Field Credit Officer at Moniepoint Incorporated Contract

Job Title: Field Credit Officer

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Contract

Job Purpose

• As a field credit officer, you would be saddled with the duty of onboarding and managing businesses that would access our credit products.
• You would be tasked with growing your loan portfolio while maintaining profitability by ensuring that all loans are repaid as at when due.
• As a result, you would play a vital role in the assessment of these businesses during their credit application and leverage upon innovative tools we have developed to help you monitor their performance during the course of the loan.
• You would also be responsible for making deductions from several information sources pertaining to the 5Cs of credit with capacity, character and capital as major priorities.
• Making recommendations to management before, during and after the disbursement of a loan facility as to the best actions to be taken, taking several economic factors into consideration

Responsibilities

• Identify and onboard viable businesses within your assigned geographical area to open business accounts with Moniepoint
• Engage customers to ensure optimal usage of accounts in order to allow them qualify for access to credit
• Review and approve (or decline) loan requests by thoroughly analyzing all the data available
• Embark on physical visitation to potential borrowers’ business places for evaluation of business books, taking inventory and turnover into consideration
• Meet gross loan portfolio targets and portfolio profit targets by maintaining a healthy number of loan customers while ensuring that all loans in portfolio are performing
• Monitor active loan portfolio to ensure continued use of business account and loan repayment performance
• Perform all other credit-related functions as may be assigned by a supervisor

Qualifications

• A minimum of an OND in any business-related discipline
• A minimum of 2 years experience in a sales role for credit products in a financial institution
• Demonstrable knowledge of credit risk analysis
• A good knowledge of financial analysis is an added advantage
• Must be resident in Lagos

Relevant Skills:

• Apt attention to details
• Proven simple/complex analytical skills
• Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Agility and perseverance

What we can Offer you

• Culture -We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning – We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation – You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance,, Employee Stock Options, annual bonus, plus other benefits.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

What to expect in the Hiring Process

• A preliminary phone call with the recruiter
• A take-home coding exercise.
• A technical panel interview session with the Engineering Team
• A behavioural and technical interview with a member of the Executive team.