Co-operative Bank Head of Business Intelligence Job in Kenya

Head of Business Intelligence

You are a data-driven leader with excellent technical, reporting, and analytical prowess coupled with an excellent understanding of Business Intelligence (BI) tools and data warehouse architecture methodologies.

You demonstrate solid skills in analyzing and decomposing business data. 

Your ability to communicate to customers and management; your solid presentation skills; high degree of motivation, self-direction, commitment and integrity; ability to multi-task; strong analytical and problem solving skills define you as a leading Business Intelligence (BI) professional.

 

Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with a key focus on social empowerment? 

The Co-operative Bank of Kenya is the place for those looking to new horizons.

This role, reporting to the Chief Information Officer, will be responsible for the enterprise aligned vision and roadmap for Business Intelligence capabilities and self-service tools; as well as identifying cross Business Unit impact Business Intelligence initiatives and champion/rally the organization around BI. 

The role will also be responsible for architecture, development, deployment, on-going enhancements and support of Business Intelligence (reporting) applications.

The Head – Business Intelligence will be required to:

• Propose an enterprise-aligned vision and roadmap for BI capabilities and self-service tools.


• Manage BI analysts (BU and enterprise analysts) and tool development/maintenance function.


• Oversee delivery of BI solutions to enterprise, ensuring overall business needs are addressed.


• Work closely with senior stakeholders, business function leaders and end users to identify and understand the business needs for insight and intelligence, being sure to challenge, where necessary, to ensure relevant data and analysis is conducted based on business need and discuss BI opportunities, resourcing, capabilities, BI requirements, and information needs.


• Producing relevant, accurate, meaningful, timely BI reports, dashboards, and analysis based on business need, including managing the work-flow and prioritization of the team.


• Build and support BI business cases then document, implement, and provide ongoing support for BI portfolio of applications as well as research and evaluate alternative solutions and recommend most efficient/cost-effective technology and /or service solution.


• Provide technical consulting and leadership in identifying and implementing new uses of information technologies which assist Bus/functions to meet their strategic objectives.


• Champion and rally the organization around BI and educate senior non-IT executives on the value of BI and ensure that business owns BI as well as educating others on the BI function’s importance and capabilities and providing Provide input into the broader data intelligence vision and strategy


• Developing and implementing a program of continuous improvement of BI processes through a cycle of analysis of existing systems, processes, and tools, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing high-impact changes, and getting feedback from internal and external clients.


• Spearhead and introduce relevant BI and Information Management processes, technologies and tools and ensure BI tool best practices.


• Understand Key Performance Measures and Indicators that drive company performance measurement, reporting, and analytics across functions and understand how these metrics and measures align and track against overall business strategies, goals and objectives.

Desired Skills and Experience

• A degree in computer science, mathematics, or an IT related field is required.


• 5+ years of relevant experience which both professional and management capabilities have been clearly demonstrated; prior consulting experience desired.


• Experience in working with BI hardware, software, and services vendors as well as a deep understanding of Business Intelligence in the banking space, Dimensional Modeling and experience with one or more Data Modeling and BI tools and the ability to negotiate and structure contracts favorable to the organization.


• Experienced in developing reporting solutions with SSRS, Excel, Report Builder, including SSRS native mode and SP-integrated deployments; SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) including developing OLAP solutions and ETL solutions.


• Experience in designing, architecting and implementing a relational data warehouse using Microsoft SQL Server Technologies, dashboard design, development & deployment using technologies with excel and Excel Services, PerformancePoint Server, and Power BI.


• Experience as a BI team or project lead, with an aptitude and enthusiasm for teaching and mentoring others on BI and related technologies.


• Excellent analytical, proficient communication and presentation skills coupled with Leadership skills, including strategic planning as well as management skills with including execution focus.


• Strong problem solving skills and the ability to logically analyze complex requirements, processes, systems and experience with ability in designing solutions encompassing dimensional models.


• Comfortable dealing with uncertainty by creating structure and prioritizing effectively, with the ability to manage complexity and several projects simultaneously.


• Detail-oriented, with a willingness and aptitude to explore, understand and troubleshoot datasets and data inconsistencies as well as a deep understanding of how data and BI can improve decision making and drive growth.

How to apply:
 

If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number HBI/ICT/2015 by 16th November, 2015.

We are an equal opportunity employer.