Job Opportunities at First Bank of Nigeria Limited

Job Identification: 501

Duties & Responsibilities

• To design and implement processes that ensures timely and accurate Corporate Finance information is provided to management for decision making.
• To write and prepare transaction related documentation and marketing materials including information memoranda, pitch books, corporate profiles, and market data and analyses across First Bank’s Subsidiaries in Africa.
• To serve as a critical team member in the execution of advisory and financing transactions.
• Coordinate timely rendition of monthly financial reporting returns, for some of the commercial banking subsidiaries in the prescribed format for group consolidated management reporting.
• Prepare monthly subsidiary performance review report for Management, highlighting performance variance against budget, the key drivers of the reported financial performance in the month under review and remediation plans of subsidiaries as necessary.
• Assist other Team Leads in the coordination of the preparation of the consolidated Group Management Committee (GMC) report for all commercial banking subsidiaries.
• Support in coordination of the subsidiary budgetary process, to ensure standardization across the banking group
• To support HOD in the credit agencies relationship & workstreams, including rating agency presentation preparations and effective collaboration with Investors relation unit to drive positive yearly credit rating outcomes for First Bank of Nigeria Limited.
• Lead origination, marketing and execution of corporate finance engagements including Valuation, M&A, Valuation for financial reporting purpose, Financial model review and model build and Market entry study.
• Providing of key advice on deal considerations including structuring, pricing and negotiation advice to international and local clients.
• Lead the development and execution of the business plan to expand the valuation and modeling practice.
• Lead the drafting and appraisal of information memorandum, business plans, financial models and valuation approaches.
• Lead the coordination of due diligence client M&A activities and the review of transaction documentation.
• Provide client presentations regarding the project under responsibility to the team and clients
• Industry/company research for both deal origination and transaction analysis
• Financial modelling, including analyzing business forecasts, evaluating scenario analysis and covenant calculations
• Business development activities including identification and targeting of potential opportunities
• To have a broad perspective of debt market trends
• Commercial due diligence and economic feasibility analysis
• Performing valuations, returns analysis
• Liaise with the various teams (structured finance team, legal, transaction advisers etc) on financing decisions
• Prepare memorandum for Board and Management for approving selected Advisor.
• Lead efforts, working with internal stakeholders to make determinations in respect of countries to invest in, countries to exit, form of our capital investments (M&A, JV, etc.)
• Lead the process for obtaining relevant Regulatory and internal approvals to ensure closure of corporate finance transaction.
• Track regulatory and macroeconomic actions across markets and proffer recommendations as required to support growth in presence countries and target markets
• Take responsibilities in providing coaching and training to junior team members
• Key internal stakeholder in the engagement of credit rating agencies
• Support the HOD in leading the Bank’s effort at achieving target credit ratings
• Assist HOD in capital raise and structuring efforts as required to finance the capital needs of the Group in the most efficient manner
• Lead analytical efforts, that support capital investment decisions
• Prepare monthly subsidiary performance review report for Board and Management review.
• Prepare and render Monthly Offshore subsidiary reports to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
• Support in the consolidated Group Management Committee (GMC) report for all commercial banking subsidiaries.

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum Education: A good First Degree in any discipline from a reputable institution.
• Higher Degrees / Professional Certifications – CFA, ACCA or ICAN.

Experience:

• Minimum experience: 7 years relevant experience.

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Job Identification: 688

Job Objectives

• Providing sound and practical advice on compliance activities, particularly in data protection, in complex situations and ability to influence others to implement that advice.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support the development, implementation and management of data privacy related policies and processes across the bank and its subsidiaries
• Conduct periodic assessment of the bank’s data privacy compliance position: identify gaps, recommend remediation, and execute on related projects
• Conduct Data Privacy Impact Assessment for projects originating from all business units within the bank and its subsidiaries where applicable
• Review, triage and execute all data privacy requests originating from customers in line with existing triaging model
• Reviews of M&CC communication with data subject attributes
• Enforce data protection clauses on all data processing agreements
• Provide guidance on the data transmission/storage/security
• Provide guidance on data storage -geographical locations Implication
• Provide guidance to business units on data consent management across manual/digital processes, products, or services
• Conduct staff training and awareness on Nigeria Data Protection Regulation, personal data handling and all other data privacy related provisions
• Provide guidance on Information sharing/ disclosure to staff
• Keep abreast with the latest issues of discourse in the global data privacy community
• Serve as subject matter expert on data privacy related issues as required from time to time
• Other tasks as may be assigned by data protection officer.

Key Competency Requirements
Knowledge:

• Bank’s Products dynamics & offerings
• Banking structure, policies, and procedures
• Banking industry knowledge and trend
• Basic business analysis
• Core Business Processes
• Industry knowledge
• Banking Operations
• Banking services/products
• Use of Banking applications
• Risk management
• Policy interpretation skills
• Knowledge of and Familiarity with IT Operations and infrastructure (RDBMS, Various Operating systems, Network security etc.)
• CBN Consumer Protection Regulation
• Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR 2019)
• EU General Data Protection Regulation
• Data security Standards and best practices (ISO 27001, PCI DSS, etc)

Skills & Competencies:

• Internal Control/ Audit
• Risk Control & Governance
• Investigation
• Customer Relationship Management
• Data Gathering And Analysis
• Process Improvement
• Business/ Operational Strategy
• Information Security
• Quality Assurance
• Fraud Analyses And Control.
• Regulatory Compliance

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Job Identification: 690

Job Objective(s)

