Career Opportunities: Equity
Bank is the region’s leading Bank whose purpose is to transform the lives and
livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them
modern, inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities.
With a strong foot print in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan,
Equity Bank is now home to over 10 million customers – the largest customer
base in Africa.
Currently the Bank is seeking
additional atleast to serve in the role outlined below:Business Intelligence Developers (BI
Developers)
Role Profile: Reporting
to the Business Insight Manager, the successful candidate will be expected to
bring crucial analytics to business solutions and organizations, solve
real-world business problems by designing and building OLAP (online analytical
processing) cubes, applying data mining algorithms, writing queries and
designing reports.
Responsibilities range from
aggregating data from multiple sources in an efficient data warehouse to
designing enterprise-level solutions for very large multidimensional databases.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Design and plan BI solutions
- Debug, monitor and troubleshoot BI solutions
- Write relational and multidimensional database
queries - Create and deploy reports
- Build relationships with business intelligence
partners to understand data needs in order to execute with excellence on
documented user requirements and prototypes - Educate and advise internal customers on how
to leverage available data for consumption
Technical Skills Required:
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience with developing
technical BI data solutions, preferably with Oracle tools (SQL
,PLSQL) Prior work as a Database Programmer or Programmer Analyst
strongly preferred - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science any IT
and/or Business-related discipline - Work closely with BI analysts to deliver
effective global BI architecture in a timely manner - Expertise utilizing ETL/data integration tools
e.g. ODI, Infomatica - Ability to manage 24/7 job data processing for
ongoing success — troubleshoot and rectify any production related issues - Adherence to all development standards and
protocols including Change Management, Code Review, Documentation and
Testing - Good oral and written communication skills
- Demonstrated SQL skills with extensive
experience in developing stored procedures, views, functions, triggers and
advanced logical methods - Skills in Oracle Business Intelligence
Enterprise Edition will be an added advantage
- Demonstrated understanding of the business
processes across banking, payments and financial domains - Ability to communicate information clearly and
efficiently to users via the information graphics selected, such as tables
and charts - Ability to define and analyze data
requirements needed to support the business processes within the scope of
corresponding information systems in organizations - Designing data standards for all data systems
as a vision or a model of the eventual interactions between those data
systems - Knowledge of out-of-the-box solutions packaged
to help Jump start implementations at one end e.g. OFSAA, OBIA, Rapid
Marts
Position: E-Commerce Manager
Role Profile: E-commerce has continued to record a double-digit
growth in Africa, with Kenya among the top three markets. Equity Bank (Kenya)
Limited is playing a lead role in developing an on-line, secure and reliable
payment network, thus enabling the rapid expansion of this industry.
Reporting to the Head of Acquiring,
the successful candidate will manage and support the implementation of action
plans and drive the required initiatives to completion across all functions in
the organization.
- Developing an e-commerce strategy for the
Kenyan market, which can be rolled out in into other markets in future and
provide strategic direction on how to maximize revenues - Identifying and ensuring approval for
resources and budgets needed to execute and implement the e-commerce
strategy - Regularly present to the Management the
performance and progress of the e-commerce project - Building a high performing e-commerce team
with a strong sense for innovation and success, using internal and
external resources - Liaising with the various business units and
functions including Operations, Legal & Compliance, Fraud Management,
Sales & Marketing and Retail to develop and implement action plans
based on the strategy - Developing a business plan to grow e-commerce
business through effective distribution and channel management including
PSPs and existing corporate clients - P&L responsibility for the execution of
approved plans particularly with regards to driving growth and development
of e-commerce - Setting and regularly review pricing policies
across the e-commerce products suite - Monitoring competitor activity to understand
trends in the market - Identifying the requirements for an effective
fraud management structure and ensure Equity Bank’s activities are
compliant with government and international Card Schemes’ regulations - Overseeing the liaison with external vendors
to follow up on deliverables, handle issues and escalate as required
Candidate’s Qualifications, Knowledge
and Experience
- A Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics or
ICT from an accredited institution - Master’s degree or similar qualifications in
Business will be an added advantage - Professional qualifications in Information
Technology - Ten years’ experience in the electronic
payment industry particularly in Acquiring and e-commerce
- In-depth knowledge of e-commerce, including
business drivers and its cross-border nature as well as service delivery
requirements from PSPs - Results oriented Professional with
international experience in the payment industry, willing to actively
share tools, methodologies and best practices on e-commerce - Demonstrate analytical focus and ability to
plan, develop and implement major project initiatives. - Leadership and team management skills, a
hands-on mentality, resourcefulness and decision-making skills - Ability to drive change and influence others,
even in challenging situations - Highly developed communication and presentation
skills coupled with confidence and experience to persuasively present
complex concepts to senior management and other stakeholders - Ability to build and maintain strong
relationships and consensus within the organization as well as externally
with Service-providers and clients - Fluency in oral and written English.
If you meet the above requirements,
submit your application, detailed Curriculum Vitae and copies of the relevant
certificates, quoting the job you are applying by Friday, 22nd May, 2015
Email to: jobs@equitybank.co.ke
Only short listed candidates will be contacted.
Equity Bank is an equal opportunity employer.
We value the diversity of
individuals, ideas, perspectives, insights, values and what they bring to the
workplace.
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