Ongoing Recruitment at First Bank of Nigeria, 18th July, 2019


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 vacant position below:       Title: FirstBank Management Associate Programme (FMAP 02 Ext) Ref No: 1900004Q Location: Lagos Schedule: Regular Shift: Standard Job Type: Full-time Description

  • FirstBank Management Associate Programme (FMAP) is one of the Bank's flagship programmes designed as a 24-month fast-track comprehensive developmental programme. This programme is targeted at young, dynamic, self-motivated and highly driven individuals who are desirous to be part of the next generation of leaders in the Bank.
  • The programme is intended to consciously integrate leadership into the Bank'sculture, as well as build a pipeline of highly resourceful and talented individuals who will be groomed to drive the Bank's vision of being Africa's Bank of first choice.
  • The Bank is therefore seeking applications from suitably qualified candidates with the right skills set and excellent leadership potential who are desirous to leverage this window of opportunity to enhance their career journey. Such individuals must possess acute thinking skills, financial and methodical skills, as well as distinctive ability to communicate effectively and synthesize ideas, information and data to aid decision making.
  • Upon completion of the programme, successful candidates (Management Associates) will be promoted to Assistant Manager grade, irrespective of their grades at the point of entry.  Such individuals will be tagged as High-Potential staff (HiPos) in the Bank and will enjoy regular promotion subject to consistent high performance ratings in the yearly appraisal exercise. Cross-country posting and secondment opportunities will be offered to such staff across the FirstBank network to provide them global exposure and network.
Qualifications
  • Not more than 30 years old
  • Minimum of 3 years' work experience in a structured organization, preferably financial services sector or global consulting firm
  • Minimum of Second Class Upper division in any discipline from a recognised University
  • In addition to the above, candidates must have a post-graduate degree (minimum Master's degree) from a reputable university; OR
  • Relevant professional qualifications such as ACCA, ACA, CPA,CFA, ACIB
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply For other Enquiries, Call FMAP 02 Helpdesk Number: 07033072581       Job Title: Data Governance Associate Requisition ID: 1900004S Location: Lagos Schedule: Regular Shift: Standard Job Type: Full-time Grade Range - From: Banking Assistant  Grade Range - To: Banking Officer Description
  • Support the  establishment of the Data Governance Framework across the bank
  • Support the implementation of sub strategies & processes across the entire data lifecycle management framework
  • Support the development and management of data governance requirements
  • Contribute to the development of a multi-period roadmap and associated activities to move from current state to future state
  • Support the development and management of data standards, policies, usage guidelines and principles applicable to the operationalization and management of data governance across data lifecycle management
  • Build strong relationship with stakeholders to influence consistent implementation of data governance policies, processes, standards, and guidelines across business areas as assigned
  • Support the development of methods for monitoring and reporting on data incidents, compliance to data standards, management approaches, policies, usage guidelines & principles and other KPIs across business areas/units
  • Serve as subject matter expert on data standards, principles and data governance for business data stewards/custodians/principals
  • Support the organization and delivery of effective data governance messaging through information sessions relevant to the effective enterprise wide rollout and maintenance of data governance maturity
  • Ensure that all data operations are aligned to the enterprise data strategy & data initiatives are synchronized
  • Participate in working group meetings
  • Support the development and management of data governance artifacts
  • Support other data governance project initiatives as a project resource as appropriate
  • Collaborates closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a  synchronized approach to all data related issues
  • Other related duties as may be assigned
Qualifications Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science or Other relevant Science disciplines
Experience and Associated skillset:
  • 0 to 3 years working experience preferably in data management related roles
  • Experience with business systems
  • Exposure to data quality management principles
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Some exposure to project management principles and practices is preferred
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong conflict management skills
  • Time management skills
  • Strong attention to details and good time-management skills
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply       Job Title: Data Analytics Associate Ref No: 1900004T Location: Lagos Organization: MD/CE Directorate Schedule: Regular Shift: Standard Job Type: Full-time Grade Range - From : Banking Officer Grade Range - To : Assistant Manager Job Description
  • Support the implementation of the Data Analytics as an enterprise capability in line with framework, analytics vision, strategies, roadmaps & projects
  • Continuously engage stakeholders to  gather requirements, viewpoints and perspectives
