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Market Risk Analyst

Job Purpose Statement

The role will support coordination and implementation of the Kenya Group’s market, liquidity and country risk management policies and processes through assessment, identifications, measurement and reporting financial risks in the banks trading and investment portfolio.

Ideal Job Specifications
Academic:

• At least an undergraduate degree or its equivalent in Mathematics, Finance, Banking, Economics, Business Administration (with a major in Finance) or similar quantitative disciplines.
• Post graduate qualifications such as FRM, CFA and MBA will be an added advantage.

Professional:

• CPA (K) /ACCA qualification a must
• CIFA/CISI/FRM Certification desirable.

Desired work experience:

• Exposure to Treasury Front Office/Back Office and General Ledger reporting systems.
• Professional experience in market risk within an investment bank.
• Preferably a minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in banking and/or finance, including at least 2 years in Financial Markets/Product Control/Investment banking related areas.
• Experience with MS office and Treasury trading systems/ Investment banking systems.

Manager, Regulatory Compliance

Job Purpose Statement

The purpose of this job is the management and implementation of legislative / regulatory compliance risk frameworks within the standards defined by the Group including risk identification, assessment, measurement, monitoring and reporting of legislative/compliance risk and enforcing compliance with policies and procures and controls.

Ideal Job Specifications
Academic:

• At least a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent, preferably in a Business-related field, Mathematics or Law.

Professional:

• Experience in use of standard software used in the Group such as Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.

Desired work experience:

• A minimum of 4 years of relevant professional experience

Engineer – IT Collaboration

Job Purpose Statement

The Engineer Collaboration role is to ensure support is provided to the bank’s Unified Communication and Contact Center infrastructure, Teams, and Microsoft O365 Suite. This includes maintaining, supporting, and optimizing key functional areas with external vendors, system experts and consultants.

Ideal Job Specifications
Academic:

• University degree in Information technology/Computer Science/Electrical Engineering/Telecommunications.

Professional:

• Training and certification in Enterprise Operating System administration e.g., MCSE, Network related certification e.g., CCNA, Certifications in relevant collaboration tools e.g., Microsoft SharePoint etc.
• Business Continuity training

Desired work experience:

• Experience in IT Collaboration and Network infrastructure support in medium to large organizations.
• Proven experience in implementing and managing collaboration tools.
   

APIOPS Analyst

Job Purpose Statement

This technical role involves defining, deploying, and monitoring APIs using the bank’s standards. The role requires understanding the business capabilities of APIs, identifying which client applications need access, and why. Collaboration across functional units is essential to identify gaps in the current ecosystem and processes. The role also involves evaluating API performance, identifying potential bottlenecks, developing solutions, and implementing them with the help of developers. Additionally, the role includes testing and evaluating both functional and non-functional requirements for new and existing software. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as part of an agile team are crucial to ensure quality throughout the development process.

Key Accountabilities (Duties and Responsibilities)

API Ops (40%)

• Design, develop, and continuously improve API integration platforms.
• Create detailed API documentation, including requests, responses, and error handling.

API Documentation (10%)

• Contribute to the creation and maintenance of API documentation, including descriptions, requests, responses, and error messages.

Support and Problem Management (10%)

• Provide timely and effective technical support to clients, vendors, and internal teams integrating with the APIs.

Governance (10%)

• Adhere to internal policies and procedures for application development and management, following ITIL and other best practice standards.
• Support, maintain, and audit existing service lifecycle artifacts to agreed SLAs.

Stakeholder Management (10%)

• Manage relationships and protocols with other technical platform owners and internal business owners effectively.

Continuous Improvement (20%)

• Advise internal customers on technology improvements to maximize business objectives.

Job Specifications

Academic

•  A bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or related field.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in IT systems development within a highly digitized organization working with API’s and providing technical support.
• Strong understanding of REST API’s, SOAP, JSON, Authentication and Authorization and other relevant API technologies and protocols

Professional 

• Experience in core banking software design and development, preferably T24.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C#, or JavaScript.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of systems and processes within the financial services industry.
• Familiarity with issue/bug tracking tools (e.g., TestRail, JIRA) and continuous integration tools (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins).
• Experience with API testing tools and test automation.

Technical Competencies:

• Understanding customer requirements and project KPIs.
• Implementing API deployment, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure.
• Managing stakeholders and external interfaces.
• Defining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for API operations.
• Reviewing, verifying, and validating software code.
• Troubleshooting and advising on code fixes.
• Monitoring processes and updating or creating new processes for improvement.
• Encouraging and building automated processes.
• Implementing API security measures.
• Managing incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Coordinating and communicating within the team and with customers.
• Reporting progress to the line manager.

Behavioral Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal skills, relating easily with executives, business managers, technical teams, and customers.
• Commercial acumen with broad business knowledge and interest in market trends.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, able to inspire and rally the technology team.
• Innovative and adaptable, with a passion for technology and continuous improvement.
• Self-driven and results-oriented, with a focus on customer satisfaction, profitability, and efficiency.

Bank Applications Analyst

Job Purpose Statement

• This role is responsible for the operations that facilitate the stable operation of the bank’s systems around NCBA Investment bank, NCBA Insurance, custodial services, NCBA Brokerage, Bancassurance, Trade Finance, reconciliation and related system Operations. The role holder will be responsible for systems support on Ipen, CustodyPlus, APX systems, BBO, Intellimatch, Beedee, Navins and related systems. The preferred candidate will also act as a Business Analyst, Systems delivery manager for these systems and be an IT relationship manager to the Related System users.
• The role holder will ensure Service Level agreements of uptime and performance are attained and maintained at all times. This includes support for projects and changes carried out on any of these applications.
• In collaboration with external vendors, system experts and information security experts the Bank Applications Specialist will schedule and direct activities to resolve Ipen, CustodyPlus, APX systems, BBO, Intellimatch, Beedee, Navins softwares and service problems in a timely and accurate fashion according to agreed SLA.
• The role holder will also ensure that systems meet the security standards of the bank and will resolve any Audit and Risk issues.

Ideal Job Specifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science /Information Technology
• Minimum 3 years working experience in a busy IT or Project Office environment within a financial institution.
• Good knowledge of Trade finance services systems, Banc Assurance systems, Investment banking, Custodial services systems operations, reconciliation systems.
• Good working knowledge on I, CUSTODY PLUS, APX systems, Navins, BBO, Trade Finan ce operations is a plus
• Experience in supporting Ipen, CustodyPlus, APX systems, BBO, Intellimatch, Beedee and Navins operations is a plus.
• Extensive experience in Business Analysis or Systems Analysis.
• Hands on Experience on Web Application Management on Jboss
• Hands on experience with Project Management tools, systems design and analysis.
• Proven knowledge of banking operations, operations in business units and business impact analysis.

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