1. Analyst, Digital Payments and Financial Innovation
Description
Key responsibilities;
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- Identify and recommend compelling digital financial products (savings, insurance, credit and other payment use-cases) that serve needs of consumers, businesses and financial institutions.
- Monitor and report on FinTech related market trends in Rwanda, including risks & challenges (including regulatory, skills and funding) and make recommendations on how to address identified challenges.
- Lead digital literacy and awareness campaigns to increase trust, adoption and usage of digital financial services.
- Review and recommend on regulatory reforms to support digital payments and FinTech operations.
- Identify and recommend on measures to incentivize adoption and usage of digital payments by merchants and consumers based on experience from other comparable countries and local consumer circumstances.
- Manage the NBR regulatory sandbox office (set requirements for entities to enter regulatory sandbox; receive and assess applications for regulatory sandbox and; monitor performance of FinTechs in regulatory sandbox.
- Follow up the ongoing national retail payment interoperability project, the regional (EAC) payment system project and the upcoming African continental payment system project.
- Undertake statistically relevant demand side surveys to assess the level of adoption of e-payments, reliability of payment systems and, opportunity areas.
- Review and advise the Bank on applications for licensing involving digital financial products.
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Education and Experience Requirements;
- Masters degree or equivalent in Information Technology ,Computer Engneering or any other related field.
- Holding professional qualifications is an added advantage.
- Minimum of four (4) years’ experience in Fintech (particularly in innovative projects)
Skills and competencies required;
- Ability to conduct research on practices of other regulatory authorities and payment service providers to identify business process and technology trends and recommend the necessary policy and standards for adoption by the Bank;
- Advisory skills on the development and consistency of the sector and its contribution to the economy;
- Specialist in advisory services, specifically on emerging client needs for regulatory review and industry player demands
Maximum Age: 35 years
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2. Senior Inspector, Banks Supervision
Job SummaryFor reviewing regularly and analyse the financial condition of banks, follow up on matters requiring further attention, identify and evaluate developing risks and help identify the priorities, scope of further off-site and on-site work.
Key Responsibilitites;
- Perform off-site surveillance and analysis of financial statements and other information supplied by the bank;
- Prepare and perform audit on banks and provide recommendations on key concerns raised for action by banks;
- Prepare reports, memos and technical notes for various correspondences by banks for approval by management;
- Perform analysis and draft reports, technical notes and/or memos to facilitate preliminary policy reviews;
- Advise on compliance and conduct matters concerning banks and Financial Institutions regulated by the Central Bank;
- Develop policies for the development of financial institutions supervised and regulated by the Central Bank;
- Review and perform legal reviews on existing legal and regulatory framework to suit market needs;
- Review operational, compliance, financial and investigative audits, as assigned;
- Performs timely follow-up of outstanding observations and evaluates the adequacy of corrective action taken to improve conditions.;
- Coordinate and liaise with external auditors, administrators and law enforcement officials as deemed appropriate;
- Analyse applications for authorisation by banks for approval by management;
- Performs application and information control reviews to include system development standards, operating procedures, system security, programming controls, communication controls, backup and disaster recovery, and system maintenance;
- Performs reviews of internal control procedures and security for systems under development and/or enhancements to current systems;
Qualifications, Experience and Skills
Education and Experience Requirements;
- Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
- At least three(3)years experience in audit, financial institutions,or other related institutions.
- Professional Certification like ACCA,CPA or related Certifications.
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