Job Purpose

The purpose of this role is to support the development and execution of the Corporate Bank’s strategy. This shall include identifying and assessing business opportunities, growth initiatives, and support with streamlining processes, procedures and major re-structuring decisions. This shall also entail furnishing the Team Lead/Head and by extension the Divisional Director, Corporate Banking (“CB”) with industry research, analysis, and reports on the performances of the Strategic Business Units (“SBUs”) operating within the Corporate Banking Department of Fidelity Bank.

Dimensions

• Support the Team Lead in delivering end-to-end business reporting for all SBUs within the CB division of the Bank.
• Support the implementation of initiatives, monitoring and driving performances of all SBUs & individuals therein within CB.
• Support the Team Lead in providing comprehensive integrated Balance sheet and income statement analysis, advice and insight from a corporate banking perspective.

• Evaluate business fundamentals, industry trends (local and global), market performance and strategic opportunities to enable the CB to meet its short-, medium- and long-term objectives.
• Provide analysis to assist with understanding key business drivers that influence the overall performance of the Bank at the local and global levels.

• Conducting peer-to-peer analysis, research and provide information in the CB chosen market segment.
• Support business units in developing strategies/budgets & forecasting Models aligned to and cascaded from the overall corporate objectives.
• Support with streamlining processes, procedures and major re-structuring decisions within CB by engaging relevant support functions.
• Support in the provision of other administrative and ad-hoc duties as authorized by your immediate unit supervisor/head.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience Required

Education & Qualification

• Relevant Tertiary or Degree level education in Economics, Accounting, Accounting and related field.

Experience

• Minimum three (3) years relevant experience.
• Sound knowledge of Financial applications including data warehouse
• Experience of data modelling and research methodology.
• Appreciation of a client focused environment.
• High working knowledge of MS Excel, Power point, and Word.

Preferred Skills

• Analytical and problem solving – ability to analyse, interpret Balance sheet and Income statement and solve complex issues as they arise.
• Application of Power BI, Business Objects, SQL and VBA.
• Strong organizational skills and an ability to prioritize and work efficiently and composedly under pressure.
• Fosters a sense of energy, ownership and personal commitment to the work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to make sense of ambiguous and complex information and being able to see the bigger picture.
• Innovation – challenge current methods to achieve increase in effectiveness and efficiency and drive process improvement.
• Superior skills in developing financial models, constructing reports and presentations