Job Openings at Equity Bank Kenya

Description
 
Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below.

Job Responsibilities

• HR Single point of contact to the business they support, providing HR advise and building managers’ capability to effectively manage their teams
• Helping build and maintain the strong organizational culture, as well as continuously improving the employee experience
• Participate in the acquisition of talent by ensuring the right job profiles conducting interviews and onboarding
• Communication and management of the Bank’s change initiatives as “change catalysts” within the business unit.
• Act as counsellors, coaches and mentors to staff and line managers on HR related matters.
• To coordinate and influence the development of a performance culture through effective implementation of integrated performance management with appropriate measures of success.
• Co-ordinate and at times administer the training and development projects and plans (activities include training needs assesments and mitigations)
• To support Business in aligning business and people strategies, directions and objectives through appropriate advice/ interventions(i.e aligning role profiles to emerging strategies, reviewing the impact of any process re-engineering initiatives on staffing)

Qualifications

• Minimum - A degree in Human Resources, Business Management, or another relevant field.
• Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management.
• A current member of Institute of Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM K) or similar global, reputable HR professional body
• An MBA degree would be an added advantage

Skills/ Experience Required

• Business acumen and commercial awareness
• Ability to interpret business strategy to craft aligned Human capital solutions
• Deep knowledge of the employee life cycle and interventions needed to enhance productivity at each stage
• Results orientation
• Data literacy, analytical, decision making and problem-solving competencies
• Change management skills
• High integrity and strength of character
• Knowledge and/or experience with national and regional labor law, and tax and social security regulations
• Excellent mentoring and relationship building skills, coupled with the ability to empathize with others

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Description

Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa.

Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below to serve in the Special Projects Department. This role will involve macroeconomic research analysis and development of econometric models for executive's use and decision making by relevant business units.   

Job Responsibilities:

• Balance Sheet Business Growth in Assigned Subsidiaries – Kenya and DRC
• Develop monthly Macro Economic Review - MER reports - for Kenya and DRC ALCOs- Asset and Liability Committees
• Industry, Investor & customer confidence level surveys
• Interpreting and summarising analysis of key Macroeconomic events e.g. Budget reading for EAC countries / Economic Survey/Household survey/ Vision 2030 MTP/ County strategic plans / Global Findex / IMF FAS/ Country Credit Ratings
• Conduct detailed financial modeling, business opportunity assessments and other financial analyses to support strategic decision making.
• Strategic Competitive Intelligence (CI), peer performance, external Environment PESTEL scanning, Game Theory Analysis – Undertand top competitors; strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, approach to compete and win.
• Strategic research on product, process and business model innovations
• Present analytics proposals, solutions & key insights/recommendations at strategic level
• County/Sovereign/ political risk analysis for Group and subsidiaries
• Macroeconomic research and key ratios analysis (Global, African, EAC / Kenya/ County Governments) 

Qualifications

• BA/BSC Economics  e.g.  Pure Economics, Economics & Statistics, Economics & Maths, Economics & IT, Economics  and Finance, Econometrics
• MA/Msc Economics is a distinctive  added advantage
• On track CPA(K) candidate – Either CPA(K) Part 1 or 2 or 3
• Hands on  in  Statistical softwares like  SAS, SPSS, Epi Info etc
• Mastery of data science tools  and programming languages  - SQL, R, Python, Data bricks, tableau, Qlik, Power BI  etc
• Proven ability of macroeconomic and financial times series modelling eg BA/BSC/Msc/MA/Mphil  thesis pape

Critical Competencies

• Research, analysis and the development of policy options on complex macro environment  issues 
• Strategic thinking (Analysis and idea), serial innovation , creativity , analyzing complex problems, evaluating impacts and implementation challenges, and providing recommendations/ creative alternate solutions
• Quantitative analysis bias with good understanding  of qualitative  analysis
• Financial time series data modelling
• Macroeconomic , policy and statistical analysis
• Model performance review
• Macroeconomic Database management
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills with the ability to convey complex ideas effectively
• Results oriented with an ability to work under stringent timeframes and under minimal supervision
• Excellent interpersonal and networking skills
• Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills, with attention to detail more so in macroeconomic and policy briefs  writing  

Essential Knowledge

• Knowledge of Econometric and financial time series modelling  
• Excellent understanding of  Macroeconomics and Advanced statistics 
• Understanding of the role of Economic analysis and modelling to the business growth and enterprise risk management of the  bank 
• Capability to know the power of branding  the bank through macroeconomic thought leadership 
• Survey questionnaire method, ARIMA modelling, Cross section and panel data methods  
• Mastery of key data science tools  including R programming, Python, Statistical softwares (SAS, SPSS, Epi Info etc)
   

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Description

Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below.

Job Responsibilities

• Key point of contact for HR legal and regulatory compliance, including implementation of internal Operational Risk Management framework and audit exercises, including necessary escalation. Key contact point for HR Reporting.
• Lead risk based internal control reviews within HR and proactively influence / inform Country Internal Audit and Compliance planning (formal audits, risk reviews).
• Ensure the data quality and accuracy of the HR MIS and staff personal file registries are up to world class standards.
• Maintain a robust HR Reporting framework, implementing a timely collection and dissemination of HR Metrics and analytics to key stakeholders (Head HR, HRBPs, Risk, Compliance, Finance team plus external regulatory reporting recipients).
• Maintain identified risk and audit tracking mechanisms and follow through with respective colleagues for closure of open items in a timely manner. Champion the education and action of HR Team on proactive risk management
• Provide expertise and shared support to HR Specialist function heads where necessary, e.g. on Performance Management reporting

Qualifications

• Degree in Business related field with a bias in Statistical or Analytical studies.
• HR Background and a member of IHRM,
• Solid Accounting knowledge

Skills/ Experience Required

• At least 3-5 years in a busy department, handling records of digital and hard copy nature
• Analytical thinking and judgment.
• Accuracy and attention to detail, high sense of organization
• Advanced IT Confidence and skills, especially using Macros and Spreadsheets. High competency in Excel spreadsheets, MS Office tools (e.g. Power BI and Databases) and other reporting software
• High competency with the MS Office Suite – Word, Excel (advanced), PowerPoint
• Adept in information gathering and preliminary analytics.
• A thorough understanding of the concept of the Balanced Scorecard.
• Great stakeholder management skills
• Ability to determine sensitivities, and confidentiality as required in HR
   

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Description

Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the role outlined below.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide key support to the Database, Compliance & Reporting Manager on maintenance of the HR database (quality and accuracy), as well as the Risk Management & Compliance aspects
• Ensure the implementation of the HR Reporting framework, gathering and compilation of metrics required for everyday tracking and reporting
• Timely generation of monthly HR Metrics for HR team scorecards (where relevant) and preparation of monthly reports.
• HR Budget monitoring and highlighting areas of improvement/opportunity to manager and Head, HR/HR Team
• To communicate and collaborate with HR colleagues, other teams and stakeholders at all levels, to provide awareness, training, and information on HR initiatives

Qualifications

• Degree in Business related field with a bias in Statistical or Analytical studies.
• HR Background and a member of IHRM,
• Solid Accounting knowledge

Skills/ Experience Required

• Analytical thinking and judgment.
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Advanced IT Confidence, especially using Macros and Spreadsheets. High competency in Excel spreadsheets
• High competency with the MS Office Suite – Word, Excel (advanced), PowerPoint, Power BI etc.
• Able to quickly gather information and prepare insights and presentations for a senior audience