Finance & Value Management Officer, Personal & Private Banking

• PositionFinance & Value Management Officer, Personal & Private Banking
• CompanyStanbic Bank Uganda
• Reference80383490A-0001
• LocationHannington Road, Kampala, Uganda
• Job TypeFull-Time, Permanent
• CategoryBanking Jobs in Uganda
• IndustryBanking / Financial Services
• DepartmentFinance (Personal & Private Banking)
• DeadlineNo closing date specified

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, serving individuals, businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions.

Stanbic Bank Uganda is the Uganda business of Standard Bank Group. This vacancy sits within the finance team supporting Personal & Private Banking, the segment that serves individual and private banking clients.

Standard Bank Group describes its purpose as creating growth in Africa and bringing meaningful value to its clients and the communities it serves. Applications for Stanbic roles are handled through Standard Bank Group’s SmartRecruiters careers portal.

The Finance & Value Management Officer supports high standards of business planning in Personal & Private Banking. You will drive a robust planning process covering budgeting and forecasting, and improve decision making with timely insights from periodic analysis of detailed financial performance.

Day to day, you will prepare monthly segment and product reports for Head Office, the country business unit and Line of Business Heads, build financial models for balance sheet and income statement projections, and develop management information with strong data integrity. You will analyse product, customer and business unit performance, including trends, variances and correlations, recommend new performance opportunities, and review digital channel profitability each month with commentary on how to improve it. It suits a part-qualified accountant who enjoys turning numbers into business decisions.

• Support high standards of business planning in PPB and its Lines of Business by driving a robust planning process, including budgeting and forecasting.
• Support the quality of decision making by providing timely and relevant insights based on periodic analysis of detailed financial performance.
• Prepare monthly segment and product reports for submission to Head Office, the country business unit and Line of Business Heads.
• Carry out financial modelling to derive forecasting tools for balance sheet and income statement projections.
• Develop and implement reporting of key PPB management information (MI), ensuring data integrity and timely communication to relevant managers.
• Provide monthly PPB product, customer and business unit performance analysis, including trends, variances and correlations.
• Drive the business analysis and related processes for making recommendations on new performance opportunities.
• Prepare and consolidate existing and new periodic product, customer and segment performance reports in line with evolving business needs.
• Prepare monthly digital channels profitability reviews with commentary on how to improve performance.

Required Education

• Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting, Finance or a related business field.
• ACCA, CPA or CIMA (part).

Work Experience

• 2 to 3 years’ relevant experience in Finance, Audit or Business Analysis.
• Practical experience in financial modelling and data mining techniques.

Additional Requirements

• Strong analytical capabilities with experience using spreadsheets and other analytical tools.

Technical Skills

• Financial accounting and analysis: financial accounting, financial analysis and interpreting financial statements.
• Management accounting: management accounting and reconciling financial records.
• Risk and pricing: risk identification and transfer pricing.

Soft Skills

• Practical approach: adopting practical approaches and checking things.
• Adaptability: embracing change and following procedures.
• Data and delivery: interpreting data, managing tasks and meeting timescales.

The role is listed as full-time and permanent. Other benefits are not stated in the advert.

• Permanent role at one of Uganda’s largest banks, part of Standard Bank Group.
• Direct exposure to Personal & Private Banking strategy through budgeting and forecasting.
• Build financial modelling skills on balance sheet and income statement projections.
• Your reports go to Head Office and Line of Business Heads, giving you visibility.
• Digital channel profitability work keeps you close to the bank’s growth areas.
• Part-qualified ACCA, CPA or CIMA candidates can apply.

Apply online through Standard Bank Group’s careers portal: Finance & Value Management Officer, Personal & Private Banking. No closing date is specified in the advert, so apply as soon as possible.

• Apply early: with no closing date stated, the role can close once enough candidates apply.
• Show financial modelling examples, such as forecast models or budget packs you built.
• State your ACCA, CPA or CIMA progress clearly.
• Mention banking, audit or business analysis work with product or segment reporting.
• Highlight Excel and data tools you use for data mining and MI reporting.