• Support the Team Lead Data Governance in executing the Bank’s overall Data Governance (DG) Management activities, from planning to development, implementation and operationalization of the Data Governance framework as well as the various projects and initiatives.
• Work in the Data Governance team to establish a Data Governance culture by promoting data as an asset, instilling accountability while ensuring the integrity, usability, and security of all enterprise data assets.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Support the overall Data Governance program at the Enterprise level as well as departmental and unit levels
• Operationalize and implement the data governance strategic and tactical plans and activities
• Implement and operationalize the Enterprise Data Governance standards, policies, procedures, usage guidelines and principles
• Support the implementation of strategies & processes across the entire data lifecycle management framework
• Facilitate sharing and adoption of data governance best practices through regular communication within the bank, e.g. flyers
• Define, monitor and report enterprise data governance metrics for key data domains.
• Serve as SME (Subject Matter Expert) and resource on assigned data governance activities/related issues
• Assess the impact of introduced changes to people, process and systems and develop relevant communication and awareness initiatives to support the effective implementation of change
• Review and respond to queries on Data Governance matters
• Perform process review on data quality impacting business processes and provide recommendations for  processes improvements
• Participate and contribute to group activities: task assignments, & related work as assigned
• Develop and manage data governance requirements for assigned projects
• Build strong relationship with stakeholders to influence consistent implementation and operationalization of data governance policies, processes, standards, and guidelines across business areas as assigned
• Collaborate closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a synchronized approach to data governance issues
• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed

Job Requirements
Educational Qualifications:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in a Business / IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Strong analytical skills
• Knowledge and application of process improvement tools 
• Good understanding of Nigerian financial services industry
• Good Understanding of Data Modeling (Conceptual, Logical and Physical)
• Good knowledge of data governance industry best practices
• Good understanding of governance structures and frameworks
• Good understanding of data architecture theory and methodologies
• Good understanding of data management
• Familiarity with reporting and query tools, working knowledge of SQL and relational database system.
• Knowledge of Master Data Management and the ability to anticipate typical MDM implementation challenges and proffer practical solutions
• Appreciable understanding of the fundamentals and tangible benefits of Data Quality (DQ), Data Governance (DG) and Data Management.
• Good understanding of trends in digital banking, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Good grasp of project management techniques and has participated in project execution previously

Skill / Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to inspire effective teamwork and motivate staff
• Highly motivated individual with creative problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn in instances where technical skills and understanding may be lacking;
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with other business leads
• Good writing and presentation skills
• Project Management Skills
• Team Building
• Flexibility
• Integrity
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Excellent interpersonal, consulting, and relationship management skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft office packages.

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Job Identification: 689

Job Objectives

• Support the Team Lead Data Quality in executing the Bank’s overall Data Quality (DQ) Management activities, from planning to development, implementation and operationalization of the DQ Management framework as well as the various projects and quality improvement initiatives.
• Work in the Data Quality team to build the culture of data quality management through promoting data as an asset, consistently sensitizing all stakeholders and instilling accountability.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Implement and operationalize the Data Quality Management framework elements which include Data Quality standards, procedures, usage guidelines and principles
• Participate in the execution of data governance, development of policies, processes, and metrics to improve and maintain the quality and ownership of data (including data owners, stewards and custodians).
• Support the implementation of data quality strategies & processes across the entire data lifecycle management framework
• Provide recommendations and best practices for data element, data definitions, business rule writing, and metadata management procedures
• Conduct root cause analysis with data domain governors, data users and data custodians (IT) to ensure that the root cause of reported data issues is understood and that those underlying problems and associated symptoms are resolved.
• Establish & monitor and report Data Quality Scorecards bank wide.
• Participate in periodic data profiling to uncover potential gaps in the data and coordinate actions to close them.
• Participate in data quality improvement initiatives and deliver on expected outcomes
• Monitor and publish Data Quality dashboards to report on the levels of quality for critical data elements as well as for monitoring cleansing progress for the data quality improvement initiatives.
• Participate in assigned data remediation projects and tasks required to meet the desired level of data quality maturity.
• Promote the concept of Data Quality Management across the bank.
• Develop relevant communication and awareness initiatives to support the effective implementation of change
• Serve as the key subject matter expert and resource for assigned Data Quality related matters
• Assess the impact of introduced changes (architecture and business processes) to people, process and systems and develop relevant communication and awareness initiatives to support the effective implementation of change
• Collaborate closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a synchronized approach to all data related issues
• Perform other related duties or assignments as directed

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in a Business /IT related discipline
• Masters, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Strong analytical skills
• Knowledge and application of process improvement tools 
• Good understanding of Nigerian financial services industry
• Knowledge of Master Data Management and the ability to anticipate typical MDM implementation challenges and proffer practical solutions
• Good knowledge of the concept of Business Intelligence, Analytics & Big Data and demonstrated a good understanding of their impact on ROI. Has appreciable knowledge of the concept of Reference Data Management Metadata Management and its benefits
• Appreciable understanding of the fundamentals and tangible benefits of Data Quality (DQ), Data Governance (DG) and Data Management.
• Good understanding of trends in digital banking, Big Data Analytics, Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Good grasp of project management techniques and has participated in project execution previously

Skills & Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing priorities
• Demonstrated ability to inspire effective teamwork and motivate staff
• Highly motivated individual with creative problem-solving ability and eagerness to learn in instances where technical skills and understanding may be lacking;
• Sound interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with other business leads
• Good writing and presentation skills
• Project Management Skills
• Team Building
• Flexibility
• Integrity
• Proficiency in Microsoft office packages