Finance Business Investments Analysis Manager

Job Description

Finance Business Investments Analysis Manager

Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers – the largest customer base in Africa.

Purpose

Reporting to the Group Finance Director, the Finance Business Investment Analysis manager will be responsible for supporting the Group Projects and Procurement committee and Group Product house in evaluating potential investments in long-term assets, Platforms, Systems, Projects and Business products and to determine their financial alignment to the Group strategy, viability and expected return for a business.

Responsibility

• Finance Business Investments Analysis Manager Job Responsibilities
• Review and consolidation of group capital expenditure and product development project budgets including ensuring these are included on the Group’s ERP systems and spend is tracked against the approved budgets
• Ensure appropriate performance measurement metrics are defined at the onset of investment or product projects, establish mechanisms to track post implementation performance and evaluate & report on post implementation performance.
• Commercial review of pricing and cost elements of vendor contracts to ensure value for money for Equity Group, with reference to overall price of contracts, scalability of service, foreign currency considerations, escalations and tenor.
• Evaluate and analyze capital expenditures, product investments proposals, depreciation, investment opportunities, rate of return, profit plans, operating records, financial statements, etc.
• Support other departments in preparation of business case models that coherently and succinctly communicate financial viability and business opportunity arising from different investment decisions.
• Drive development of long-term investment projections in line with the overall business projections and strategy of the Group, in order to align with availability of capital and shareholder & corporate return expectation.
• Develop models that connect organic capital growth and capital raising initiatives with capital use for business growth, meeting ordinary business obligations and capital available for investments.
  
  Finance Business Investments Analysis Manager

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• A degree in Finance, commerce or other relevant business discipline

• Highly developed written and verbal communication and presentation skills
• At least 5-8 years relevant commercial and/ or management reporting experience, including exposure to senior executives and directors
• Knowledge of accounting best practices and regulations. CPA/ ACCA qualification or equivalent required.

• Strong analytical skills.
• Experience in capex budgeting, business case review and review of vendor contract pricing.
• Working knowledge of Oracle ERP, Oracle BI, Oracle ERP SQL, PowerBI and data analytics languages (Python, SQL, R e.t.c. will be an added advantage
• Master’s degree in a relevant field an added advantage
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office suite – Ms-Excel and PowerPoint
  
  
  

Organization

Equity Group Holdings

Employment Type

Regular

Job Level

Manager

Job Shift

Day Job

Job Posting

Feb 22, 2024, 1:19:00 PM

Equity Bank Limited

Equity Bank Limited