Finance Department,Rwanda.Senior Manager, Strategy and Transformation

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Lead the development of strategic plans and business plans working closely with functional leaders and external consultants aligning the organization's strategy with its mission, values and business environment requirements.

• Coordinate and facilitate strategic workshops, roundtables and one on one discussions to communicate the Bank’s corporate plans and strategies.

• Monitor and report periodically the actual performance of the business against the corporate plans and strategy.

• Oversee regular market analysis to identify opportunities and threats and devise necessary strategies to address foreseen challenges.

• Oversee implementation of strategic initiatives, such as digital transformation, operational efficiency, and process improvement, through the Project Management team, to ensure sustainability and consistent growth of the Bank.

• Oversee the Monitoring and evaluation unit of the bank’s interventions  and activities in relation to the stated objectives

• Oversee the development and implementation of strategies for market penetration, market development, and product development.

• Assess opportunities for organisation review in line with prevailing business circumstances and work with HR team in designing and implementing organizational restructuring to support strategic goals.

• Overseeing the development and implementation of performance management systems in liaison with HR team ensuring performance metrics are tied to strategic imperatives.

• Integrate sustainability and social responsibility into the organization's strategy leveraging ESG and other global development agenda.

• Evaluate opportunities for potential partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions with relevant organisations and initiate pursuit in liaison with the Bank’s leadership.

• Develop business cases for new ventures, business lines and products to steer growth and market eminence.

• Steer the preparation of annual reports working closely with the financial reporting team and leadership team at Group and Bank level. 

• Represent the Bank in different strategic forums/functions as guided by the Managing Director and leadership team.

• Drive the Business intelligence agenda of the Bank to empower Data driven decision making through real time analytics, advanced reporting tools and customized financial insights and performance metrics 

• Oversee and drive the resource mobilization initiatives of the bank to ensure that the bank is equipped with the right funding to achieve its strategy

• Oversee the compliance with the lenders covenants and report on the same

• Manage the stakeholders in the resource mobilization space

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Stakeholder engagement to identify, properly document and track the execution of strategic and transformation initiatives

• Conduct periodic review to monitor progress against agreed objectives 

• Investigates reasons for budget variance and establishes ways to reduce the variance through budget owners

• Continuous tracking of the bank’s projects that are driving the strategic initiatives 

• Carry out continuous market research and intelligence to support development of correct strategic and transformational initiatives 

• To make the Bank a data driven institution for decision making through Business intelligence and analytics

• Mobilize external funding and resources in form of loans and grants, technical assistance to achieve the Bank’s strategy 

                                                Academic & Professional

Particulars

Detail

Specific Field or Qualification

Need Type4

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Management, Finance, Banking, Statistics Commerce or a related field

RQ

Professional Course

Business, Finance, Strategy, Data Science Strategy related qualifications

RQ

Education

Masters

Strategic Management, Banking, Finance or a related field

AA

                                                     Experience

Total Minimum No of Years Experience Required

 6 Years

Detail  

Area  

Minimum No. Of Years

Need Type5 

Experience Area 1 

Development & monitoring of execution of business plans & strategies

4

ES

Experience Area 2 

Strategy development

5

ES

Experience Area 3 

Banking operations

5

ES

Experience Area 4 

Change Management

5

ES

Experience Area 5 

Project Management

4

ES

Experience Area 6 

Senior level leadership

3

ES

Experience Area 7

Risk management

3

DE

Experience Area 7

Customer Relationship Management

5

ES