About this role
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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.
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Job Summary
Finance business Manager plays a key role in coordinating execution of Finance daily activities to achieve productivity and success across the various departments. A key member in ensuring partnerships is executed on time, to budget and in compliance with Absa Bank policies, standards and methodologies.Job Description
Key Accountabilities.
- Responsible for the conduct and occurrence of monthly team leads meetings and overall team quarterly townhalls; ensure follow up and conclusive resolution of arising action items thereof.
- Utilize business partnering insights to constantly inform Finance strategy and continuously improve service delivery.
- Coordinate leave forecasts with Finance team leaders.
- Provide support to the Chief Finance Officer in gathering information and formulating strategic plans.
- Support all Finance committed initiatives and ensure they drive continuous business growth opportunities by tracking value delivered/ anticipated and reporting to the Chief Finance Officer.
- Act as a bridge for colleagues and team leaders contact with the Chief Finance Officer.
- Effectively manage customer complaints coming into the Chief Finance Officer and ensuring root cause analysis is concluded before resolution communication is done to the customer.
- Organize and coordinate business and colleague engagements managed out of the Chief Finance office.
- Improve the feel of the Chief Finance Officer by maintaining relationships with all stakeholders.
- Undertake a wide variety of administrative duties, e.g., prioritising valid payments that require Chief Finance Officer attention.
- Ensure alignment to relevant statutory and legislative frameworks in Finance partnerships and programs.
- Work with colleagues to achieve excellent service by providing regular feedback on issues and recommending quick and practical solutions to issues found during programs executions.
- In liaison with other business units, drive initiatives that help colleagues in other areas of the bank understand Finance programs.
Qualifications
- Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business qualifications
Knowledge & Skills
- Demonstrate appreciation of controls and process improvement
- Experience gained in a Business, Finance, Processing or Risk Management team.
- Team player/flexibility
Knowledge & Skills
- Knowledge of standard and non-standard policies
- Self-starter, proactive big picture thinker
- Ability to manage a variety of tasks simultaneously and deliver to tight deadlines
Behavioral & Technical Competencies
- Utilizes technologies to enhance own, team and business performance
- Adopts a customer-centric approach to all business decisions
- Maintains effective working relationships with colleagues and customers across all levels, cultures, and disciplines
- Finds sustainable solutions to difficult and complex problems using creative methods
- Motivates self and others to set and exceed ambitious goals
Application Deadline – 3rd February 2026
Absa Bank Kenya is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.
Education
Higher Diplomas: Financial Sciences (Required)Other facts
About Absa Group
Absa Group Limited (Absa) has forged a new way of getting things done, driven by bravery and passion, with the readiness to realise growth on the African continent and beyond.
We’re a truly African brand, inspired by the people we serve in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. We also have representative offices in China, Namibia, Nigeria and the United States, as well as securities entities in the United Kingdom and the United States, along with technology support colleagues in the Czech Republic.
What you'll do
- The Finance Business Manager coordinates daily Finance activities to ensure productivity and success, acting as a key partner to execute initiatives on time, within budget, and in compliance with bank policies. This role involves leading team meetings, informing Finance strategy through business partnering insights, supporting the Chief Finance Officer with strategic plans, and managing stakeholder relationships.
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