  • Document current state of analytics environment
  • Support the development and management of enterprise analytics requirements
  • Maintain analytics tools capability catalogs
  • Serve as subject matter expert on available visualization & analytical tools i.e. features, capabilities and best practices
  • Support capability increments by conducting training/info sessions with analytics stakeholders and business users with the overarching objective of insight driven enterprise transformation
  • Keep abreast of changes in visualization tools marketplace and changes to existing enterprise tools
  • Provide quarterly change impact assessment on existing visualization tools where applicable
  • Develop analytics solutions leveraging a variety of available tools as assigned based on requirements and assigned priorities
  • Build ingestion processes to, prepare, extract, and annotate a rich data variety of structured &  unstructured data sources
  • Participate in working group meetings as required
  • Collaborate closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a synchronized approach to all data related issues
  • Serve as a resource on projects as required
  • Ensure that all analytics operations are aligned to the enterprise analytics strategy & initiatives are synchronized where possible
  • Other related duties as may be assigned
Education Requirements
  • Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science or Other relevant Science disciplines
  • Experience and Associated skillset
  • 0 to 3 years working experience preferably in data management or statistical analysis related roles
  • Experience with statistical modeling
  • Experience working with large datasets
  • Experience with data modeling
  • Experience using modern data visualization tools/technologies e.g. Tableau, Power BI etc
  • Experience with python,
  • Experience with data profiling, SQL and other query methodologies
  • Exposure to data quality management principles
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Some exposure to project management principles and practices is preferred
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong conflict management skills
  • Time management skills
  • Strong attention to details and good time-management skills
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply       Job Title: Master Data Management Associate Requisition ID: 1900004R Location: Lagos Schedule: Regular Shift: Standard Job Type: Full-time Description
  • Support the implementation of master data management initiatives & centre of excellence in line with vision, strategy and roadmap
  • Work with source system custodians to identify & map attributes, keys, lines of business, services, business rules, validation rules and exceptions required to manage master data assets
  • Facilitate the creation and maintenance of master data following established data governance policies, principles, guidelines and business rules and in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
  • Support the documentation and implementation of master data business rules and exceptions as it relates to the creation and maintenance of master data assets
  • Develop and maintain data lineage
  • Support the Master Data Management (MDM) ecosystem, including MDM tool configuration, cleansing & operating process improvement including integration with 3rd party services and data sets
  • Perform quality assurance activities including user acceptance testing on master data management initiatives as well as in post-implementation
  • Serve as subject matter expert on specific master data asset(s), taxonomy, attributes and business rules & exceptions
  • Build strong relationships  with business and technical stakeholders for projects and operations
  • Support the development of methods for monitoring and reporting on defined MDM KPIs
  • Perform operational oversight on MDM services and lead the review and resolution of related exceptions and data quality issues that arise from daily MDM operations
  • Support the organization and delivery of effective  messaging through information sessions relevant to the effective enterprise wide rollout and maintenance of master data capability
  • Ensure that all data operations are aligned to the enterprise data strategy, data initiatives are synchronized where possible
  • Collaborate closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a  synchronized approach to all data related issues
  • Support other related project initiatives as a project resource as appropriate
Qualifications Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science or other relevant Science disciplines
Experience and Associated skillset:
  • 0 to 3 years working experience preferably in data management related roles
  • Experience with business systems
  • SQL and programming skills
  • Exposure to data quality management principles
  • An understanding of master data management
  • Experience with MDM applications preferred
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Some exposure to project management principles and practices is preferred
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong conflict management skills
  • Strong attention to details and good time-management skills
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply       Job Title: Data Quality Management Associate Requisition ID: 1900004V Location: Lagos Schedule: Regular Shift: Standard Job Type: Full-time Grade Range - From: Banking Officer Grade Range - To: Assistant Manager Description
  • Support the rollout and implementation of all quality management initiatives (processes, artefacts, projects etc.)
