Senior Manager, Policy and Data Analysis (Senior Manager) - Banking and Payments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Banking, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Insurance, Law, Mathematics, Computer Science or related field of study.
  
• Professional qualifications in Banking, Accounting, Finance, Risk Management, or related field of study is an added advantage.
  

Work Experience

• At least ten (10) years’ work experience in Payments & Banking Policy and Operations, Financial Services, Economics, Accounting or similar operations, with at least five (5) years in a supervisory/managerial capacity.
  

Strategic Responsibilities

• Work effectively as part of the middle management to deliver on the Key Result Areas and demonstrates competencies of his/her role.
  
• Contribute as appropriate to the performance of National Payment Systems function and to the overall achievement of CBK’s strategic objectives.
  
• Supervise the staff in the section to ensure the section delivers its mandate.
  

Technical and Operational Responsibilities

• Oversee the design and coordination of BPS engagement with local and global stakeholders and central banks on emerging issues in the payments space, domestically and internationally.
  
• Oversee implementation of an integrated information management system for electronic submission (EDW) and processing of NPS returns.
  
• Carry out research and analysis on emerging issues in the national payments systems.
  
• Continually review the NPS policy framework
  
• Continually review NPS laws and regulations
  
• Design policy and frameworks that enable discharge of CBK payments mandate.
  
• Carry out sensitization on new payment policy initiatives.
  
• Identify new areas for inclusive financing and recommend actions for policy formulation.
  
• Coordinate all activities related to financial inclusion within the Division.
  
• Monitor industry developments.
  
• Ensure that data received is processed and required standard reports generated.
  
• Update the statistics on the CBK website
  
• Supervise the staff in the section and monitor progress using appraisals.
  
• Oversee the identification of capacity building staff needs in the Section to enable the staff deliver on their performance targets.
  
• Any other roles and responsibilities that may be assigned.