{Ankobra West Rural Bank Limited,Esiama,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Sep-2013};

The Ankobra West Rural Bank Limited, Esiama is inviting applications from suitable persons for the following position:- Credit / Project Officer

Qualification Required & Experience

•   BSc Agric Economics / BSc Accounting / BCom or HND in Marketing
•   5 years experience in credit delivery working experience

Location: Esiama

How To Apply For The Job

Suitable applicats should submit their applications and CVs to:-

The Chairman,
Ankobra West Rural Bank Limited,
P.O.Box C2474,
Accra

Closing Date: 25 September, 2013

{Akatakyiman Rural Bank Ltd,Komenda-Central Region,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Sep-2013};

The Akatakyiman Rural Bank Ltd  seeks to employ suitably qualified Ghanaians for the following position:- Banking Officer

Job Summary

The selected candidate shall be in the senior staff category. His overall responsibility shall be to provide technical and banking operational leadership and direction to the operational staff within the banking units. The selected candidate shall report to the Bankinq Operations Manaqer of the Bank.

SPECIFIC TASK INCLUDE:

•   Preparation and submission of clearing and interagency reconciliation statements
•   Intra-agency reconciliation
•   Assist in the preparation and review of budgets and corporate plans
•   Any other duties that management will assign from time to time.

Qualification Required & Experience

Eligible applicants must possess the following minimum qualifications from a recognised educational institution:

•   Level II of acceptable professional qualifications such as: ACCA, CA Ghana, ACIB, Degree in Accounting or its equivalent, must have at least five years post qualification experience preferably in a banking environment, and should not be more than forty years of age.

COMPETENCIES

•   Team orientation
•   Ability to communicate clearly and positively, orally or in writing
•   Must be customer-focused
•   Results-oriented
•   Must possess the knowledge, understanding and expertise required to carry out the work effectively
•   The ability to create and maintain open and constructive relationships with others, respond helpfully to their request anq.to be sensitive to their needs
•   Self-Development Capabilities
•   Capacity to make sound and practical decisions that deal effectively with the issues and are based on thorough analysis and diagnosis.

Location: Komenda, Central Region

How To Apply For The Job

Qualified applicants may apply with detailed Curriculum Vitae and addressed to the:-

Administrative Manager,
Akatakyiman Rural Bank Ltd,
P.O. Box KM 38,
Komenda

or through e-mail:

akatakyimanrblkomenda@yahoo.com

Closing Date: 30 August, 2013

{African Development Bank,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

Objectives

The Treasury Risk Management Division (FFMA3) is responsible for the identification, measurement, monitoring and mitigation of market and credit risks in the Bank’s Treasury operations. In addition to the risk management activities, the Division ensures the timely reporting of the Treasury Department activities. The Division is therefore in charge of building an efficient control framework to ensure adherence to the Bank’s Assets and Liabilities Management (ALM) guidelines and to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Finally, in fulfilling its mission, the Division provides efficient information systems and analytical support tools to the Treasury Department to improve the decision-making process.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Manager of the Treasury Risk Division, the incumbent’s duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

Report on the Bank’s Market Risk

•   Ensure the timely production of reports monitoring investment and liability activities for staff, management, the Financial Control Department (FFCO) and the Assets and Liability Management Committee (ALCO);
•   Ensure the timely production of market risk reports which include VaR, PFE and CVA
•   Performing periodic Backtesting of market risk statistics
•   Ensure timely production of Credit VaR reports on the treasury portfolio
•   Reviewing collateral documentation including ISDA/CSA and GMRA agreements for risk management issues
•   Performing periodic market risk stress tests and Compiling market risk reports to ALCO
•   Perform P&L calculation, performance attribution, hedge effectiveness for investment portfolio;
•   Keep abreast of developments in IFRS and their impacts on reporting activities in the financial statements.

