Management Accountant job at Ecobank

FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS

Strategic Planning Support

• Provide financial models and scenario analysis to guide strategic decisions.
• Collaborate with business units to align budgets and forecasts with Ecobank’s growth objectives.

Performance Monitoring

• Prepare monthly and quarterly performance dashboards for management and business units.
• Analyze variances and recommend corrective actions to improve operational efficiency.

Cost Optimization

• Identify cost drivers and propose initiatives to reduce operating expenses.
• Support process improvement and automation projects to enhance efficiency.

Profitability Analysis

• Conduct product, segment, and branch profitability analysis.
• Provide recommendations to improve margins and optimize resource allocation.

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Develop annual budgets and rolling forecasts in collaboration with department heads.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of budget submissions and approvals.

CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a financial advisor to internal stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate insights.
• Conduct financial literacy sessions for non-finance managers to improve decision-making.

Management Reporting

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports for decision-making.
• Ensure reports comply with IFRS, Ecobank policies, and regulatory standards.

RISK AND COMPLIANCE

Compliance and Risk Management

• Ensure adherence to internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal and external audits by providing accurate financial data.

Financial Process Improvement

• Drive automation of reporting tools and implement best practices in financial management.
• Reduce reporting cycle time and improve data accuracy.

Process Improvement

• Streamline internal reporting processes for efficiency.
• Drive automation of management reports and dashboards.

PEOPLE

Training and Capacity Building

• Conduct financial literacy sessions for non-finance managers.
• Share best practices for cost control and resource optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Professional certification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA) is required.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in management accounting, preferably in banking or financial services.

• Provide financial models and scenario analysis to guide strategic decisions.
• Collaborate with business units to align budgets and forecasts with Ecobank’s growth objectives.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly performance dashboards for management and business units.
• Analyze variances and recommend corrective actions to improve operational efficiency.
• Identify cost drivers and propose initiatives to reduce operating expenses.
• Support process improvement and automation projects to enhance efficiency.
• Conduct product, segment, and branch profitability analysis.
• Provide recommendations to improve margins and optimize resource allocation.
• Develop annual budgets and rolling forecasts in collaboration with department heads.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of budget submissions and approvals.
• Act as a financial advisor to internal stakeholders, ensuring timely and accurate insights.
• Conduct financial literacy sessions for non-finance managers to improve decision-making.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual management reports for decision-making.
• Ensure reports comply with IFRS, Ecobank policies, and regulatory standards.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Support internal and external audits by providing accurate financial data.
• Drive automation of reporting tools and implement best practices in financial management.
• Reduce reporting cycle time and improve data accuracy.
• Streamline internal reporting processes for efficiency.
• Drive automation of management reports and dashboards.
• Conduct financial literacy sessions for non-finance managers.
• Share best practices for cost control and resource optimization.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Professional certification (ACCA, CPA, CIMA) is required.