Management Accountant   Assists the Management Accountant with the provision of sound financial and business information to guide the effective and efficient development and execution of strategy. Assists in the development, implementation and monitoring of an effective budgetary control system 1. Provides the Management Accountant with input for the preparation of monthly Management Accounts Pack (variance and ratio analysis and performance commentary) for circulation to Heads of Divisions, District Managers, Branch and Cost Center Managers.
2. Assists in liaising with Branches and Departments on their performance on a monthly basis.
3. Prepares and circulates monthly Branch, District and Division accounts. 
4. Assists in the coordination of the preparation of annual budgets and quarterly rolling forecasts of the Banking Operations. 
5. Provides input to the Management Accountant for project appraisal and cost benefit analysis for new products or new business lines.
6. Assists in the monitoring of bank costs, allocation of overheads.
7. Prepares the daily performance dashboard for the Bank.
8. Assists in half year and year end audits and preparation of financial statements where necessary.
9. Assists in the preparation of accounting reports for ALCO.
10. Reviews and approves exigent expenditure requests falling outside normal petty cash requirements for Branches and Departments subject to a delegated limit.
11. Performs analytical reviews on revenue and expenditure trends for submission to Management Accountant.
12. Circulates the Bank�s Daily Balance Sheet Tracking.
13. Performs any other duties assigned by superiors. 
 Review branch performance reports
Review daily performance dashboard for the Bank
Review divisional commentary
Draft budget templates review
Ad hoc reports
Review of expenditure trend analysis
Tasks/ Control checklist
Departmental meetings
 None  Submit monthly branch and division management accounts to branch managers and divisional heads
 Prepares monthly shared costs allocation journal
 Monitoring petty cash expenditure on a daily basis
 Ensuring the dashboard for the Bank is updated on a daily basis
 Prepare research input for ad hoc activities
 Submit branch budgets before the due dates
   Accounting degree or equivalent  CIMA/ CFA
 MBA/ MBL/ MSc Finance
 6 years  Must have good financial management (balance sheet structure, assets and liabilities management, capital structures, pricing of financial instruments and projects)
 Must have good accounting and reporting (application of financial reporting standards, financial analysis and modelling, financial reporting)
 Must have basic IT skills (IT applications and general IT controls)
 Must have basic understanding of banking and finance and products (retail, treasury, corporate, trade finance, payment system)
 Must have basic understanding of governance framework (banking laws)
 Must have basic understanding of audit processes
 Must have basic understanding of tax legislation
 Must be able to communicate at all levels
 Must have good interpersonal skills
 Must have strong analytical skills
 Must have good problem solving skills
 Must be a team player
 Must have strong leadership attributes
  Decides on priority of tasks to be performed with a view of meeting deadlines.
 Decides on recommendations to be made to immediate supervisor on improving procedures and systems.
 Decides on what to recommend on cost control measures after carrying out an expense analysis.
 Decides on equitable overhead allocation models and the level of journals to be applied in order to distribute cost centers for the proper tracking of cost center performance.
 Decides on quality of input for research required to support strategic intervention.
 Decides on appropriate input for internal funds transfer pricing model to be applied within the Bank.
 Decides on training requirements for self.
 Decides on expenditure to be approved subject to the delegated limit.
  Branch managers disputing expenditure charged to their cost centers
 Pressure to explain how overheads are allocated to branches
 Pressure to meet strict deadlines
 Challenges in extracting information on business statistics from other business systems
 Justification of expenditure required by business units
 Finding solutions for irregular/ unusual transactions/ activities affecting the bank�s financial and business outturn.
 Compliance with the Group Financial Reporting Framework.
 Interpreting new statutes/ law processes and procedures.



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