Finance Business Partner
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
are looking for professionals who combine finance expertise with business
acumen, who constructively challenge the business and provide valuable insight
to ensure optimal decision making outcomes.
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
are looking for a commercially-focused and self-driven experienced
professionals who will be the key liaison and a trusted financial advisor to
the business areas in supporting the strategic growth of the business through
the provision of financial analysis, profitability analysis and the analysis of
sales performance.
Responsibilities
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Drive performance improvement and
ensures excellent execution of business initiatives by providing insight and
advice in areas such as sales force effectiveness, customer and portfolio
profitability, pricing strategy and cost control.
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Establish and manage relationships
with business area, gaining an in depth understanding of the business areas and
its financial information needs thereby adding value to the business area.
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Provide input on budgeting and forecasting,
challenge cost and revenue drivers within sales meetings and make suggestions
to help improve the performance of the business.
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Drive business performance through
high quality actionable analysis, financial commentary and other communication
channels.
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Proactively challenge
decisions/proposals using business and commercial knowledge and aid the
business in understanding of key economic factors and cost drivers.
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Embed performance measurement of
financial and non-financial indicators (KPIs), identifying opportunities for
the development of management reports to meet business needs. Develop and
report financial and other performance measures (metrics) required by the
division.
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Guide and help develop the financial
business cases for all investment projects undertaken by the division and to
guide in the monitoring of benefits by gathering data and calculating costs,
benefits and returns.
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Provide support and analysis on a
range of technical issues in connection with the financial metrics/analytics
e.g. variance/trend analysis (actuals vs budget) makeup of specific costs etc.
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Challenge plans to commit costs,
identifying areas for cost efficiency and managing the speedy delivery of
benefit.
Qualifications
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A degree preferably in Business,
Finance or Commerce. CPA (K) or pursuing final stage qualification desired.
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Experience – 3 years and above in
Accounting, financial and/or management reporting and Business Analysis with 2
years’ additional experience in business partnering is preferred .
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Experience in carrying out
quantitative & qualitative analytical performance reviews on revenue, cost
and bank products coupled with a strategic perspective and ability to apply
analytics.
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Good knowledge of the finance
policies, budgeting guidelines and cost management procedures as well as the
Banking Act .
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Strong communication skills coupled
with good negotiation, presentation, facilitation and influencing skills.
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Grounded in strong analytical and
modelling capability to ensure support the wider business performance and insight
as required.
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High level of understanding of the
direct relationship between actuals, functional strategy and delivery to
targets.
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General awareness of the current
business trends and practices and good understanding of the financial services
industry.
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Experience – 3 years and above in
Accounting, financial and/or management reporting and Business Analysis.
Experience in business partnering is preferred .
How to Apply
If you fit the profile, then apply
today! Please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae
to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number FBP/FD/2018 as the subject of your email by 26th March, 2018.We are an equal opportunity employer.
Card Payments & E-Channels Support
Manager
To support business growth, the Bank is looking for a
talented and highly motivated individual to be part of our ICT team supporting
Card & E Channels.
Are you well experienced in Electronic Payments and
E-commerce technical environment? Do you possess hands-on Experience on Payment
& E-Channels systems? Consider this position at Co-operative Bank of Kenya.
Reporting to Head Card and E-Channels within ICT
Department the role holder will ensure that all Payment and E-Channels Systems
are efficiently managed by observing proper maintenance and administration,
uptime as well as system security to deliver business results and delightful
customer experience. The role holder will also provide technical support and
solutions to all system related issues and liaise with vendors to resolve.
Responsibilities
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Ensure that all payment and E-Channel
systems are available for use at all times i.e. uptime and efficiency to
deliver business results and a delightful customer experience.
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Provide solutions to all system
related problems or failures.
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Participate and carry out system
implementation, rollouts and upgrades and ensure maintenance of the required
system configuration, parameterization and change control procedures.
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Ensure that business systems are
protected and secure and that policies, procedures and guidelines for
information processing and outputs are well documented, details available and
well understood.
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Perform systems configurations to
ensure generation and maintenance of audit trails for any changes occurring in
sensitive databases are captured and secured
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Contribute to the department’s
achievement of a “Satisfactory” rating in both internal and external audit by
performing your role to the required standards and adhering to all internal
processes and procedures as per relevant manuals, policies and regulations of
the bank. Ensure generation and maintenance of audit trails for any changes
occurring in sensitive databases are captured and secured.
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Ensure that all risk management
requirements within your remit are addressed and where necessary escalated
through the available defined channels.
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Strict adherence to all regulations,
statutes, standards, practices and all internal processes and procedures as per
the relevant manuals and comply with all relevant external legislation and
regulations with regard to Compliance requirements.
Qualifications
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A Bachelor’s degree in an ICT related
field from a recognized university. Possession of a master’s degree will be an
added advantage. ITIL certification for service management is desired.
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At least 3-5 years’ management
experience in a competitive Electronic Payments and E-commerce environment.
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Hands on Experience on Payment &
E-Channels systems that is POS, ATM, Salary processing systems and E-commerce
and Cashless Transaction processing system). Knowledge of Electronic Card
processing and payments is desired.
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Knowledgeable in Windows and
Linux/IBM operating system as well as database skills in including Oracle
RDMS,MSSQL,MYSQL -E
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Possess knowledge in Web service
technologies like REST API,SOAP(XML),JSON etc. –E
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Logical, analytical and investigative
mind, together with creative abilities with an ability to handle complex
information with accuracy and attention to detail.
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Strong problem-solving skills with
high mathematical aptitude.
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Good team working and interpersonal
skills to enable working closely with staff at all levels throughout the
organization, including managers and IT specialists.
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 letter enclosing
detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.keindicating
the job reference number CPSM/SSD/2018 by 26th March,
2017.
We
are an equal opportunity employer.