Our client is one of the committed financial services providers in the Ghanaian Banking industry. In order to maintain and consolidate its position, continues growth and delivery of quality services to its customers our clients is seeking outstanding, dynamic and proficient professionals to drive excellence in its, Risk, Corporate, Finance and Operations departments.

Title: Business Performance & Decision Support Manager
Report to: Chief Finance Officer

Summary of Job Purpose

Responsible for developing the processes and applications to ensure effective Business Performance Management System and reporting in order to support the Bank’s financial planning, budget preparation and management, cost - benefit analysis, and business performance management.

Key Duties

•   Act as the Business Finance Manager for all business units by supporting them on daily basis on finance issues.
•   Prepare performance management/profitability reports for the various business units and bank’s clients.
•   Ensure appropriate tagging of accounts for business units.
•   Undertake cost-benefit analysis of business units projects
•   Review and challenge pricing of business units products
•   Monitor and measure product/customer/Relationship Manager performance across the entire Bank
•   Offer detailed analytical analysis to support decision making on branch location, relocation, shutdown, new branches, new product lines, termination of products.
•   Provide support in business planning and budgeting
•   Play a leading role in managing and developing the staff in the Department.
•   Perform any other duties within the scope and intent of the job as may be required from time to time.

Key Performance Measures

•   Provision of accurate and timely business performance reports to aid management decision making.
•   Robust Business Performance Management Framework
•   People development
•   Performance of Businesses – Cost income Ratio, Returns on Assets etc
•   Feedback from Heads of Businesses (Customer Services)

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A minimum of first degree in Accounting plus a post graduate qualification in Finance/Accounting/Economics. In addition, the Candidate must be a Certified Accountant from a recognised professional body.
•   Minimum 15 years relevant experience with at least 5 years in a senior management role preferably in a financial sector.

SPECIFIC SKILLS

•   Excellent knowledge of the financial industry, Bank of Ghana regulations, and other statutory financial regulations relevant to the banking industry.
•   Exceptional knowledge of business performance reporting and support decision.
•   Excellent knowledge of performance analysis, reporting, and use of appropriate software.
•   Strong understanding of risk management relevant to the banking industry.
•   Strong accounting skills is critical for the role.
•   Excellent Analytical Skills.
•   Excellent Monitoring and Evaluation skills
•   Outstanding communication skills – fluent writing skills and strong verbal and listening skills is essential.
•   Proficient ICT skills (i.e. Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, MS Access) is critical for effective service delivery

CORPORATE/BUSINESS AWARENESS

•   A good understanding of the collaborative working with other business units.
•   Excellent knowledge of the financial industry, Bank of Ghana regulations, and other statutory financial regulations relevant to the banking industry.
•   Exceptional knowledge of business performance reporting and support decision to assist the bank in strategic decisions.
•   Excellent knowledge of performance analysis, reporting, and use of appropriate software.

SOCIAL COMPETENCE

•   Excellent team player, capable of building effective relationships across functional units, collaborative style , creative and innovative with an engaging personality.
•   Excellent leadership, particularly demonstrating outstanding ability to motivate teams to achieve business results, decisive, and influencing skills.
•   Outstanding passion for service excellence in the performance of duties assigned.
•   Strong ability to work in multi-cultural environment, manage, develop, and coach others.
•   Excellent communication and negotiation skills is critical to the role.

SOCIAL COMPETENCE

•   Excellent ability to assess and analyse business risks.
•   Excellent organisational and administrative ability.
•   Excellent ability to solve problems and constructively challenge demands from peers and other stakeholders to obtain right outcomes
•   Outstanding ability to support management to facilitate change management process in the bank.
•   Demonstrate outstanding ethical behaviour in line with the Bank’s core values.

SCOPE OF THINKING

•   Ability to weigh things up quickly and take initiative within own limits
•   Ability to diagnose and analyse problems including risk impact and make decisions within time constraints.
•   Recommend solutions relevant to the problems such as non-performing business units.
•   Resourceful, able to produce imaginative solutions to problems and suggest new ways of doing things

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY

•   Seek data from all relevant sources, analyse, weigh options, and make informed decisions.
•   Required to follow laid down procedures and make proactive decisions within levels of authority
•   Keep abreast with the latest development in financial reporting

AUTONOMY OF DECISION

•   Act by consulting with the Chief Finance Officer, Divisional Heads and other professional colleagues on data verification. Recognises priorities and weighs up different options to determine potential risk and benefits, prior to making recommendations to Divisional Heads and the Managing Director.
•   Decision making requires knowledge in the forms of facts, high level analysis, interpretation and constructive thinking to address problems.

AREA OF INFLUENCE

•   Control limited resources such as computer and printer in the performance of job duties assigned.

IMPACT OF INFLUENCE ON TARGET ACHIEVEMENT

•   Constantly dealing with management by providing information on business unit performance for decision making.
•   Support the achievement of targets by analysing and influencing decisions for others to achieve results.
•   The position requires providing information for significant activities relating to non-performance of the various business units for the necessary corrective measures to be taken.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants should please apply by 29 May 2015 through:

E-mail:- hr@kpmg.com.gh

Or

Post -  HR Advisory Services

KPMG
Marlin House13 Yiyiwa DriveA belenkpe
P.O. Box P 242 Accra

Closing Date: 29 May, 2015