Provide support to the Front Office Divisions for transaction and risk analysis

•   Review the terms of new funding proposals received by counterparties;
•   Analyse and assist investment officers to evaluate complex investment structures;
•   Communicate VaR, PFE and CVA figures to the front office and participating in the design and implementation of limits
•   Ensure that the Bank has the internal capacity to fair value new borrowing transactions proposed by counterparties;
•   Participate in the design and implementation of decision support tools that improve the efficiency of investment and liability management activities;

Ensure the proper maintenance of the key treasury systems used to monitor investment  and liability management activities

•   Monitor the day to day use of Market Risk and Treasury pricing and monitoring systems and the integrity of market and trade data;
•   Maintain systems and participate in migrations to new versions to improve the accuracy of security valuations and risk reporting;
•   Provide feedback on the impact of configurations for Credit VaR calculations and impact on economic capital calculation
•   Participate in the analysis and calibration of trades in Treasury systems during audit reviews.
•  Ensure an efficient control framework for treasury investment and liability management activities
•   Monitor and report on the compliance with guidelines for investment and liability management transactions.

Qualification Required & Experience

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

•   At least a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Banking, Accounting, Economics. Professional qualification in like FRM and PRMIA will be a strong plus;
•   A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in IFI’s, with a large scope of treasury activities;
•   Working experience in the implementation of Treasury credit monitoring and portfolio management models and stress testing tools used by IFI’s and/or Multilateral Development Banks;
•   Solid knowledge and experience with VaR (Value at Risk), PFE (Potential Future Exposure)  and CVA (Credit Value Adjustment) pricing
•   Good knowledge of treasury financial instruments, fixed income securities, derivatives, and risk management, counterparty risk and collateral management practices.
•   Good mastery of standard computer applications (Microsoft office package), and competence in modelling and quantitative products
•   Ability to communicate and write effectively in French and/or English, with a working knowledge of the other language;
•   Good team worker able to communicate complex market risk concepts with strong interpersonal skills.
•   Familiarity with Bloomberg, Reuters, Summit, Numerix  and  Credit Manager risk software

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Closing Date: 26 August, 2013

Only applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online application, and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

{Confidential,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

A microfinance company based in Accra is expanding its head office operations and requires dedicated and experienced persons for the following position:- Investment Manager

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Kindly send application with CV to:-

agbedemobo@yahoo.com

Closing Date: 23 August, 2013

{Confidential,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

A micro-finance company based in Accra is expanding its head office operations and requires dedicated and experienced persons for the following position:- Credit Manager

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Kindly send application with CV to:-

agbedemobo@yahoo.com

Closing Date: 23 August, 2013

{Barclays Bank,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

We are seeking to recruit an experienced professional with the determination to deliver a first class service in our MD’s office for the mentioned role:- Business Intelligence Manager

To Provide high level support to the MD of Barclays Bank of Ghana in relation to driving strategy development and implementation. This involves keeping an eye on industry evolution, competitive dynamics and the identification of opportunities that Barclays Bank Ghana can seize in the market place.

Key Accountabilities

•   Project manage key strategy work streams in collaboration with functional and product teams to ensure that strategic viewpoint is appropriately adopted
•   conduct ongoing assessments of market and competitive landscape e.g mergers, top competitors, identification of clear water/white space opportunities and sizing them to determine suitability for the business to venture in
•   Create and design market intelligence gathering tools or forums to ensure that there is always relevant information on technology changes, mergers and acquisition, business capabilities of various competitor banks and any other human intelligence that will aid strategy formulation and implementation
•   Carry out complex research and analysis on stand-alone basis or as part of other product of functional teams. to provide intelligent information for decision-making
•   Support MD in the delivery of an aligned business strategy tha takes account of financial performance, Franchise health (5Cs), balance sheet & risk management and attainment of required goals and objectives
•   Ability to take business analytics data and drive this to a logical and relevant conclusion e.g business proposition with minimal supervision
•   Create deliverables including reports, newsletters spreadsheets, presentations or other outputs to document and communicate relevant insights in the industry

Qualification Required & Experience

Essential (knowledge, experience and skills)

•   Knowledge of strategies and products of financial competitors in the market
•   A P&L focus, appreciation of Change design and/or  implementation experience
•   Strong negotiation skills, strength in cross-functional networking
•   Ability to carry out complex strategic problem framing
•   Broad knowledge or appreciation of the banking sector, customer offerings / propositions, customer needs and environment Copied at: ghanacurrentjobs.com
•   Experience of working and interacting at a senior management level

Other

•   Must be a degree holder with appreciation for statistical analysis
•   Preferably a Masters Degree holder in Finance or a related field e.g. Economics, Business, Commerce, etc.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

