Openings at KPMG

Roles and responsibilities

• Senior Manager/Manager who will work as a project leader/project team member working for any one of the following areas
  • IFRS 9 regulations. The candidate should have sound understanding of policies, procedures, and regulatory reporting requirements.
  • Rating Model Validation across all portfolios, well versed with Basel requirements as per WP14 and global best practices.
  • Credit policy & processes, credit scoring, credit risk modelling.
  • Risk analytics and modelling.
• Thorough understanding of the credit risk management as per Basel II&III guidelines.
• Sound knowledge of regulatory requirements and emerging areas of risk Hands-on experience in Credit Policy & processes, Credit Scoring, Credit Risk Modelling, regulatory requirements and preferably should have played a role in defining them.
• Interact with the client representatives for the ongoing requirements of the project.
• Consistently deliver quality client services and take charge of the project area assigned to him/her.
• Monitor progress, manage risk, and verify key stakeholders are kept informed about progress and expected outcomes.
• Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and professional knowledge. Demonstrate ability to assimilate to new knowledge.
• Possess good business acumen. Remain current on new developments in advisory services capabilities and industry knowledge.
• The job would require travel to client locations anywhere over the Globe.

Qualifications and experience

• 8-12 years of experience in Banks, Rating Agencies, Consulting Firms, Corporate Treasury, Analytical Software Companies.
• CFA/ FRM degrees will be preferred.
• Knowledge of risk management system (SAS, Oracle, SPSS etc) and language (R, VBA, Python, Java, C++ etc) will be an added advantage.
• Possession or demonstration of undertaking FRM, credit risk certifications.

Skills and attributes

• Excellent communication and presentation skills both written and oral.
• Outstanding analytical skills with ability to work on big data.
• Extensive knowledge in financial forecasting and statistical Modelling.
• Ability to work in a team sharing knowledge and providing guidance and technical advice. 
• Knowledge of East Africa regulatory regime for Banks.
• Knowledge of reporting methodologies, e.g. IFRS.
• A broad knowledge of banking products and bank processes.
• Experience in business development in the banking and financial services sectors. 
• Candidates with any of the following skills would be considered favourably:
  • Modelling (e.g. Prophet, Axis, Igloo, Re Metrica).
  • Programming (e.g. VBA, .NET, R, Python).

If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please use the link below to apply. – by 14 March 2022.

go to method of application »

The tasks will involve:

• Assess, capture, and translate complex business issues and solution requirements into a structured software engineering use case, including rapid learning of industry/domain/client dynamics and development of effective work stream plans
• Utilize a hypothesis-driven problem-solving approach to design, construct, and rapidly test/iterate software platforms and architectures that will enable usability of developed software, interface with data models and visualizations to reveal insight and opportunities for clients
• Deliver client project software work stream through direct ownership of software build, data ingestion APIs, engineering, transformation, automation, and back-end visualization setup, as well as client communication deliverables
• Support build of software environments that enable analytics solutions on a variety of platforms including cloud as required by the client, and create robust documentation of solutions, architecture, automation workflows, and operation procedures
• Proactively broaden and deepen client relationships by working with varying levels of client team members
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts to businesspeople, and to explain business concepts to technical resources

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering, Economics, IT or related relevant degree course
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CFA, CPA, CISA, CIA, CRMA, CRISC, EIA certifications (depending on the role)
• Demonstrated track record of quality work, project management and productive team interactions.
• At least 2 years’ experience in Software engineer and solution architect (Python, Flask &React)

Skills and Attributes

• Exhibits commercial, technical and social awareness
• Client focused delivery that is effective and efficient
• Positive feedback from the clients, fellow team members and managers, directors, partners on excellent execution of the role
• Demonstrates creativity, agile performance and innovation in the way they work
• Successful delivery of the risk initiatives as they arise.
• Ability to train and mentor team members on different tasks

We offer:

• An exciting opportunity to work with a Big 4 firm on cutting edge development programmes across Africa
• Continuous learning and development
• Exposure to multi-disciplinary client service teams
• Unrivalled space to grow and be innovative
• Competitive remuneration package

If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please use the link below to apply, by 16 March 2022.