  • Serve as a subject matter expert on data standards, principles and guidelines
  • Participate in quality management meetings and working group activities as assigned
  • Responsible for communicating and conducting info-sessions with data stakeholders on quality management initiatives, processes and other artefacts
  • Responsible for developing and managing the quality managing registry and issues triaging process
  • Collaborate with business subject data custodians to improve data quality processes across data producing systems
  • Responsible for leading the resolution of anomalies according established data governance processes
  • Support the development of methods for monitoring and reporting on data incidents, compliance to data standards & principles and other KPIs across business areas/units
  • Serve as data quality assurance expert on operations or projects introducing changes to enterprise data landscape or architecture
  • Research and analyze implications of quality issues identified and escalate where necessary
  • Ensure that all data operations are aligned to the enterprise data strategy, data initiatives are synchronized where possible
  • Build strong relationship with stakeholders to influence the consistent application of quality management standards and processes across business areas
  • Collaborate closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a  synchronized approach to all data related issues
  • Other related duties as may be assigned
Qualifications Education Requirements:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science preferred / Other relevant disciplines will be considered
Experience and Associated skillset:
  • 0 to 3 years working experience preferably in data management related roles
  • Experience in data quality assurance is preferred
  • SQL proficiency
  • An understanding of various database platforms is preferred
  • Experience with data modeling
  • Experience profiling data within business systems
  • Exposure to data quality management principles
  • Analytical and problem solving skills
  • Some exposure to project management principles and practices is preferred
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong conflict management skills
  • Strong attention to details and good time-management skills
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply       Job Title: Metadata Management Associate Requisition ID: 1900004W Location: Lagos Schedule: Regular Shift: Standard Job Type: Full-time Grade Range - From: Banking Officer Grade Range - To: Assistant Manager Description
  • Support the implementation and management of enterprise metadata repository (technical and semantic) and related artefacts
  • Support the implementation of metadata strategies relevant to the entire data management lifecycle and data strategies established
  • Support the  development, maintenance & socialization of standards, principles, policies and guidelines for enterprise metadata (technical and semantic) across business areas and systems
  • Liaise with business systems owners to collect, manage and maintain all business systems data dictionaries & related glossaries with which an integrated metadata repository will be generated
  • Build strong relationships with stakeholders to ensure consistent implementation and compliance to metadata management principles, standards and guidelines across business areas
  • Support the development of methods for monitoring and reporting on metadata usage and impact assessment of metadata initiatives on data usage across business units
  • Serve as subject matter expert on metadata standards, principles and guidelines across any enterprise process that impacts metadata
  • Support the organization and delivery of effective metadata management messaging through info sessions relevant to the effective enterprise wide rollout and maintenance of initiatives that impact metadata management capability maturity
  • Ensure that all metadata operations are aligned to the enterprise data strategy, data initiatives are synchronized where possible
  • Collaborates closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a  synchronized approach to all data related issues
  • Manage all documents related to metadata requirements management
  • Support other metadata management project initiatives as a project resource as appropriate
  • Other related duties as may be assigned
Education Requirements
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or Other relevant Science disciplines
Experience and Associated skillset:
  • 0 to 3 years working experience preferably in data management related roles
  • Experience with business systems
  • Exposure to data quality management principles
  • Analytical, logical thinking and problem solving skills
  • Some exposure to project management principles and practices is preferred
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Strong conflict management skills
  • Strong attention to details and good time-management skillsV
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply     Job Title: Data Architecture Associate Ref No: 1900004U Location: Lagos Organization: MD/CE Directorate Schedule: Regular Job Type: Full-time Grade Range - From : Banking Assistant Grade Range - To : Banking Officer Job Description
  • Support the organization, management and utilization of all data assets in line with established standards by establishing the right architectures
  • Support relevant processes related to the implementation of data architecture
  • Responsible for ensuring all documentation of data landscape is up to date
  • Support all data architectural change management activities and provide impact assessment where applicable
  • Support design, development and maintenance of relevant data repositories in line with corporate standards and enterprise data strategy
  • Serve as subject matter expert on the nature, volume, production velocity, organization and distribution of all data assets within the enterprise
  • Serve as subject matter expert on data architecture related issues
  • Support the development/maintenance of architectural artefacts e.g. catalogs, mappings, viewpoints, models, perspectives etc.
  • Support development of various data related solutions
  • Support socialization of architectural standards & other related insights by conducting information sessions with relevant stakeholders in line with overarching objective of data driven enterprise transformation
  • Support the implementation of data architectures as developed/established
  • Collaborates closely with other teams within the CDO office to ensure consistency and a synchronized approach to all data related issues
  • Support the development of methods for monitoring and reporting on relevant KPIs where applicable to data architecture
  • Develop all architectural related work products according to established standards
  • Collaborate closely with Enterprise Architecture team as required
  • Other related duties as may be assigned
Interested and qualified candidates should: Click here to apply