Business Analyst at United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Responsibilities

• Manage treasury relationship with Group Finance.
• Preparation of monthly liquidity projections and analysis for subsidiaries.
• Monitor the intragroup funding and capital requests, including pricing and tax concerns.
• Provide leadership in the execution, management and reporting of short and long-term strategic financial objectives for the Bank’s African Subsidiaries.
• Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance & Accounting functions in the subsidiaries.
• Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities in the subsidiaries.
• Evaluate and advise Executive Management on the impact of long-range planning, the introduction of new strategies and regulatory actions in the Subsidiaries.
• Ensure that the people, technology, policies and process in all the Financial Control Functions in African Subsidiaries are in line with the approved Group Finance Governance Policy.
• Manage the processes of financial forecasting, budget consolidation and reporting in the subsidiaries.
• Manage the Financial and Regulatory Audit for African Subsidiaries.
• Proactively lead the development and implementation of comprehensive and sustainable cost optimization initiatives for the African Subsidiaries.
• Ensure that all subsidiaries develop a robust MIS reporting framework to drive business performance.
• Standardize business performance reporting across all subsidiaries.
• Develop subsidiary capacity to provide insights to drive the business.
• Engender the credibility of Subsidiary Finance Teams by ensuring timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and forecasts for the Executive management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in any field
• Masters’ Degree or a professional qualification will be an advantage
• 4-8 years experience in finance and cost management in the banking industry.

Candidate's Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have good knowledge of Business and Financial Analysis, Performance Management, and a good understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• Business and financial analysis 
• Performance management 
• Excellent interpretation of the bank’s aspirations into measurable details. 
• Good understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry. 
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment 
• Excellent oral and communications skill
• Advanced interpersonal and conflict management skills
• Excellent listening skill

What We Expect From You:

• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and responsibility.
• Highly organised, proactive, ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks assigned.
• Team player with the ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain an excellent business relationship.
• High sense of confidentiality and discreteness.

What You Should Expect From Us:

• Our corporate culture is defined by our core values. We do not just train our people to be the best in the job, we also offer encouragement, recognition, and rewards.
• Whatever level you are at in your career, we offer plenty of opportunities and support to build a rewarding career at UBA.
• Here in UBA, our employees are our greatest assets and so we built a recognition and reward system that boosts productivity and enhances staff retention, instituting a culture of meritocracy.