Head, Business Performance at KCB Bank Kenya

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the financial modelling activity for strategic business opportunities, and initiatives using a range of modelling and scenario building tools, ensuring rigorous testing of assumptions and risks to aid high quality decision making by the business. 
• Develop and implement processes for business planning, enterprise budgeting, enterprise performance monitoring and analysis, financial modelling and post investment review. 
• Oversee the business planning and budgeting cycle, including budget development as well as periodic performance reviews with business unit wide reforecasting. 
• Together with the business unit leaders, undertake thorough strategic and tactical commercial analysis of business opportunities and threats. 
• Draw reliable and timely financial and non-financial data and information together from a range of sources and provide thorough analysis, insights and options to enable the business to make sound decisions. 
• Design and deliver ad hoc performance reporting and analytics for a range of business requirements, with a focus on the key drivers of value in the enterprise. 
• Building a performance management culture through implementation of robust budgets, metrics and corporate targets. 
• Review of IFRS9 model outputs, impairment drivers, and translating these for insights to business teams in a non-technical manner to inform business decisions.
• Review of investment spend and operating costs for opportunities to extract cost efficient initiatives and inform return on investments. 
• Ensure timely and quality board and senior management performance packs.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

The preferred candidate will meet the below minimum criteria:

• Hold a Bachelor's degree from a recognized institution. A Master's degree is an added advantage.
• Is a Certified Public Accountant (CPAK)  or equivalent qualification
• Has at least 8 years experience in the finance field, with specific management experience in the following areas:
  • Financial Analysis & business performance management, including expert use in business intelligence solutions, eg. EDWH, SQL, SAP BI, Power BI
  • Business Partnering
  • Stakeholder management of senior and multi-disciplinary stakeholders
  • Managing a team at various levels of finance expertise