All applications should be sent to:-

The Head Office
Barclays Bank Gh. Ltd
Accra High Street, Accra

Or Visit the website below

www.barclaysafricajobs.com

Closing Date: 14 August, 2013

Barclays Bank of ghana Ltd. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

{Stanbic Bank,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

The Role

•   To drive the POS / Merchant acquiring business for the Bank by developing and monetizing a profitable merchant acceptance network for Business and Corporate banking segments, Governmental agencies and other retail customers that require payments services

Key Responsibilities

•   Deliver consistency acceptable customer experience throughout that acquiring value chain
•   Build and maintain effective operational structures supportive of the POS acquiring business
•   Build and maintain key stakeholders relationship, ensuring buy-in of and alignment with acquiring business objectives
•   Ensure the necessary service level agreements are well defined and agreed to and that the service levels are monitored for exceptions and where found, corrective measures are promptly employed
•   Deliver the card acquiring sales budgets in line with business growth plans
•   Identify risks/opportunities and where appropriate mitigate / exploit for the benefit of the organization
•   Continually review the customer experience / processes and systems with a view to ensuring the best possible customer experience

Qualification Required & Experience

•   First degree in relevant field
•   3 – 5 years financial services/general banking experience with at least 3 years experience required in the Merchant Acquiring and Self Service Channels environment
•   Experience required in channel services delivery, budgeting, report preparation design
•   Some experience also required in process mapping and general operational analytics
•   Experience in/with technical troubleshooting to identify faults and rectify on POS

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested persons may e-mail their covering letter with current Curriculum Vitae (CV) with the job title as the subject to:

recruitmentghana@stanbic.com.gh

Closing Date: 12th August, 2013

{African Development Bank,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

Objectives

The organizational unit is the cash Management Unit of Treasury Operations and Banking Relationship Division (FTRY2) of the Treasury Department. The objective of the section is to serve as the focal point for management of the Bank Group’s current accounts, correspondent banking relationships, foreign exchange processing and investigations. In this regard, the Unit provides a full range of support functions to the Treasury Department for cost-effective and secure payments.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Division Manager, FTRY.2, the incumbent will offer support in areas of  Accounts Management, Correspondent Banking, Foreign Exchange Settlements and Investigations Section of the division:

Execute the timely settlement of the Bank Group’s obligations with regards to:

•   Loan disbursements
•   Global cash management, Foreign exchange, cash forecasting and transaction reporting
•   Administrative expenses (salaries, advance for missions, pensions and other payments.)
•   Manage cashflow requirements and ensure idle balance are kept to minimum

Safe keep the Bank’s cash and valuables  

•   Mitigate Operational Risk e.g. fraud attempts by monitoring movement in bank statements

Correspondent Banking

•   Periodic review of the terms and conditions offered by the Bank Group’s correspondent banks, based on which non-performing and dormant accounts are identified for closure and recommendations are made to the Division Manager and Director for opening new accounts.

Manage general ledger postings in SAP system  

•   Monitor all general ledger postings for all Bank Group account statements in order to ensure accuracy of bank statements and general ledger balances.

Investigate all financial transactions with respect to the Bank Group Operations  

•   Ensure that investigations are concluded in order to formulate strategies to implement systematic control and management process to analyze and solve problems in a timely manner; reduce operating cost, errors, fines and losses; Negotiate compensation to be paid or received on accounts of settlement failures;

Qualification Required & Experience

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

•   At least a Master’s degree in Finance, Economics or Statistics and/or a professional qualification in one of these fields: certified Treasury Professional.
•   Knowledge of the use of technology and ability to apply technology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of settlement and processing operations.  Ability to use SAP, SUMMIT, Reuters, Bloomberg and reconciliation system;
•   At least five years experiences in commercial, central Bank in cash management and reconciliation areas
•   Excellent communication skills necessary to work effectively in close collaboration with finance and legal staff, investment banks and financial institutions, and be a good team player;
•   Strong ability to work under pressure; Clear-thinking ability, meticulous and well-organized;
•   Proficiency in both English and French to participate in technical discussions with Bank’s financial counterparties; and review financial transactions reports and confirmations.

