🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ First Bank of Nigeria Limited – 5 Positions

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Finance Business Analyst
2.) Finance Business Partner
3.) Service Executive Conversion Programme - SECP 7
4.) Team Lead, Application Development
5.) Team Lead, Payments (Transaction Banking)

Job Identification: 643
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Duties & Responsibilities

• To support the Team Leads in facilitating periodic performance review sessions (Monthly/Quarterly Performance Reviews).
• To analyse, report and generate business insights on products, channels, customers, branches  and Customer Profitability Reports) in the business areas of oversight.
• To conduct competitive bechmarking, environmental scanning and analysis to generate business insight and actionable recommendations for performance improvement.
• To support the annual budgeting exercise and ensure adequate planning bank-wide.
• To identify and assess MIS issues affecting the business and ensure their correction and conclusinve resolution.
• To facilitate the implementation and maintenance of an effective MIS (Management Information System) reporting application that is accurate and fair in presenitng business performance.
• To ensure the integrity and completeness of bankwide acount mapping in line with the account mapping policy.
• Maintain procedures, models and other structures to report the bank’s performance across the bank’s electronic business products and channels
• Run periodic procedures to generate, validate, correct, and finalize performance reports and dashboards to independently determine the performance of individuals, teams, groups in the electronic business groups and other business areas as assigned by the Team Leads in Budgeting & Analytics
• Support the MIS Analytics Team Leads in development, implementation, management and maintenance of the MIS and performance dashboard reporting applications.
• Generate actionable analytics and insight on the bank’s growth, profitability, sales, competitivesss etc on the electronic products, channels, and lines of business.
• Support the Team Leads in Budgeting & Analytics in facilitating robust performance dialogues with Teams, Groups ang Executives on EBusiness
• Propose and drive revenue and cost optimization on electronic business based on insight and analytics.
• Provide actionable insights and analytics as may be required to drive and optimize the bank’s electronic business performance.
• Drive and track strategic initiatives, process improvement and automation projects as may be assigned by Unit Head, Budgeting & Analytics or GH, BPM
• Any other duty as may be assigned by Unit Head, Budgeting & Analytics or GH, BPM.

Job Requirements
Minimum Education:

• First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Science or Engineering.
• Master’s Degree/Professional certification in Accounting or Finance.

Minimum Experience:

• Seven (7) years industry experience and at least three years in a MIS, Finance or accounting role.
• Experience in MIS (Management Information System).
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite, MS access, SQL, etc.
• Experience in Finance or Accounting.

Application Closing Date
31st December, 2022 (05:33 PM).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Identification: 641
Location: Lagos, Nigeria

