Vacancies at KCB Bank Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide support for all Middleware/integration platforms and/or java container related issues and triage application issues as related to the J2EE container.
• Implementing high availability, fault tolerant strategies, and load balancing based on IBM Integration Bus suite of products capabilities.
• Manage middleware environments and provide support to application support and business teams. The job holder will also participate in quality assurance activities for integration related solutions before they are transitioned to production.
• Work independently and collaboratively with other support teams to troubleshoot integration platforms, server performance issues and tune the environment based on findings so as to achieve desired outcomes.
• Provide detailed incident reports and root cause analysis and suggest workarounds / interventions and/or solutions for recurring issues affecting Middleware applications. Continuously devise or modify procedures to solve complex and recurrent problems and maintaining a knowledge base of the known problems and solutions.
• Periodic or adhoc patching of the middleware application environments - applying maintenance updates such as fix packs to the broker/integration nodes and ensuring the whole environment is up to date in relation to patching.
• Monitoring all Middleware application environments - transactions, services, files transfers, operating system, database health and the environment in general and issue periodic consumable health status of the environment.
• Manage/action service requests raised directly or escalated to the middleware & integration support team and within the pre-determined SLA
• Maintain an up to date detailed configuration matrix for all middleware services and the integration landscape / environment.
• Creating a disaster recovery plan with run book and periodic planning for disaster recovery tests. Perform backup and recovery of the Middleware applications, and also effectively support resolution of any post recovery issues. Maintaining the DR environment in ready state. In collaborations with other teams invoke fail over activities to the DR.

The Person

For the above position, the successful applicant should have the following: 

• At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role. 
• Bachelor’s Degree in IT/CS or Technical related field of study. 
• Master’s Degree in Technical or Business Related is added advantage 

Required Specific Experience:

• At least 3 years’ experience and technical knowledge in specialty area of ESB - SOA and web services concepts and integration technologies.
• At least 5 years’ experience with strong fundamental knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems.
• At least 5 years RDBMS experience working with large and high-performance databases (Oracle certification).
• 3 years’ experience with messaging systems preferably IBM MQ and messaging concepts and technologies is desired. 
• 3 years’ experience working with Linux systems administration, shell scripting, networking, storage and security concepts for different integration technologies is desired. 

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Key Responsibilities

• Liaise with departments to carry out compliance risk events data collection, analysis and preparation of reports including recommendations to mitigate all non-compliance exposures.
• Carry out status and performance reviews and ensure compliance with BAU compliance responsibilities for KCB Investment Bank.
• Plan, monitor, support organization of Compliance, Reputational risk and Ethics compliance policies standards training across the departments.
• Review of BAU activities to oversee reputational risk, compliance, ethics and operational, processes and procedures, reporting any findings to the Senior Manager, Risk & Compliance and KCB Group Head, Compliance & Ethics and giving recommendations for improvements.
• Maintaining continuous engagement with departments to carry out compliance risk monitoring, analysis and reporting on New Products, and Projects.
• Maintain monitoring and tracking of Reputational Risk & Ethics Incidents and Facilitate training.
• Review industry rules and regulations ensuring Capital Market Authority, Nairobi Securities Exchange & Central Depository Settlement Corporation regulatory requirements are compiled with and/or operationalized in the business.
• Continuously monitor changes in the regulatory framework and ensure that contractual documents, policies and procedures are up to date and comply with those changes/ reviews.
• Monitor all Advisory, Brokerage and Wealth Management transactions and advise on their potential adverse implications for KCB Investment Bank while ensuring the implementation of mitigating strategies.
• Continuously review and confirm that all Risks (Credit, Market, Legal and Operational Risks) affecting the Business have been identified, assessed and controlled.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with all regulatory and obligatory reporting requirements within the stipulated timelines.
• Monitor the Unit’s Risk Register & KRIs; calculation of Risk Based Capital as per CMA requirements.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Business related degree from an institution recognized by Commission for Higher Education.
• Professional qualification in ACCA / CPA (K) / CFA / AKIB or MBA is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in Financial Services Industry; 3 years’ of which must have been in compliance, monitoring & reporting as per CMA, NSE & CDSC regulatory requirements.
• Appreciation of Risk Management with thorough knowledge of Advisory, Brokerage, Wealth Management / Investment Banking products & services; internal controls, operations and regulatory environment
• Team player with demonstrated work ethics; consistently demonstrates a high level of professionalism.
• Effective prioritization skills to meet a complex set of business demands and demonstrate delivery against multiple objectives.
• Assertive, self-motivated with desire to succeed in a fast-paced financial services environment.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: NOT MORE THAN 10 OF THE MOST TYPICAL

