Careers

Metropal Sacco is a co-operative union established under the Ministry of Co-operatives and Marketing, registered under the Co-operative Society’s Act Cap 490 of the Laws of Kenya. Currently we have an asset base of over 29 Billion and with over 100,000 members across the country. We have branches in Nairobi, Kisumu, Meru, Kiambu, Thika, Meru, Eldoret, Nakuru, Kisumu and Mombasa. Besides providing savings and credit services the SACCO has other business lines like property management, mortgage services and Metropal Insurance which has been operational for over 20 years. We are looking for qualified individuals to fit in the following positions across all our branches.


  1. Information Communication Technology Jobs

      Responsibilities

    • Establish an internal communications strategy in conjunction with senior managers
    • Ensure the Sacco’s initiatives and projects are successfully communicated to employees and stakeholders
    • Plan, edit, and write content for a variety of internal communications mediums, such as a staff intranet, monthly magazine, annual report, or regular email bulletin. You may also be required to work on the layout of content
    • Manage contracts and relationships with vendors and business partners
    • Maintain a calendar of assigned projects and deadlines
    • Educate staff members on communication processes
    • Draft messages or scripts from senior executives for presentation to employees in written or spoken form
    • Ensure internal communications messages are consistent across all mediums and for different departments
    • Respond to media inquiries and perform media outreach to achieve brand placement in publications
    • Develop escalation protocols for managing communication crises, should they arise
    • Ensure that all communications and marketing material align with brand standards
    • Maintain digital media archives including photos and videos
    • Ensure internal communication messages are consistent with external communication messages
    • Respond to feedback from staff and adjust communications content to enhance the organization’s perception and reputation
    • Advise senior executives of developments throughout the Sacco, either face to face or through regular written communication


  2. Accountants

      Responsibilities

    • Preparation of monthly management accounts.
    • Timely and up-to-date bank reconciliations.
    • Preparation of audit schedules both for internal and external audit.
    • File statutory returns on a timely manner as per the norms of KRA. (VAT/PAYE/NSSF/NHIF/P9)
    • Prepare monthly financial statements, reports, and records by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information.
    • Recording and maintaining the accounting transactions.
    • Maintain and reconcile bank accounts on a regular basis.
    • Generate invoices and make timely follow-ups on accounts receivable.
    • Debt collection.
    • Research and reconcile all discrepancies.
    • Petty Cash Management.
    • Payroll Management.
    • Auditing and verifying documents.
    • Following internal controls.
    • Financial analysis on a requested basis.
    • Manage accounts payable.
    • Identify and provide strategic work solutions to improve operational efficiency.
    • Assist in administrative functions of the office.

  3. Marketers

      Responsibilities

    • Support the company’s marketing plan as a brand champion within the company and in the market.
    • Champion marketing campaigns and promotional activities by organizing, implementing, and providing a report of the activities to the company.
    • Manage the marketing activities on the company’s social media platforms.
    • Management of the company’s website content ensuring that it is updated regularly and promptly.
    • Carry out research to identify and define the audience for the different products supplied by the company.
    • Track product line sales and costs by analyzing and entering sales, expense, and new business data.
    • Prepare marketing reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing sales data.
    • Keep promotional materials ready by coordinating requirements with the graphics department; inventorying stock; placing orders; verifying receipt.

  4. Credit Officers

      Responsibilities

    • Identify and onboard new customers.
    • Meet individual disbursement and collection targets.
    • Provide advisory services to customers on the prudent use of credit.
    • Continuous customer engagement.
    • Customer credit vetting before onboarding.
    • Follow up on payment on overdue customer accounts.
    • Review arrears, monitor progress of existing loans, assess clients’ financial status on repayments, and ensure achievement of set targets for the collections of invoices.
    • Refer unresolved cases to the Credit Manager, prepare weekly reports on collections received, follow-ups done, and commitment dates agreed on.
    • Maintain updated records of outstanding balances, drive repayment behavior, follow up with clients about repayment plans, and advise clients accordingly.
    • Analyze his/her portfolio data using excel function.

  5. Data Management Officers

      Responsibilities

    • Examine key internal IT controls and evaluate control design and operating effectiveness in mitigating risk.
    • Adhere to standard control test methodologies and deliver quality test work papers to support testing conclusions.
    • Develop a strong understanding of business and system processes.
    • Keep up to date on relevant policy, standards, and regulatory requirements.
    • Work with IT process and control owners to understand and document internal IT controls.
    • Collecting and interpreting data using metrics relevant to the goals of the company.
    • Using proper tools to carry out Data Analysis and manipulation.
    • Reporting the results back to the relevant members of the business.
    • Identifying patterns and trends in data sets.
    • Working alongside teams within the business or the management team to establish business needs.
    • Defining new data collection and analysis processes.
    • Any other duty assigned by the Project Manager.

  6. Cybersecurity Operations Officers

      Responsibilities

    • This role will implement and support security controls systems (including Network Access Control, AntiMalware, Database Activity Monitoring, Fraud Management System etc.). This includes daily health checks, on-boarding of new assets, implementing of new security solutions, improvements on existing control systems etc.
    • This role is responsible for implementation and support of operational components of Enterprise Information Security.
    • The role will ensure that controls systems are managed and administered well, and will drive implementation of security controls as defined by the Information Security roadmap, best practice and industry guidelines.
    • The role will also play a part in ensuring that information systems are compliant to information security baseline standards, by recommending and working with other technology stakeholders in defining these standards within these systems.
    • This role will define and implement information security processes related to vulnerability management, patch management, malware management etc, ensuring that these practices are in place and implemented across the Bank.

      • Qualifications

    • A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field.
    • Minimum 3 years working experience in a busy IT environment.
    • Certification in a systems security or audit related area, such as CISA, CISM or CISSP.
    • Knowledge of technical infrastructure, networks, databases and systems.
    • Project management skills preferred.
    • Experience in conducting compliance assessments
    • Experience in performing security reviews and risk assessments.

Qualifications(Jobs 1-5)

  • Bachelor’s degree in finance,public relations, banking, economics, information technology, telecommunication, database management, statistics, mathematics, business administration, accounting, or any other related field.
  • For accountants, 2-3 years of accounting experience involving budgeting, bank reconciliation, and preparation of financial statements are required.
  • Candidates with CPA certificates will have an added advantage.
  • Ability to write complex reports and Research work.
  • Excellent writing skills and proficiency in grammar.

How to apply

If you believe you are a team player and would be a valuable resource to this ever-growing brand, kindly send your CV and Professional Certificates to careers@metropal.co.ke by 23rd August 2024. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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