Stanbic IBTC Bank Recruits MIS Analyst - Branch Network

Stanbic IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

Group Finance is a corporate function that serves the overall Standard Bank group across a variety of accounting disciplines – internal and external reporting, budgeting and planning, tax, technical accounting and investor relations. It also runs the bank’s capital management and regulatory reporting teams and the financial shared services processing centre. Group Finance has its own, dedicated SAP technical support and development team and a new financial systems and process improvement programme team known as Refine.

We are recruiting to fill the above position of:

Job Title: MIS Analyst - Branch Network

Job ID: 12529
Location: Nigeria

Position Description

• Overall responsibility for MIS reporting activities for the branch network.
• Responsible for creating, preparing and sending out aligned reports in different dimensions to the network periodically.
• Design various performance monitoring dashboards
• Regularly engage with the network on various reports, their usefulness and new requirements.
• Serve as the coordinator between the network and the IT/ Finance MIS technical team on various reports. Specifically for monitoring delivery on reporting projects.
• Responsible for testing branch reports across the various reporting platforms and deploying to the network
• Assist in setting access controls for various users of financial information within the network.
• Actively participate in automating reports on various platforms from time to time.
• Actively participate in preparing network budget and ensure alignment to overall PBB budget.
• Attend periodic performance review sessions across the network
• Responsible for communicating principles applied in preparing reports and impact of decisions.
• Monitor branch cost and resolve concerns with various enabling functions.
• Act as the link between the branch network and other finance functional areas.

Key result areas:

• Timely delivery of budget and revised estimates
• Timely, consistent and accurate monthly reporting
• Early identification of problem areas
• Swift and effective problem resolution
• Monthly analysis resulting in greater understanding of business
• Effective financial controls, which operate as designed
• Cost reduction initiatives and other key provincial financial objectives attained

Required Skills and Qualifications
1) Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in social sciences and other numerical fields

2) Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience.
• Computer literacy and knowledge of personal computers and software packages such as MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access. Working knowledge of SAP and Equinox is an added advantage.

Required Competencies

• Ability to analyse and evaluate data for acceptability and correctness.
• Analytical mind with strong orientation to financial analysis.
• Ability and experience in communicating with all levels of management regarding management information needs.
• Good interpersonal skills required in liaising with people at different levels within the bank.
• Willingness to get involved in detail
• Good planning and organisation skills.
• Strong report writing skills.
• Dynamic self-starter with a personal ambition to succeed.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines.
• A person with high integrity.
• Excellent computer skills particularly in MS Word, MS Excel and MS Access, Power Point.
• Work within a team environment
• Accountable and self starter

Application Closing Date
12th February, 2014

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online