Job Purpose
The role is responsible for preparing, analyzing, and presenting financial and non-financial information to support business decision-making. It involves performance management, financial modelling, forecasting, variance analysis, and providing decision support to management while partnering closely with business stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and report performance metrics including Monthly Business Review Packs, Board Papers, and Management Reports.
- Monitor performance against targets, analyze variances, and identify opportunities for cost optimization and improved financial performance.
- Support preparation and review of Management Accounts, KPIs, margins, FTP, ALM, and forecasts.
- Review and evaluate financial business cases for investment projects and conduct post-implementation reviews.
- Provide financial modelling, variance, and trend analysis to support strategic and operational decisions.
- Support Medium-Term and Short-Term Planning processes.
- Act as a key interface between Finance and senior business stakeholders.
- Support strategic value analysis and cost control initiatives.
- Respond to routine and ad-hoc financial information requests.
Risk Management
- Maintain and update risk identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting processes.
- Promote risk management tools, culture, and drive remediation of audit findings.
Personal Attributes
- Positive, proactive, and collaborative with strong work ethic.
- Strong communication skills with ability to explain complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
- Strong analytical and financial modelling skills, including Excel and database querying (SQL).
- Flexible and able to work across teams.
Education Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree (required).
- Part-qualified or newly qualified accountant; CPA (T), ACCA, or equivalent preferred.
- Master’s degree or IT/Actuarial/Mathematics background is an added advantage.
Working Experience required
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a financially focused or business partnering role.
- Strong experience in financial analysis, modelling, and management decision support.
ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED.
Top Skills
What We Do
I&M Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of I&M Group PLC, a publicly quoted company at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE). The bank possesses a rich heritage in banking. Started in 1974, it evolved from a community financial institution to a publicly listed major regional commercial bank offering a full range of corporate and retail banking services, over 50 branches in Kenya and international operations in 3 other countries.
I&M Bank is a dominant player in the Kenyan market that has been consistently growing, and is innovative in terms of the type and range of products and services it offers.
CDC Group plc, a development finance institution wholly owned by the government of the United Kingdom owns approximately 10.68% of I&M Group. In addition, I&M Bank has a technical support agreement with International Finance Corporation for staff training, product development and risk management. I&M Bank also enjoys medium term foreign currency credit facilities from European Development Financial Institutions - Proparco, DEG and FMO.
I&M Bank’s international correspondent banks include major multinational banks such as Bank One Ltd, Citibank NA, CommerzBank AG, Deutsche Bank AG, ICICI Limited Mumbai, Mashreq Bank PLC, Standard Bank of South Africa and Standard Chartered Bank NY.
I&M Bank’s international network includes Bank One Limited (Mauritius), I&M Bank Tanzania Limited, I&M Bank Rwanda and I&M Bank Uganda
