Barclays Bank Jobs – Managing Director – Uganda

Organisation: Barclays
Bank
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda
About Barclays Africa: 
Barclays Africa encompasses
Barclays Global Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, and Barclaycard operations
in 10 countries organised in four geographic areas: North Africa (Egypt), East
and West Africa (Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya),  Southern Africa
(Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Seychelles).
Barclays Africa serves its 2.8m
customers through a network of 573 branches and service centres providing a
variety of traditional financial products including retail mortgages, current
and deposit accounts, commercial lending, unsecured lending, credit cards,
treasury and investments.
Job Summary: The Managing
Director of Barclays Bank Uganda will lead the Product-led organisation,
accountable for and growing the overall Barclays franchise through ensuring the
development, execution and Board approval of relevant product strategies whilst
protecting and enhancing the franchise’s profile and reputation with all
internal and external stakeholders. The MD will also undertake the role of the Group Country Manager ensuring that
Barclays has a single point of contact for regulators within the country,
whilst facilitating and coordinating cross-cluster working across all Product
and Functional areas

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Lend a hand to the development
    of Corporate Banking objectives and policies in country to facilitate new
    business development 
  • Generate, evaluate and
    make recommendations on Corporate segment strategy
  • Work collaboratively with
    the Risk team, help establish parameters for risk profile and
    policies 
  • Write proposals to
    increase the value of the Corporate portfolio 
  • Ensure strategic
    alignment and good Corporate governance practice in line with Group
    standards and objectives
  • Take charge of the
    relationship management, leads and relevant legislative impact on business
    across borders for a portfolio of multinational and Large corporate
    customers 
  • Achieve or exceed set
    financial goals that have been set by the head of the business
  • Identify customer
    business requirements in respect of the product and solution requirements
    needed to maintain and improve the customer proposition for the various segments
    that make up Corporate
  • Offer technical support
    the effective execution of Governance, risk and Control frameworks as they
    relate to customer interface, customer value proposition and customer
    service
  • Lead origination and
    execution of more complex or cross divisional transactions 
  • Assist the Managing
    Director in defining business strategies, goal and objectives for the
    corporate segment
  • Offer technical support
    in the development of business in non presence countries 
  • Gather and interpret
    competitor information to inform strategic and product planning.
    Furthermore, provide market research for leads and share these with ABB
  • Act as Absa brand ambassador
    by supporting the establishment of values, behaviours and risk appetite
    that underpin the achievement of Absa Namibia’s objectives 
  • Facilitate a good
    quality cross functional working relationship with the other functional
    elements of Absa Namibia, the Country leadership team and the wider Absa
    Group functions.  
  • Support performance
    development and coaching of the country corporate team 
  • Perform any other job
    role as assigned by the supervisor.  

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should
    possess a bachelor’s degree in Commerce or finance or Accounting or Legal
    or General or equivalent NQF level 6 or higher qualification
  • At least five years’ corporate
    business development and relationship management experience
  • At least ten (10) years
    International Banking experience
  • At least two (2) years
    experience of portfolio management of large corporate business and
    business banking
  • CA or MBA
    qualification will be an added advantage
  • Significant experience
    of Corporate banking in an African environment is highly advantageous
  • Computer literacy
    skills i.e. Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
    and the Internet
  • Good decision making
    skills
  • Good Relationship and
    networking skills
  • Highly persuasive and
    influential
  • Excellent presentation
    skills and ability to communicating information effectively
  • Good learning and
    researching skills
  • Results –oriented and
    meeting customer expectations
  • Possess no criminal
    record
  • Adhering to principles
    and values

How to Apply:
If you feel challenged by any of the above positions, and believe you
can deliver on key deliverables as outlined above, upload your application
letter, current curriculum vitae and photocopies of academic certificate to our
recruitment website detail below:
Barclays is an equal opportunity employer that recruits, develops and
promotes people on merit, and rewards outstanding performance, regardless of
background and gender.
For queries contact us on 0417122453 or
email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline:  24th January, 2014

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