Branch Leader at Workforce Group – 4 Openings Full Time

Job Title: Branch Leader

Locations: Ota & Abeokuta – Ogun, Ibadan – Oyo, and Akure – Ondo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Introduce, define, and develop a combination of operating processes, management systems, business structure and culture that gives the Bank the capacity to deliver on its values.
• Responsible for generating activities that will help better team performance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring that quality staff are recruited, motivated, trained, and retained in the branch, and ultimately, in the Bank.
• Develop marketing plan that will increase market share/penetration.
• Incumbent is expected to increase the business of the Branch by increasing the number of new accounts and developing new business areas.
• Review the marketing plan of the branch, and prepare target market study covering the industries/markets defined to serve.
• Prepare written call reports in format determined by management and periodically follow up “close” sales.
• Ensure adequate adherence to Credit policies, processes and procedures.
• Foster involvement in the team concept by listening, sharing ideas and information in the interest of the Bank.
• Ensure customer facilities applications are thoroughly appraised, review all applications, and make appropriate recommendations/decisions.
• Conduct collateral inspections and appraisals. Assemble and process files and forward processed applications to management with recommendations.
• Monitor and initiate recovery action on non-performing loans.
• Identify needs of accounts holders/customers and buyer values and proactively seek to provide products/services to meet identified needs.
• Ensure new accounts are adequately coded to ensure proper MIS classification.
• Provide regular reports/updates for management attention.
• Provides leadership, coaching, training/development and supervision to all members of its team.
• Participate in all marketing plans and strategy development initiatives for the Branch that will increase the market share/market penetration of the Branch.
• Ensure prompt response to internal correspondences i.e. memos/mails from within the Bank requiring your attention and/or response.
• Support other junior marketing and non-marketing staff through on-the-job coaching, in-house training and development, and account management.
• Any other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Requirements

• First Degree in Social Science or Accounting; Master’s Degree is a plus.
• 10 years relevant banking experience.

Skills:

• Knowledge of the basic profit goals of the Bank for the purpose of integrating them with individual and branch marketing goals and objectives.
• Knowledge and understanding of the approach used in identifying basic needs and priorities of customers, and the ability to match the Bank’s products with those needs.
• Excellent marketing /selling and negotiation skills.
• Versatile with banking regulations.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent Credit Analysis and Appraisal skills.
• Knowledge of Loans Administration and Accounts Management.
• Good knowledge of Financial Analysis and report writing and presentation skills.
• Leadership & Supervisory skills and performance management skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.