• Lead the development, customization, deployment, and maintenance of the reliable and scalable test automation frameworks for all systems and applications.
• Perform Unit Testing, API Testing, Integration Testing, system testing and automated regression testing and collaborate with developers to conduct end-to-end defect analysis and resolution of defects, and in reviewing test results for maximum test coverage.
• Lead the modelling and execution of non-functional tests such as performance, load, stress, security, operational acceptance, business continuity testing and chaos engineering, and ensures that solutions meet the minimum baseline standards and benchmarks before deployment to production. 
• Formulate non-functional test strategies which includes decomposing the business and technical requirements into test scenarios, defining test data requirements, managing test case creation, devising contingencies plans and other testing preparation activities.
• Lead formal reviews of test plans, designs, test scenarios, test cases, test scripts and requirements documents with cross-functional teams for both functional and non-functional testing to ensure maximum test coverage while championing the discipline of test-driven development in the organization.
• Participate in Continuous integration (CI) / Continuous Development (CD) delivery models, create execution pipelines and integrate automation scripts into CI/CD pipeline.
• Work with the production and software engineering teams in supporting solution deployments and in resolving low level post deployment systems issues.
• Participate in solution architecture and design discussions and reviews both logical and physical deployment architectures to ensure that the key solution architecture attributes are incorporated.
• Coach and mentor QA Engineers in test automation best practices, frameworks and SDET discipline.
• Management and maintenance of Test Environments on premise and on the cloud platforms.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Academic & Professional

Education  

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study    RQ
• Professional Qualifications    ISTQB / ISTQB Agile Tester Certification / Certified Test Engineer (CSTE) / Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) / Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST) / CMSQ (Certified Manager of Software Quality)    RQ     
• Project Management    PRINCE II (Practitioner) / AgilePM / PMI-ACP / Certified Agile Project Manager (IAPM) / Certified Scrum Master (CSM)    AA     
• Master’s Degree    Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or a related field of study or Business Administration or Project Management    AA

Experience

Total Minimum No of Years’ Experience Required

6 years

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[5]

• Years of progressive experience in Information Technology with focus on Business Analysis or Architecture or Software Development or Quality Assurance    6    ES
• Technical Software Quality Assurance    4    ES
• Experience in Software Testing Automation with any one of the following tools: Selenium Web driver/Katalon Studio/Robot Framework/REST Assured/Cucumber, and HP Load Runner/JMeter    3    ES
• Agile methodology, software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.    3    ES
• Experience in Software Development    2    ES
• Experience in DevOps, Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery concepts (CI / CD)    2    ES
• Experience in Software Applications & Support     2    DE
• Experience with Emerging Technologies (e.g., Cloud, Microservices etc)     2     DE
   

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collect, classify, analyze and document business requirements and functional specifications as per set standards and work with the business units in the development/reviewing/translating of User Requirement Specifications into a baseline Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and building Functional and Solution Design Documents (FDDs/SDDs).
• Leads project teams and vendors to drive the business needs and expectations by ensuring business intent is well understood and delivered.
• Review and validate test basis documents, test cases, test strategy documents for accuracy, coverage and conformity to requirements.
• Participate in execution and coordination of various levels of functional and non-functional testing including system, user acceptance and regression tests.
• Confirm & ensure business process and solution documentation.
• Ensure the project is in compliance with risk and data protection standards.
• Collaboratively develop and review Business Cases, Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQs) for technology acquisitions and solutions delivery, vendor evaluation documents and plans, and participate in technical and functional evaluation of bids for new systems and solutions.
• Promote proper release planning, guaranteeing successful solution deployments and adherence to business needs and priorities.
• Participate in innovation to improve products and services.
• Mentor, coach and grow staff within business analysis function.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Academic & Professional

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study    RQ
• Professional Qualifications    ITIL Foundation / TOGAF / Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)     RQ     
• Project Management    PRINCE II (Practitioner) / AgilePM / PMI-ACP / Certified Agile Project Manager (IAPM) / Certified Scrum Master (CSM)    AA     
• Master’s Degree    Business Administration or Project Management     AA     

Experience

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[5]

• Progressive experience in Information Technology     6    ES
• Business analysis and architecture.     4    ES
• IT Projects     4    ES
• Emerging Technologies (e.g. Mobile, Internet Banking, Cloud, Microservices etc)     2    ES
• Systems & Applications Support     2    DE

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads project teams and vendors to drive the business needs and expectations by ensuring business intent is well understood and delivered.
• Manage business relationships with different business areas and liaise with other sections/departments in the delivery of services and projects as well as maintain good working relations between the solution engineeringteams and all stakeholders.
• Review and validate test basis documents, test cases, test strategy documents for accuracy, coverage and conformity to requirements.
• Manage and execute various levels of functional and non-functional testing including system, user acceptance and regression tests.
• Generate process and solution documentation that clarifies and validates how the organization utilizes business systems to meet business requirements.
• Working and aligning with the risk, compliance, and data protection teams to complete new products and services risk assessments and ensure services reach the bank’s risk and compliance standards.
• Collaboratively develop and review Business Cases, Request for Proposals (RFPs), Request for Quotations (RFQs) for technology acquisitions and solutions delivery, vendor evaluation documents and plans, and participate in technical and functional evaluation of bids for new systems and solutions.
• Promote proper release planning, guaranteeing successful solution deployments and adherence to business needs and priorities.
• Participate in innovation to improve delivered products and services and to explore new technologies and their applications to the enterprise space.
• Mentor, coach and grow staff within business analysis function.

