About the Role
Job Purpose:
- Reporting to the Agriculture Sector Leader and being responsible for implementation of the growth strategy of the Agriculture sector at Equity Bank (K) ltd.
- Involved in developing agribusiness growth strategies for the agriculture sector and meeting the set targets set by the sector strategy at Head office
- Prospecting for new SMaE businesses or high net worth clients in the agriculture sector
- Participating in presentations to clients, partnership and marketing drives and other relationship management activities
- Customer service management as part of relationship building and actively responsible to the management of existing clients
Key duties & responsibilities for the new staff.
- Proactively map the allocated sectors and develop commercial approach for F&A department.
- Continually identify opportunities under the sector of specialty and develop strategy to mine from such opportunities.
- Identify & enroll new F&A Business clients under specific F&A sectors allocated.
- Build the capacity of all staff in the Bank to understand the allocated sectors and how to mine and manage those sectors’ businesses
- Jointly with branch management, develop business cases for F&A client within the sector of specialty and support on Relationship Management for such clients
- Perform due diligence and preliminary credit appraisal for F&A business within the allocated sector(s) during onboarding
- Present credit business cases to F&A credit analysis team for allocated sectors
- Growth of F&A business lines within the sectors of specialization;
- Deposits
- Loan book
- Treasury
- Trade finance
- Insurance
- Payments & payroll management
- Keep updated new developments within the allocated F&A sectors
- Organize and participate in F&A business forums and events
Desired academic & professional qualifications.
- Holder of a Degree in agricultural economics/agriculture/agribusiness, Food sciences/technology, agriculture finance or related field.
- Professional background in Accounting, Finance, Financial Analysis and/or Economics will be an added advantage
- Proof of specific Agricultural Sector specialization
- At least six (6) years of relevant experience in the sector of specialization three (3) of which must be in technical level of the sector and three in mid- to senior management level within the sector.
- Experience in delivering high quality economic and technical analysis, research advice on specific F&A sector in support of the Bank’s business growth and development,
- Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Sector analysis tools, etc.).
- Excellent communication skills
Skills/ experience required.
- Self-motivated
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Desire to succeed
- Confident, commercial, and outgoing
- Demonstrated ability to analyse and solve problems
- Demonstrated ability to work with minimum supervision
- Commitment to working with Agriculture based segment of the economy
- Flexibility to work in different geographical locations and to frequently travel.
- Previous experience in a similar working environment will be an added advantage
How to Apply
https://equitybank.taleo.net/careersection/ext_new/jobdetail.ftl?job=2300003N&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Africa%2FLagos&utm_source=MyJobMag