Duties & Responsibilities

• To conduct competitive bechmarking, environmental scanning and analysis to generate business insight and actionable recommendations for performance improvement  in the business areas of oversight.
• To facilitate annual bottom up budgeting exercise and ensure adequate planning in the  business areas of oversight.
• To identify and assess MIS issues affecting the business and ensure their correction and conclusinve resolution.
• To support the implementation and maintenance of an effective MIS (Management Information System) reporting process that is accurate and fair in presenitng business performnace.
• To ensure the integrity and completeness of acounts mapped to SBUs under oversight.
• To ensure the correctness of costs allocated and fairness of cost apportioned to SBU.
• To provide adhoc support to the SBU and prepare any reports as required.
• To coordinate all other efforts to enhance performance by the SBU.
• Prepare and analyze the following reports at least monthly and present same to SBUs/SRF at performance review sessions.
• Balance Sheet Review:
  • Volume and growth analysis.
  • Funding cost analysis (Deposit rates).
  • Yield analysis.
• Product Analysis:
  • Electronic & other Products Sales & Adoption.
  • Non-Interest Income Analysis.
  • Cash Transaction Analysis (Identify dumping).
• OPEX Analysis:
  • Budget utilization
  • Cost allocation vs apportionment
  • Cost optimization
  • Branch Operations Cost Analysis
  • Big Spenders’ Cost Engagement
• Opportunities & Initiatives:
  • Cross-sell and collaboration.
  • Market & Environmental scanning.
  • Strategic initiatives.
  • Productivity Analysis.
  • Loss-making branches.
• Facilitate the monthly performance review session with SBU/SRF Executives, to discuss the monthly performance report, issues (including cost apportionment, account remapping etc).
• Prepare and analyze monthly/quarterly performance position of the SRF/SBU, and facilitate robust performance dialogues with SBUs and SRFs.
• Facilitate performance clinic sessions with under-performing Business Maanagers and Relationship Managers and offer advise and guidance to improve business  performance.
• Monitor and analyse income allocated to SBU and ensure the corrrectness and completeness of performance reports, including costs, revenues, volumes and products.
• Perform monthly balance sheet, income statement variance analysis.
• Provide periodic competitive analysis for business unit
• Participate in budgeting exercise to ensure adequate inputs and sensible assumptions by the SBU and budgeting teams
• Drive budget cascade to all Group Heads, Team Leads/ Business Development Managers, Business Managers and Relationship Managers and resolve all issues arising therefrom.
• Indentify and ensure full coverage of all individuals in SBU in scorecard and monthly performacne dashboard preparation.
• Identify and collate appropriate data for scorecard generation.
• Generate and communicate scorecards to all individuals in the SBU and SRF being covered.
• Drive adoption of issue management via the bank’s Helpdesk platform and BPM app as appliacble.
• Monitor staff movement, ensure account re-mapping wihin SBU and correct any errors or irregularities.
• Faciliate the resolution of all account mapping related issues and other inter-SBU disputes relating to ownership, income, value-chain, collaboration, cross-sell.
• Educate BM/RMs on peformance reports, strategic initiative, including new initiatives, dashboards and other reports.
• Assist the Business Partner Leads in resolving conflicts arising from scorecards, MIS, expense control, budget of SRF/SBU’s.
• Facilitate enlightenment/training sessions on scorecards and other performance initiatives.
• Facilitate inter-departmental engagements between SBUs and SRFs as may be required to drive business process efficiency or performance improvement
• Identify and implement process effectiveness and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Develop apps, reports and other tools to enable robus business engagement and administration.
• Maintain the Security of all Information entrusted to the staff.

Job Requirements
Minimum Education:

• First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Science or Engineering.
• Master’s Degree / Professional certification in Accounting or Finance.

Minimum Experience:

• 10 years’ industry experience and at least 5 years in a MIS, Finance or accounting role.
• Experience in MIS (Management Information System).
• Proficiency in Microsoft office suite, MS access, SQL, etc.
• Experience in Finance or Accounting.

Application Closing Date
31st December, 2022 (05:34 PM).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Identification: 734
Location: Nigeria
Job Schedule Full time

Person Specification
Below are the eligibility criteria for the conversion exercise:

• Not more than than 32 years.
• Minimum academic qualification is B.Sc Degree with Second Class Lower or HND with Upper Credit from institutions accredited by NUC or other regulatory bodies approved by government.
• Possession of higher degree(s) and/or relevant professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CPA, will be a distant advantage.
• Must have worked in the Bank for a minimum of 1 year as a non-core staff.
• Sound moral and ethical conduct with no disciplinary records.
• Evidence of mandatory NYSC scheme or Exemption Certificate.

Key Competencies And Attributes:
Interested Service Executives must possess the following skills set:

• Excellent communications skills
• Strong Interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Analytical skills
• Self-driven and results-oriented
• Highly innovative with excellent problem-solving skills
• Good team player
• Familiarity with global financial trends and developments
• Proficient in the use of MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Application Closing Date
16th December, 2022 (11:59 PM).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Identification: 733
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Schedule Full time
Job Category: IT TECH, SEC & OPS
Job Shift: Day

Job Objective(s)

• To create the detailed IT solution/service design, based on the functional specifications, to meet quality & performance requirements & technical constraints.
• To define what is the service effect , how will it be delivered and how will it be consumed by users.
• To build, configure and/or customise technical solution, based on the functional and technical specifications, to meet quality & performance requirements

Duties & Responsibilities

• Guide team development efforts towards successful project delivery.
• Provide technical leadership to teammates through coaching and mentorship
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
• Collaborate with other software developers, business analysts and software architects to plan, design, develop, test, and maintain w business applications
• Assist in the collection and documentation of user's requirements, development of user stories, estimates and work plans.
• Prepare reports, manuals and other documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
• Design, develop, and unit test applications in accordance with established standards.
• Participate in peer-reviews of solution designs and related code
• Package and support deployment of releases.
• Work with teammates in the migration of legacy applications to current technologies.
• Develop, refine, and tune integrations between applications.
• Analyze and resolve technical and application problems.
• Assess opportunities for application and process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team members and other affected parties.
• Adhere to high-quality development principles while delivering solutions on time and on-budget. Provide third-level support to business users
• Research and evaluate a variety of software products.
• Develop new user-facing features.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Ensure the technical feasibility of UI/UX designs.
• Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability.
• Assure that all user input is validated before submitting to back end
• Provides level 3 support for production applications.
• Maintain confidentiality of all Information entrusted while delivering projects.
• Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook.
• Performs other functions as may be required for the business to achieve its strategic objectives.

