FINCA International Uganda Career Jobs – Credit Manager – Business Lending

Organisation: FINCA International Uganda
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About FINCA Uganda:
FINCA Uganda Limited (MDI) is the very first licensed micro finance
deposit taking institution in Uganda, and part of a global network which serves
over 1,000,000 clients in 27 countries. FINCA Uganda currently offers loans,
savings and money transfer services in Uganda, one of the most competitive and
dynamic microfinance markets in the world.
Job Summary: The Credit Manager, Business Lending is a key
position of FINCA UGANDA’s IL credit operations.  This job role is designed to ensure proper
implementation of the IL credit policy and ensure that credit staff has the
capacity to deliver these products in a highly efficient and profitable manner
that creates an overall positive customer experience throughout the loan cycle.
Will also be responsible for continuous review, improvement and development of
product, credit analysis, delinquency management, and credit Staff trainings.
The Credit Manager, Business Lending strive to ensure that the company
presents characteristics consistent with a credit ethos that will win community
trust, respond to client needs and raise client awareness regarding the
opportunities that FINCA credit product can provide.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Credit Manager, Business
Lending will be accountable for:
  • Work on a daily basis with the staff in
    the branches in close coordination with the respective RM.
  • Make sure every branch staff understands
    his/her role in the BL Credit Manual (i.e. BL LOs, BL SPV, BM, CCO, BOS
    and teller) by holding meetings, giving individual explanations and
    granting individual training
  • Mentor LOs on the loan analysis handbook
    by accompanying them at business and home visits, and other activities
    (such as follow-up and confiscation). Make sure LOs fully understand the
    loan analysis and are able to carry-out high quality assessments and well
    excellent loan proposals to the credit committee.
  • Mentor the SPV and BM to assure they are
    able comply with their responsibilities, in particular their archiving,
    supervision and credit committee chairing role
  • Be present in the CC to assure high
    quality CCs and good decision making, i.e. a active and critical level of
    discussion, compliance with approval ratios and understanding of the
    graduation principle (of rewarding and punishing depending on the credit
    history)
  • Make sure the BL Credit Manual is well
    maintained and all BMs know how to coordinate all the feedback from the
    field staff for the policy update.
  • Make sure BMs, SPVs and LOs use the BL
    Credit Manual as a working basis.
  • Make sure all documents and forms which
    are required according to the BL Credit Manual are available to the
    respective branch staff in all branches. Interact with the administration
    department in case of problems to solve shortcomings. All BMs need to have
    a softcopy of all documents and forms on their computers and have to be
    able to print them.
  • Oversee and control compliance to the BL
    Credit Manual by every branch staff; especially by LOs in regards to loan
    analysis and proposal, and by SPV and BMs in regards to approval
    restrictions (ratios), supervision duties, handover, clustering, archiving
    and SAS (PAR) and all other duties described in the BL Credit Manual
  • Discuss and gather feedback for policy
    improvement with the branch staff and RM; channel the feedback to the COO
    for product improvement
  • Control efficiency and effectiveness of
    the IL Credit Manual in the field and propose improvements to COO
  • Identifying staffing needs and
    coordinating with the HRM and actively participating in the recruitment
    process for IL credit staff as either part of the hiring committee and/or
    hiring approval process
  • Coordinating with the Training Manager to
    build credit staff competency, designing courses and conducting training
    where required
  • Develop strategies for portfolio growth
    and client outreach in existing and new regions.
  • Perform any other duties may be assigned
    where appropriate.
Key Performance Areas:
  • Implement SME lending profile.
  • Ensure the IL credit policy is up-to-date,
    understood by all employees, and properly implemented.
  • Develop specific key market growth and
    outreach strategies and work with the COO (Head of Business) , Regional
    Managers, and Branch Managers to implement.
  • Ensure information from marketing is acted
    upon to improve product policies and delivery.
  • Staff Development
  • Culture Change
Qualifications, Skills & Experience:
  • The applicant should ideally possess a
    Bachelors Degree in Business, MBA a plus
  • The Credit Manager should have five or
    more years’ relevant experience, 3 of which in banking and credit
    development focused
  • Excellent credit analysis skills and
    experience  
  • Experience in the microfinance sector
  • Computer literacy skills                                           
Language proficiency:
Fluency in English
How to Apply:  
If you so desire to work with one of the world’s leading microfinance
institutions, FINCA International, Please Click We b link below to see full job
details and thereafter express interest By Clicking “Apply Now” at the top
of the page.
Deadline: 10th March, 2014

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