FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS
- Strategic Planning Support
- Provide financial models and scenario analysis to guide strategic decisions.
- Collaborate with business units to align budgets and forecasts with Ecobank’s growth objectives.
- Performance Monitoring
- Prepare monthly and quarterly performance dashboards for management and business units.
- Analyze variances and recommend corrective actions to improve operational efficiency.
- Cost Optimization
- Identify cost drivers and propose initiatives to reduce operating expenses.
- Support process improvement and automation projects to enhance efficiency.
- Profitability Analysis
- Conduct product, segment, and branch profitability analysis.
- Provide recommendations to improve margins and optimize resource allocation.
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Develop annual budgets and rolling forecasts in collaboration with department heads.
- Ensure accuracy and timeliness of budget submissions and approvals.
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a financial advisor to internal stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate insights.
- Conduct financial literacy sessions for non-finance managers to improve decision-making.
- Management Reporting
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports for decision-making.
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Ensure reports comply with IFRS, Ecobank policies, and regulatory standards.
- RISK AND COMPLIANCE
- Compliance and Risk Management
- Ensure adherence to internal controls and regulatory requirements.
- Support internal and external audits by providing accurate financial data.
- Financial Process Improvement
- Drive automation of reporting tools and implement best practices in financial management.
- Reduce reporting cycle time and improve data accuracy.
- Process Improvement
- Streamline internal reporting processes for efficiency.
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Drive automation of management reports and dashboards.
PEOPLE
- Training and Capacity Building
- Conduct financial literacy sessions for non-finance managers.
- Share best practices for cost control and resource optimization.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Professional certification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA) is required.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in management accounting, preferably in banking or financial services.
Top Skills
What We Do
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (‘ETI’) is the parent company of the Ecobank Group, the leading independent pan-African banking group. The Ecobank Group employs over 14,000 people and serves about 20 million customers in the consumer, commercial and corporate banking sectors across 35 African countries. The Group has a banking license in France and representative offices in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Johannesburg, South Africa; Beijing, China; London, the UK and Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. The Group offers a full suite of banking products, services and solutions including bank and deposit accounts, loans, cash management, advisory, trade, securities, wealth and asset management. ETI is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchanges in Lagos, the Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, and the Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières in Abidjan.
