Business Performance and Analytics Manager

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Industry: Banking
Description: Absa Bank Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited, providing personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, and bancassurance. Its parent company, Barclays Africa Group Limited, is 62.3% owned by Barclays… Absa Bank Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Barclays Africa Group Limited, providing personal and business banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, wealth and investment management, and bancassurance. Its parent company, Barclays Africa Group Limited, is 62.3% owned by Barclays Bank PLC and listed on the JSE Limited. The group was formed on 31 July 2013 through the combination of Absa Group Limited and Barclays’ African operations, and its name changed to Barclays Africa Group Limited on 2 August 2013. Registered head offices are in South Africa, and the group holds majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, and Tanzania. View more View less

Job Details

Job Type: Full Time
Workplace Type: On-site
Qualification: Diploma
Job Experience: Mandatory
Job Location: Nairobi County, Kenya
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Salary: Undisclosed
Other Pay: Benefits
Job Category: Information Technology

Job Description

Job Summary

  • Business Performance & Analytics Manager

Job Purpose

  • The role involves business performance analysis and finance business partnering to the card business (Issuing, POS Acquiring and ATM Acquiring). This is achieved by:
  • Providing data analysis and financial modelling support for key projects and decision making within the business.
  • Carrying out analysis, summarizing performance and preparing presentations of financial and non-financial performance.
  • Providing insightful financial reporting monthly.
  • This role requires strong organizational, communication and analytical skills.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

Accountability:  Business Performance Analysis

  • Preparation of end month business performance reports (P&L, Key Value Drivers, and card balance sheet)
  • Ad hoc requests from business leaders and portfolio managers
  • Collecting and packaging data into usable and user-friendly management information for the relevant teams and stakeholders in the card business
  • Continuously identifying opportunities to automate reports and to eliminate duplicate and manual report production
  • Analyzing trends within the business data to reduce risks, optimize performance of the business and inform People Function decisions.
  • Conducting Monthly reviews with the business for card business.

Accountability:  Finance Business Partnering

  • Working with card business holders as a consultant in finance related matters
  • GL reporting, maintenance, and reconciliations
  • Revenue and costs accruals monthly
  • Card P&L Management

Accountability:  Financial Control

  • Branch must maintain the look and feel as per the Absa bank standards.
  • To challenge plans to commit costs, identifying areas for cost efficiency and managing the delivery of benefits.
  • Support production of specific technical elements of Management Accounts including Regulatory Reporting, the provision of core ongoing accounting operations, chart of accounts, etc
  • To provide monthly cost performance reports to functions detailing actuals versus budget for their commentaries.

Accountability:  Strategy & Planning

  • Undertake key elements of strategic management activity, involving the identification of how value is created, destroyed, and driven in the function.
  • To support the business in it MTP/STP processes

Accountability:  Regulatory reporting

  • EIR inputs
  • CBK Portfolio Interest rates return (Table F
  • CBK NPS 02_Acquirers and Issuers
  • Interest rate spread
  • Quarterly Scheme returns

Preferred Qualification

  • Finance and data analysis related qualification

Preferred Experience

  • Data analysis, finance, business, and product management
  • Financial Modelling
  • Banking experience (particularly important for RBB Product Profitability role)
  • Good understanding of business strategic objectives
  • Part qualified/ newly qualified accountant (those training towards accounting qualifications will be considered.

Knowledge and Skills

  • Advanced excel
  • Financial modelling
  • Management accounting
  • Data analytics tools (SQL, Excel, and Power BI)
  • Product knowledge
  • Presentation and communication of complex information

Behavioural Competencies

  • Team player
  • Analysis and judgment
  • Proactive
  • Information gathering
  • Thoroughness
  • Business awareness
  • Persuasive
  • Good communication, report writing and presentation skills
  • Quality conscious
  • Adaptability

Technical Competencies

  • Strong Communication, Persuasion and Presentation
  • Project Managements
  • Financial Management
  • Performance Management
  • Strategy and Planning
  • Performance Management
  • Decision – making skills
  • PC Skills specifically using advanced Excel
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