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Closing Date: 22 August, 2013

Only applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online application, and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

{African Development Bank,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

The African development Bank  is a leading development institution in the continent, focused on promoting economic development and poverty reduction. It engages with the full range and complexity of development challenges in Africa. The Bank has integrated operations, lending directly the public and private sectors through a variety of instruments. It also provides advisory services and has an increasing country presence -34 locations in 2012.

The Office of the Chief Operating Officer (COO) is charged with improving coherence and coordination across the Bank’s complexes, ensuring strategic priorities are reflected in resources allocation, enhancing monitoring and management of performance, and strengthening the focus on results. Within the COO’s Office, the Quality Assurance and Results Department (ORQR) seeks to improve the quality and the development impact of the Bank’s operations. This includes promoting a stronger focus on results by coordinating the Bank Group’s Results Measurement Framework—a corporate performance tool designed to assist the Bank Group in achieving the key developmental objectives it adopted in its Strategy 2013-2022.

Duties and responsibilities

The Principal Results Specialist, will work under the general supervision of the Director, Results and Quality Assurance Department and under the guidance of the Manager, Results Reporting Division, ORQR.1. Core responsibilities include:

•   Developping, supporting and maintaining the Bank Group’s Results Measurement Framework (RMF).
•   Coordinating and reviewing data collection for indicators at all four levels of the Bank’s RMF and ensuring overall coherence.
•   Conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis on the Bank’s performance against the indicators and targets included in the RMF.
•   Contribute to the effective roll-out of Results Reporting System;
•   Contributing to planning, organising and supervising one or several Banks’ flagship publications on Development Effectiveness: the Annual Development Effectiveness Review, thematic and country reviews.
•   Establishing and maintain strong working relationships with other Bank departments and building professional networks with development organisations including multilateral development banks and the OECD;
•   Providing support to Bank’s management in the overall management and coordination of MfDR activities;
•   Supervising the work of consultants as necessary.

Qualification Required & Experience

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

•   Master’s degree preferably in economics, statistics, development studies or political sciences;
•   A minimum of six years of relevant experience;
•   Excellent technical, analytical skills and established operational track record of achieving results;
•   Strong IT skills and familiarity with database management tools;
•   Strong conceptual abilities and capacity to produce high-quality analytical work.
•   Good judgment in dealing with complex and sensitive policy issues.
•   Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to work effectively with teams in a multicultural environment.
•   Demonstrated ability to establish plans and priorities and advance initiatives with energy and commitment.
•   Proven capacity to produce quality results on a timely basis and according to budget.
•   Superior written and verbal communication skills in English and/or French (with a working-knowledge of the other language) with demonstrated ability to think strategically and synthesize complex issues.
•   Competence in the use of standard software (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Projects); knowledge of SAP would be an added advantage.

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Closing Date: 22 August, 2013

Only applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online application, and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply

{African Development Bank,Accra,Full-Time, GH,N/A, N/A,30 Aug-2013};

The African development Bank is a leading development institution on the continent, focused on promoting economic development and poverty reduction. It engages with the full range and complexity of development challenges in Africa. The Bank has integrated operations, lending directly the public and private sectors through a variety of instruments. It also provides advisory services and has an increasing country presence through a growing network of 26 field offices.

The Energy, Environment and Climate Change Department (ONEC) will assist Country Programs/ Departments to manage Bank Group energy operations in Regional Member Countries (RMCs). Climate change and environmental issues are addressed by incorporating them into Bank Group supported operations and giving them the visibility required. ONEC includes two energy divisions and a third division which is responsible for environment and climate change issues (ONEC.3). ONEC.3 is also responsible for implementing the Bank’s environmental/social policies procedures, and guidelines, including review/monitoring of Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIA), Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMP) and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) documents, requesting validation of project’s environmental and social categorization and submission of ESIA, ESMP and RAP summaries for clearance by the Bank’s Environmental and Social Safeguards and Compliance unit (ORQR.3).

