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Job Summary
The Finance MI Analyst will be part of the Data Analytics team with the following main accountabilities:
- Develop an MI framework that will support the business with robust and reliable data to aid in management decision-making with the objective of maximizing profitability.
- Assist in developing business insights that constructively challenge the organization to refine its “where to play” and “how to win” choices to drive growth, improve profitability, and sustain competitive advantage
- Produce daily, weekly and monthly reports which will cover all aspects of business and performance reporting.
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Job Description
Business Analytics
Time split: 40%
- Applying analytics (descriptive, predictive, prescriptive) across functional reports
- Assist in developing business insights that constructively challenge the organization to refine its “where to play” and “how to win” choices to drive growth, improve profitability, and sustain competitive advantage
- Support in promoting data as a strategic asset for identifying growth opportunities as well as experimenting and testing new ideas with the aim of building new customers and revenue streams.
- To monitor actual performance against target and to analyse variances.
- Assist in the investigation of any anomalies in financial performance
- To understand the key drivers of income & cost and develop and report financial and other performance measures required by local management & ARO Finance to monitor profitability of major products and of individual functions.
- Providing input and assisting in the preparation and timely submission of Flash, Actual, MTP, STP and RAF to group.
- Produce periodic reports which will cover all the aspects of the product life cycle including acquisition, portfolio performance, product profitability, credit and collections performance and operational related reports
- Support in maintaining high quality of analysis and evaluation
- Analysis of competitor data and economic trends to monitor performance and identify critical areas of focus.
Management Information
30%
- Proactively identify the MI needs of business partners and develop the necessary tools to meet these needs.
- Provision of MI on an ongoing basis as and when requested by group and the local team.
- Assist in the review of business cases for all investment projects undertaken by your business and to monitor benefits by gathering data on costs, benefits and returns.
- Assist in the preparation of senior management presentations and decks
- Ensure the integrity of Management information and support in maintaining high data quality.
- Assist in ensuring correct mapping of product, segment and functional P & L and balance sheet in BRAINS and all Finance systems
- Assist in group reporting, data and system management (TMI, SAP and other)
- To respond to routine and ad hoc information requests.
- Participate in any finance related activity as and when requested by Finance.
- Ensure reports are completed within the specified requirements and the agreed SLAs and ensure the requestor understands any limitations
- Prioritization of regular and ad hoc reporting to satisfy external and internal customers
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Performance Reporting
20%
- Prepare daily, weekly and monthly financial reports for submission to local management and business functions
- Ensure timeliness, accuracy and reliability of financial and management reports for decision making
- Assist with the written and verbal articulation of Barclays Ghana’s performance
- Liaise with finance business partners to ensure the integrity of functional reports
- Assist in the preparation of any other value –adding reports and tasks
Self-Development
5%
- Develop and maintain own knowledge, expertise and professionalism.
- Keep abreast of current developments in the banking industry including micro and macro-economic factors and trends
- Meet personal training and development needs through relevant professional and commercial training and networking activities.
- Champion his/her own performance development.
Risk and Control
5%
- Understand the appropriate Group and RoA Policies & Standards applicable to the role.
- Understand and manage risks and risk events (incidents) thereby contributing to the adherence to the Group Risk and Control Framework.
Education
Further Education and Training Certificate (FETC): Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)
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