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Academic & Professional

Education  

•  Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field of study    RQ
• Professional Qualifications    ITIL Foundation/ Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)/ TOGAF Certification    RQ     
• Project Management    PRINCE II (Practitioner) / AgilePM / PMI-ACP / Certified Agile Project Manager (IAPM) / Certified Scrum Master (CSM)    AA     
• Master’s Degree    Business Administration or Project Management     AA     

Experience

Detail    Minimum No of Years    Need Type[5]

• Progressive experience in Information Technology     6    ES
• Business Analysis and Architecture.     4    ES
• IT Projects    4    ES
• T24 System Support & Maintenance     2    DE
• Temenos T24 Core Banking System Implementations/Upgrades/ Enhancements    3    ES
• Experience in T24 design and architecture, product upgrades, configurations/parameters required for customizing the T24 to accommodate business requirements.    3    ES
• Knowledge in Accounting & Finance behaviour of T24 and experience and supporting GL reconciliation/corrections.    3    ES
• Knowledge and experience in Temenos T24 Design Studio, Integration & interaction frameworks, TAFC/TAFJ run time environments and Temenos Web Services (TWS/IRIS).    3    ES
• Knowledge of agile development methodologies using the Sprint/Scrum methodology of agile applied in IT Projects and Temenos Implementation Methodology as applied in Temenos T24 Implementation projects    3    ES
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Linux/Unix Operating Systems.    3    ES
• Experience working in a fast-paced agile environment.    3    ES

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Preparation of Group quarterly, and annual regulatory, and integrated reports in full compliance with regulatory, statutory and International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Ensuring quarterly and annual integrated reporting complies with the Group financial reporting framework.
• Implementation and driving Group compliance in ESG reporting, TFCD, GRI and CBK climate reporting requirements.
• Monitor country adoption and drive the Group towards implementation of IFRS S1, and IFRS S2, on disclosure requirements on sustainability reporting, and climate related financial disclosures.
• Coordination external review of sustainability reporting, review and approval and subsequent consolidation into the annual integrated report.
• Preparation of quarterly and annual board papers on Group financial performance and corresponding regulatory filings and publications for timely review and approval.
• Submission and follow up with regulators on quarterly and annual financial reports. Filling group financial returns to regulators (CMA, NSE, CBK) on time.
• In liaison with corporate communications, ensure timely publishing of the group quarterly financial results, and design and publishing of annual integrated report.
• In liaison with corporate communication, and investor relations, review publications to ensure financial information aligns to approved financial statements.
• Review of newly issued IFRSs, assessment of the reporting disclosure requirements thereof and drafting of implementation roadmap for review and approval. 
• Assessment of internal technical capacity gaps on meeting requirements on new IFRSs and providing recommendations for sourcing of external technical support

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

The preferred candidate will meet the following criteria:

• A Bachelor's degree in a business related field from a recognized institution.
• A qualified Public Accountant (CPA)
• A minimum of 7 years experience in finance management, including specific experience in the following areas:
  • Financial and management reporting
  • Preparation of integrated reports
  • Preparation of sustainability reports
  • IFRS reporting
  • Financial analysis and performance management
  • Stakeholder management
• Have strong competencies in risk, compliance and finance systems

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide support during month end closing activities, open/close periods, ledgers and subledgers.  
• Review and follow up with IT to ensure data synchronization across finance systems (Oracle fusion, ARRO, EPBC, EDWH) with daily updates.
• Review and in liaison with IT ensure data integrity and completeness of records for correct financial reporting.
• Collate finance systems issues and work with IT and system vendors for timely resolutions.
• Updating finance system process documentation and working with system users to enhance efficiency in the operation of financial Systems. 
• Training of finance users on finance system usage to drive optimum system usage, self-service reporting to minimize out of the system data extractions.
• Gathering user report requirement, designing, testing and deployment of user reports.
• Supporting users on reports and processing queries.
• Enhancing data visualization capabilities in all finance systems. Driving integration of finance systems and visualizations like MS Power-Bi Business Objects etc

MINIMUM POSITION QUALIFICATIONS

The preferred candidate will meet the below criteria:

• A Bachelor's degree in a Technology or business related field.
• Professional qualification in Oracle system, preferably Oracle Cloud certification
• At least 4 years experience in finance systems administration, including experience in the following areas:
  • Oracle ERP functional administration
  • Proficient in data analytics tools e.g.  EDWH, SQL, SAP BI, POWER BI
  • Stakeholder management
  • Experience in finance systems upgrade or implementation is an added advantage
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications