Business Performance and Analytics Manager

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Job Summary

To provide specialist advise and support in the maintenance and analysis of financial data to provide accurate reports and information to relevant business stakeholders, through the execution of predefined objectives as per agreed SOPs.
Contribute to the understanding and challenge of business performance driven by the Finance Business Partner. To support the Business Partner community by:
• Providing data analysis and financial modeling 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 including forecasts and daily reports
• Post implementation reviews on projects in the bank
This requires strong organizational, communication and analytical skills.

Job Description

Key accountabilities/Deliverables/Outcomes

Accountability:  Business Performance Management

Insightful reporting and Data Management

• Conduct data cleaning and pre-processing tasks to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Develop and implement statistical models to analyze and interpret complex data sets.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify business problems and develop data-driven solutions.
• Create visualizations and dashboards to communicate insights and findings to stakeholders.
• Perform exploratory data analysis to identify trends and patterns in data.
• develop and maintain machine learning models to automate decision-making processes.
• Participate in data governance and data management initiatives to ensure data quality and security.
• Critically review output to ensure that it is a sufficient standard in terms of both presentation and accuracy.
• Continuously review processes and deliverables to find more efficient means of production and more effective means of presentation.
• Provide ad hoc analysis and management information in a timely manner.
• Production of the Daily P&L with insights.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences through presentations and reports.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in data science and machine learning.

Accountability:  Post implementation reviews

• Manage the Entire PIR cycle from initial engagement with stakeholders to reporting to CMC.
• Ensure that projects are reviewed 6months post go live date.
• Assessment of projects post implementation to establish future learnings
• Collaborate with product teams to get inputs into the PIR’s.
• Facilitate clarification calls and maintain effective communication channels.
• Assign tasks set priorities to ensure effective reporting to CMC on PIRs

Role/person specification

Qualification

• Bachelor’s degree in actuarial science/data science/Math’s and Professional Qualifications
• Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills to enable financial and operational analysis and interpretation.
• Ability to assimilate, interpret and communicate complex financial analysis to non-financial people.

Experience

• Detailed knowledge of data analysis tools (Python, SQL, Excel)
• Detailed knowledge of data visualization tools (Power BI, Excel, Tableau)
• Knowledge and skills on power point presentations
• An ability to acquire skills quickly to interrogate systems,
• Good communication skills, particularly the ability to analyze and summarize large amounts of data and present in a concise and readily understood format. 
• Good understanding of key banking account lines and drivers (Income, staff costs, recharges, depreciation, etc.)

Absa Bank Kenya is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

***Application Deadline – 11th February 2025***

Education

Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Financial Sciences (Required)