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum of a First Degree or its equivalent in Computing or related disciplines.
• Master's, MBA or a recognized professional certification will be an added advantage.

Experience:

• 5+ years’ experience as a Software Developer.
• Prior experience in a technical leadership position.
• Attention to detail and can-do attitude.
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Structured and methodical approach to problem solving.
• Self-motivated, a team player, and exhibit a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrate analytical, interpretative and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Proficient in .NET framework and .Net core using C#
• Full stack developer with skills and experience with Java, Angular, JavaScript, TypeScript, Perl, Oracle, SQL, MySQL, Apache Tomcat, Maven, XML, XSLT, JSON, RESTful APIs, etc.
• Analyzing customer requirements.
• Ability to understand client requirements as well as underlying infrastructure applications, systems and processes.
• Ability to oversee development efforts.
• Strong capability in juggling priorities so that deadlines are met while retaining consistently high quality outcomes.
• Software architecture design, together with architecture team.
• Technical knowledge of MS Project Server, Report Builder and SharePoint
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability.
• Creating technical specifications, writing program code and documenting
• Testing the products in controlled situations before going live.
• Maintaining the systems once they are up and running.
• Preparation of training manuals (user guides) for users.
• Experience with systems management tools as Nagios, Grafana, Prometheus, Rundeck are a plus.
• Experience of working in infrastructure is a plus.
• Experience in Automation, and Orchestration to drive efficiencies within IT operations is a plus.
• Understanding of modern IT and DevOps DC’s and cloud operations is a plus.
• Operational background (ITIL processes, network operations and support).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Identification: 719
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Schedule Full time
Job Category: FBN Gen.
Job Shift: Day

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing, supervising and motivating team members or subordinate product managers in the day-to-day performance of their jobs.
• Define strategy for products based on overall direction of the bank.
• Provide strategy and overall leadership for the team.
• Provide coaching and mentoring for team members for optimum productivity.
• Define product budget /target and ensure realization in collaboration with sales specialists and relationship managers.
• Elaborate recommendations and ensure implementation and efficiency.
• Define targeted market shares, sales forecasts and profitability objectives.
• Constantly adapt to the evolution of the market, detecting and studying the potential opportunities to create a new product and/or ensure the adaptation of current products.
• Obtain market intelligence reports and advise sales leads to technical sales specialists.
• Oversee collection of information directly or indirectly related to all products so as to propose areas of development (market analysis, evolution, competitors’ activities, etc.
• Manage relationships with key partners.
• Workforce training on product usage.
• Regular benchmark TB offerings of other banks to ensure competitiveness
• Periodically analyze product performance by customer segment/location/BU etc and take appropriate action.
• Work closely with Sales teams, TB Solutions Delivery team and Operations to develop and enhance products.
• Assess demand in the market for products to determine the need to produce or enhance products.
• Plan out how to efficiently roll out and implement product schemes.
• Support Product Sales when announcing new changes in products.
• Conceive products in relation with Risk, Finance, Operations and Legal and Compliance.
• Work with marketing team to define most suitable media plan (type of media, period, frequency, etc.) to create awareness of new and existing products.
• Monitor product performance periodically and provide performance report to management based on results obtained vs. targets.
• Oversee analysis of results of launching new product/development.
• Follow-up on relevant indicators (e.g., turnover, pricing, market share, etc.
• Ensure team has necessary skills and knowledge required for current and future needs

Job Requirements
Education:

• Minimum Education: First Degree in any related discipline.
• MBA or Advance Degree equivalent in Business administration, Finance or related field is an added advantage.

Experience:

• Minimum of 7 years experience in banking.

Key Competency Requirements:
Knowledge:

• Proven knowledge in relevant Transaction Banking products and related business aspects.

Skill/Competencies:

• Entrepreneurial skills.
• Strong leadership qualities.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.

Application Closing Date
16th December, 2022 (10:16 PM).

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online