Job Openings at Meristem Securities Limited

Job Summary

• Support the Head of Accounts in provision of full financial and management accounting services to the Management, especially, MD/CEO. Manage and safeguard the company's finance and financial resources.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate back office responsibilities as in a responsible and reliable manner
• Effective Coordination of the Accounts Department with the aim of ensuring seamless flow of operations and generate relevant and timely information for the decision making process of the company.
• Ensure adequate record keeping (efficient filing system), book keeping, and posting of transactions on a daily basis and maintenance of all relevant ledger accounts.
• Banking liaison functions including daily banking of all instruments received.
• Evaluate the performance of various types of banking relationships and make recommendations regarding the improvement of such relationships for effectiveness and efficiency of operations;
• Conduct a daily reconciliation of all accounts maintained with the third parties such as banks, brokers, insurance companies; A daily report of such positions must be forwarded to the Managing Director, copying the Heads of Units
• Generate weekly and monthly bank reconciliation statements.
• Ensure client's transaction are posted real time into their cash accounts
• Review procedural and document flow charts relating to the unit operations with a view to improving efficiency and effectiveness;
• Assist in the production of periodic budgets for planning purposes
• Monitor company's budget with respect to the actual performance and the production of periodic budget variance analysis statements for management decision making.
• Demonstrate continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service
• Liaise with the company's auditors with respect to the company's annual audit.
• Generate Fixed Income Investment report on a weekly basis.
• Provide general accounting information needs for the Back Office operations
• Generate business volume as per the attached Marketing Target for the back office for the financial year.
• Any other assignments from the Managing Director.
• Any other assignment as may be assigned by your supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent.
• A minimum of First Degree in any Management Science / Social Science related discipline preferably in Accounting, Economics / Finance.
• Professional qualification- A minimum of ACA/ACCA is compulsory while other qualifications such as ACS, ACTI, CFA will be added advantage
• 3 years of cognate accounting experience.

Skills / Knowledge:

• Negotiation Ability
• Interpersonal
• Leadership
• Integrity
• Team spirit.
• IT savvy.

Attributes:

• Leadership
• Ability to influence others to do what is ethically right.
• Must possess good listening skills
• Must be fair, goal oriented, responsible and skilled
• Must be a good director of affairs both human and material
• Must be able to evaluate others
• Must be charismatic
• Proactive decision-maker
• Ability to forecast the market
• Ability to pay attention to details
• Ability to penetrate the market and get the best of prices for goods
• Ability to question assumptions
• Ability to proactively measure performance.
• Self-starter
• Must be an energetic person with unusual initiative
• Must be resilient
• Sound ethics and integrity.
• Must be discernibly honest and of consistent upright character
• Must be ethical i.e. must follow the ideals and responsibilities of the banking industry as set out in the code of ethics guiding operations and operators in the industry.

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Job Summary

• Strategy development, monitoring and management Responsible for the integration and co-ordination of strategy development and implementation across the Group Thought leader and business consultant for executive management and heads of Business units.
• Drive corporate transformation through focus on building or maintaining competitive advantage in terms of business strategy, digital and human resource transformation.

Job Description
Strategic:

• To interpret and ensure implementation of the group strategy
• To coordinate the strategic direction of various business units and group operational units
• To ensure group synergy and synchronization
• To monitor strategy implementation across the group
• To track group performance using agreed indices and benchmarks
• Evaluate specific activities the company is undertaking and ensure all of those activities are helping the group achieve its corporate goals
• To advise on strategic issues and strategy direction/redirection
• Make recommendations to executive management to assist in the development of the firm’s goal
• Work with senior/executive management to assist in the achievement of the firm’s goal
• To provide comprehensive periodic reports to top management on strategy implementation
• To track industry trends, socio-political and economic events and global happenings and report on their impact on the strategic plans of the organization
• To monitor competitor activities and benchmark our activities and performance to those of our competitors
• Partnering with Subsidiary heads to identify and prioritize business development and growth opportunities
• Provide intelligence to business developers to improve business solution development
• Advise on business solution that needs to be created and how they fit into the overall company strategy
• Co-ordinate the formulation of long-term and short-term product policies and oversee internal consulting projects for business units and departments
• Inspire and influence staff across the firm to achieve defined goals.

Operational:

• Internal data collection and processing
• Industry Survey and analysis as a function for strategy review
• Timely production of accurate monthly and quarterly performance and other reports
• Monitoring strategy implementation at corporate and business unit level
• Periodic evaluation of business processes for effectiveness and efficiency
• Undertake such other analysis and reporting as requested by the management from time to time
• Co-ordinate/ facilitate internal data collection for units and development for performance reporting
• Any other functions as may be assigned by the Head of department.

Work Experience & Qualifications

• A good University Degree - preferably in Social Sciences, Finance or Accounting.
• 3 - 5 years’ experience preferably in a similar role
• Professional qualification – ACA/ACCA/MSC/MBA.
• Strong Analytical skills
• Critical thinking skills.

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 Job Summary

• To reduce the "zero down time Providing support for the company's database and operational software Project Manager Managing Vendors' selection and relationships.

Technical Core Competencies
Indicator:

• Effective Understanding of IP addressing and services like DHCP, DNS, NAT and PAT.
  • Ability to configure a set of systems to communicate TCP/IP
  • Able to configure a set of PCs to connect to the internet using a single Public IP address
  • Understanding of the step-by-step process by which a PC displays webpage from the Internet
• Demonstrate ability to Configure Cisco routers to achieve secure connections.
  • Comfortable understanding of Cisco IOS command set
  • Ability to build access control rule set
  • Ability to configure interfaces and create routes
  • Ability to configure and manage IP tunnels on routers
  • Understanding of Vlans
• Ability to Implement and Administer Security on Windows Server 2003
  • Vast understanding of the working of a PC, Servers, printers, and other such IT devices (software and hardware)
  • Prompt resolution
  • Effective documentation
• Stakeholder Relationship Management
  • Appropriate balance of tact and firmness in approach to user support
  • Good awareness and habits of stakeholders and sound judgment of impact of their demands on organization objectives
  • Ability to prioritise among simultaneous demands.

Problem-solving Skills:

• Problem identification
• Ability to proffer a range of possible solutions
• Ability to implement optimum solutions

Ability to Devise Unconventional and Out-of-the-box ideas to tasks:

• Healthy distaste for set ways of doing things
• Flexible outlook to injection of new ideas.
• Proven ability to create something out of nothing.

Technical None Core
Inventory Management Skills:

• IT Stock Keeping
• Minimum Reorder Level Management
• Use of automated tools in administering the above.

A Working Understanding of IT Processes in the Financial Service Industry:

• Knowledge of alternate delivery channels
• Appreciation of IT as a business enabler
• Understanding that IT is a brand enhancement tool.

Dexterity with Microsoft Office suite:

• Excel: minimum of data importation (via text, ), and preferably pivot tables. Report generation vis-à-vis graphing.
• Outlook: minimum of outlook configuration to exchange server. Ability to manage calendar, tasks and other such value-adding functions on Outlook
• PowerPoint: Dexterity with Master slides, slide transition and auto rehearsal.

Job Experience

• A good First Degree in any Computer Science
• Professional qualifications e.g. MBA, PGC, CERTIFICATION will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years post-graduate experience with a minimum of 3 years in a strategic/ similar position in the financial services sector