate the operations of all financial information systems
ensuring system manuals and training guides are in place.
- Ensuring
that any adhoc reports not published or available from the front end are
provided to users on a timely basis
- Assist
in generation of bulk reports especially during Audit through query
running using SQL and other tools provided
- Monitoring
of system suspense accountsTechnology
budgets and spend
- Drive
business growth by optimizing IT spending and investments to align to
business strategy.
- Track
and report technology investments across business operations, incremental
business change, and business innovation.
- Understand
and analyze the long-term total cost of ownership of innovation investments
- Identify
opportunities for digitization, build a business case for each and define
the needed investments and cost savings
- Allocating
technology cost to drive value generation and finding equilibrium between
bottom-line operational efficiencies and top-line revenue growth.
Qualification
Job knowledge and
experience
- Bachelor’s
degree in Computer Science or related field
- Minimum
3 years in a similar capacity
- Knowledge
in computer applications for data mining, data modelling, data
visualization and data manipulation languages
- Structured
Query Language
- Oracle
Database
- Oracle
Business Intelligence
- Microsoft
Power BI
- Knowledge
in Data Warehouse concepts
- Advanced
Microsoft Excel knowledge
- Advanced
formulas and functions
- Microsoft
visual basic for applications
- Ability
to analyze, model and interpret data.
- Financial
data analysis and reporting
Skills
- Problem
solving skills
- Written
and verbal communication
- Ability
to work in a team
- Presentation
skills
- Attention
to detail
- Investigative
and inquisitive mind
How to Apply
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Closing Date
Feb 23, 2023