Duties and responsibilities

Mainstreaming of social development concerns:

•   Advise the Bank’s country teams engaged in the identification, preparation and appraisal of operations with potential social repercussions to ensure adherence to Bank policies on involuntary resettlement and social safeguards;
•   Develop and organize training sessions for Bank staff and their counterparts in RMCs in the assessment and analysis of social impacts of infrastructure development projects and programs including the understanding of stakeholder identification and participation framework; formulation of participatory strategies; institutional and social organization issues; and social impact monitoring and evaluation of outcomes;
•   Represent the Bank at social safeguards and impact assessment and related cross cutting issues such as gender, safety and climate change conferences;
•   Address social development issues in various Bank operations during the identification, preparation, appraisal, and supervision stages;
•   Conduct studies, review reports and analysis in line with Bank Group lending programs to RMCs;
•   Lead Bank teams on joint missions with other development partners on issues of social impacts and safeguards compliance;
•   Prepare and review environmental and social scoping memoranda (ESSM) for project categorization; ESIA/RAP and ESMP Summaries before submitting to ORQR.3 and posting on Bank’s website;
•   Provide support to the Bank’s private sector operations (e.g. industries, services, infrastructure, financial institutions); provide support to public sector operations in the energy, water and sanitation, transport, and Information and Communication Technology, sectors as required;
•   Mainstream relevant and cross-cutting environmental and social issues into Bank operations, particularly issues related to gender, the social implications of climate change, and involuntary resettlement;
•   Develop recommendations to enhance social benefits and corrective measures to mitigate social risks in Bank operations;
•   Design and/or ameliorate project components contributing to reducing poverty, addressing vulnerability/ marginalization, and encouraging greater inclusion/ participation.

Compliance with environmental and social requirements:

•   Provide policy and operational guidance to Task Managers on social development issues as a means of strengthening the environmental and social performance of Bank operations;
•   Review TORs for feasibility studies (ESIA and RAP) to ensure adequate coverage of all pertinent issues required by the Bank’s environmental and social assessment procedures (ESAP);
•   Ensure compliance of operations with the Bank’s environmental and social safeguards and when approved the Integrated Safeguard System (ISS);
•   Provide technical guidance to clients on the preparation of necessary documentation, including but not limited to Environmental and Social Impact Assessments, Resettlement Action Plans, Environmental and Social Management Plans, and Social and Environmental Management Systems.

In addition to these core duties/responsibilities, the incumbent will also carry out the following tasks:

Knowledge Development:

•   Contribute to the development of Bank policies and strategies by highlighting timely social development issues in close collaboration with other Bank experts;
•   Review and contribute to the mainstreaming of appropriate social development issues into projects and/or initiatives developed by Bank experts in departments outside of OIVP.

Qualification Required & Experience

Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

•   At least a Master’s Degree in Social Development, Sociology, economics or in equivalent social/environment related discipline
•   Minimum of six (6) years of  experience in the areas of Social Development/Social Policy and Socio-economics/relevant Social Sciences /or in equivalent socio-environment-related discipline
•   Experience in the areas Social Development/Social Policy and Socio-economics/relevant Social Science or in equivalent environment-related discipline
•   Knowledge and experience in preparing of  Resettlement Actions Plans (RAPs) , Environmental and Social Impact Assessments (ESIAs), Environmental and Social Management Plans (ESMPs), and Environmental and Social Management Systems (ESMSs) including  social aspects of development projects (e.g. health and safety, compensation/resettlement and gender components), operations monitoring and evaluation in respect of compliance assessment
•   Some knowledge of the operational policies, procedures and practices of major bilateral and multilateral partner development agencies in regional member countries, particularly with respect to infrastructure projects.
•   Practitioner experience in Africa, with skills in multi-criteria assessment, stakeholder engagement and consultation, community participation, with analytical skills in assessing institutional capacities and designing/reviewing practical implementation arrangements for complex projects.
•   Understanding of critical issues in sustainable development, international environment and development policy, emerging climate change, green growth and sustainability concerns, also social development and results-based management agendas.
•   Ability to handle stress due to multiple, simultaneous and shifting demands and assignments, priorities and deadlines
•   Excellent communication and presentation skills; teamwork skills
•   Fluency in standard MS office applications (Word, Excel, Power point).
•   Excellent written and verbal communications in English and/or French with a working knowledge of the other.

Location: Ghana

How To Apply For The Job

Interested and qualified candidates should

Click Here To Apply Online

Closing Date: 22 August, 2013

Only applicants who fully meet the Bank’s requirements and are being considered for interview will be contacted. Applicants will only be considered if they submit an online application, and attach a comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (CV). The African Development Bank is an equal opportunities employer and female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply