Senior Manager, Research and Analytics at Capital Markets Authority (CMA)

CMA/SMRA/03/2021- 1 POST

Reporting to the Director Technology Research & Knowledge Management, the Senior Manager Research & Analytics will be responsible for providing technical leadership and management support as well as supervision with respect to the development, implementation, monitoring and review of Research, Knowledge Management, data editing, storage, and analytics at the Authority. The successful candidate will serve on a five (5) year contract renewable based on performance. The Authority will offer a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidate.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and maintaining a coherent CMA research agenda attuned both to internal and external needs and challenges that inform, shape and align strategies across CMA;
• Managing knowledge management processes including projects, research, and benchmarking activities both internal and external for provision of effective knowledge retention and transfer;
• Managing research work processes summarizing and presenting high level recommendations on a wide range of the issues, products, services/infrastructure and/or challenges that have an ultimate impact on the performance of capital markets in Kenya;
• Leading and developing research policies and procedures that will promote a standardized methodology for all research projects;
• Managing the preparation and publication of periodic capital market updates, bulletins and reports;
• Supervising the coordination of stakeholder engagement sessions and oversight of responses to client enquiries on capital market, financial sector and economic issues;
• Leading the review of the research process, identify areas for change and manage such change together with the implementation of an ongoing monitoring process;
• Leading the data analytics team in delivering solutions that fulfill the business information needs for CMA while enforcing integrity, confidentiality and accuracy of data;
• Overseeing monitoring of the effectiveness of software and databases providing analytics and warehousing services at the Authority and providing management with periodic reports;
• Developing strategies and processes for effective data analysis and reporting;
• Formulating and implementing the Department’s Workplans, Budgets, Procurement Plans in line with the corporate strategy and performance contract obligations;
• Overseeing the identification and mitigation strategies of Departmental risks in line with the Authority’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework and departmental compliance with relevant Regulations;

Minimum Requirements

1. Bachelor’s degree in business/Economics/Commerce/Statistics/Mathematics;
2. Relevant Master’s degree
3. Member of professional body in good standing where applicable
4. At least eight (8) years of work experience
5. At least three (3) years’ experience in management level
6. Management course lasting not less than 4 weeks is added advantage

Competencies

1. Communication skills
2. Analytical Skills
3. Presentation Skills
4. Leadership skills
5. Teamwork and collaboration