Finance Business Partner Lead at First Bank

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• To facilitate periodic performance review sessions (Monthly/Quarterly Performance Reviews)
• To analyse, report and generate business insights on products, channels, customers, branches and Customer Profitability Reports) in the business areas of oversight.
• To conduct competitive benchmarking, environmental scanning and analysis to generate business insight and actionable recommendations for performance improvement.
• To identify and assess MIS issues affecting the business and ensure their timely resolution.
• To facilitate the implementation and maintenance of an effective MIS (Management Information System) reporting application that is accurate and fair in presenting business performance.
• To ensure the integrity and completeness of accounts segmentation and ownership.
• Review, analyze and privide insight on all performance reports/analytics and business insight required to monitor the BU performance, across channels, products, customers, locations etc.
• Maintain an accurate, creditable and reliable MIS (Management Information System) system for the SBU performance reporting and ensure the integrity of account segmentation & ownership 
• Monitor and review the SBUs performance against budget, historical trend, and competition, provide appropriate insight to support required action and make recommendations for business improvement 
• Deliver all performance reports and analytics required to monitor the BU performance, across channels, products, customers, locations etc.
• Facilitate periodic performance review sessions in the SBU overseen.
• Drive and implement perfromance improvement and cost optimization initiatives.
• Support the SBUs in crafting, defending and cascading their budgets and forecasts.
• Participate in budgeting exercise to ensure adequate inputs and sensible assumptions by the budgeting team.
• Support the establishment of clear, fair and measurable performance metrics, targets and accountabilities for all functions in the area of oversight.
• Facilitate engagements on scorecards and other performance initiatives.
• Facilitate performance clinic sessions with under-performing Group Heads, Business Development Managers and Business Managers and offer advise and guidance to improve business performance
• Deliver periodic individual performance reports using Balanced Scorecard framework and resolve all issues arising from Scorecards, MIS and Budget within the BUs
• Identify and drive processes for efficiency improvement and provide decision support to the Group Executives in the SBUs as may be required from time to time
• Drive resolution of conflicts arising from scorecards, MIS, expense control, budget of SRF/SBUs 
• Engage Executives, Heads of Departments, Group Heads, Business Development Managers on their scorecard and performance issues and supervise all other individual scorecard engagements and resolutions.
• Facilitate enlightenment/training sessions on scorecards and other performance initiatives.
• Facilitate inter-departmental engagements between SBUs and SRFs as may be required to drive business process efficiency or performance improvement
• Identify and implement process effectiveness and efficiency improvement initiatives
• Act as Head of Department in the absence of Head, Business Performance Monitoring
• Maintain the Security of all Information entrusted to the staff.
• Any other responsibilities as may be assigned by Head, BPM

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education 

• First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Science or Engineering.
• Master’s Degree/Professional certification in Accounting or Finance (FCA, CFA or similar professional qualifications).

Experience 

Minimum Experience:

• Experience in MIS (Management Information System).
•  Proficiency in Microsoft office suite and leading analytics tools, SQL, etc.
• Experience in Finance or Accounting.
• Minimum of 17 years’ relevant experience, in MIS, Finance or accounting role, including at least 7 years in a similar managerial role.