Corporate Finance Ratings Officer at United Bank for Africa (UBA)

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Financial Planning in driving capital, funding, and other strategic initiatives.
• Coordinate the yearly rating exercise with various stakeholders.
• Liaise with the bank’s rating agencies to ensure prompt closure of outstanding requests.
• Engage with GFI team to ensure all outstanding financial information request from lenders are promptly attended to.
• Periodic review of the Bank and Group’s financial ratios to ensure compliance with various financial covenants with 3rd parties and verify that there is no breach.
• Perform monthly review of the balance sheet across entities with a view to driving increases in earning assets and reduction in non-earning assets.
• Undertake price-volume analysis of assets and liabilities across Group entities and recommend optimal mix.
• Support the Team Lead Balance Sheet Management in the preparation of ALCO, GALCO, and other required reports.

Qualifications

• First Degree in Accounting or any Social Science
• Professional qualification- ICAN/ACCA or CFA
• 4-8 years related experience.

Candidate'c Profile:

• Our ideal candidate must have an understanding of the macroeconomic environment and its impact on the banking industry, good knowledge of the bank’s policies and procedures.
• Must have excellent analytical skills, pay attention to details, have good communication skills (Written & Oral), good understanding of accounting principles.

Knowledge & Skills Required:

• An understanding of the macroeconomic environment and its impact on the banking industry
• Knowledge of financial markets.
• Extensive knowledge of the bank’s policies and procedures
• Accounting principles
• Excellent interpretation of business needs into operational requirements.
• Good Understanding of the Nigerian Banking Industry.
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• Knowledge of CBN’s policies and the business environment
• Accounting Policies and Standards
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.

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 ability to work under pressure and ability to work with a wide variety of people and maintain 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.