FEP Holdings Limited is one of the
fastest growing group of companies in Kenya with investments in Financial
Services, Hotels, Schools, Real Estate and Media among others.
Branch Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for the business growth, service delivery and ensuring efficient day to day operations of the branch.
Job Summary: Responsible for the business growth, service delivery and ensuring efficient day to day operations of the branch.
Key Responsibilities
- Growing and managing the loan portfolio.
- Building business relations in order to grow
the deposit portfolio.
- Promoting sales and service culture through
coaching, guidance and staff motivation.
- Providing leadership, training and
supervision.
- Responsible for attaining the set branch goals
through active participation in sales management.
- Ensuring the provision of high quality and
timely services to customers.
- Monitoring the branch revenue on a monthly
basis and ensure that the branch performance is on track with the
organization’s overall budget.
Qualifications
- A Business related degree, ACIB/AKIB or
equivalent business qualifications.
- 2 years proven branch management experience in
financial institution.
- Knowledge of local business environment and
experience in cross selling and relationship marketing.
- Strong credit analysis, communication skills
and team leadership
The position requires a candidate
with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with the ability to
prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing demands
Legal Officer
Job Summary: Provide strategic legal advice to The Board and
Management so as to enhance good corporate governance and compliance with set
laws and regulation.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out research and prepare legal opinions
on matters such as business transactions, claim liability, advisability of
prosecuting or defending lawsuits or legal rights and obligations.
- Ensure compliance and adherence to statutory
requirements and corporate policies and procedure.
- Organize and prepare minutes of board meetings
and annual general meetings.
- Manage the company’s litigation cases in
liaison with external lawyers and offer legal advice and recommendations
on a wide range of business areas.
- Monitor changes in legislation and regulatory
environment, undertake legal research and recommend appropriate action to
ensure compliance.
- Negotiate, review and draft documentation for
business transactions and prepare and advise on the necessary checklist to
be adopted to ensure information is submitted on time.
- The custodian of all business contracts,
leases and other legal instruments.
- To undertake general conveyance including
purchases, sales, charges, leases, tenancy agreements, surrenders, draw,
peruse and interpret legal documents on behalf of the company.
- Advise management in business transactions,
claim liability, advisability of prosecuting or defending lawsuits or
legal rights and obligations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of laws Degree (LLB) from a
recognized institution.
- An advocate of the High Court of Kenya with a
current advocate’s practising certificate.
- At least 3 years’ experience, two (2) of which
should have been as legal officer in a commercial environment.
The position
requires a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with
the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
Risk Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for coordinating the risk function of reviewing and strengthening internal control systems of the Bank.
Job Summary: Responsible for coordinating the risk function of reviewing and strengthening internal control systems of the Bank.
Key Responsibilities
- Put in place a system to ensure that the
Bank’s operational risks are identified, analyzed and properly addressed.
- Provide both management and the Board with a
regular assessment and opinion on the effectiveness of the Banks risk
management and control systems.
- Develop risk management policies and
procedures.
- Quantification of managements risk appetite
through specific risk indicators and tolerance levels,
- Improve risk management readiness and create
an organizational culture that places high priority on effective risk
management and adherence to sound operating controls at all levels through
communication, training programs and risk-based performance measurements.
- Ensure compliance with all Central Bank
requirements and other applicable laws.
Qualifications
- Business degree preferably Accounting option
- A registered member of ICPAK
- CIA and CISA qualifications will be an added
advantage.
- 3 years’ experience risk management in a
financial institution
The position
requires a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with
the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
Marketing Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for executing the Marketing functions of the Bank which includes: advertising, promotions, branding, media & events management, public relations, corporate communications and corporate publications.
Job Summary: Responsible for executing the Marketing functions of the Bank which includes: advertising, promotions, branding, media & events management, public relations, corporate communications and corporate publications.
Key Responsibilities
- Handling all communication, marketing,
advertising, promotional activities and providing the required marketing
support to the business units.
- Vendor management which include: supplier
identification and sourcing, procurement, quality control for various
marketing material including corporate gifts, marketing stationary etc.
- Timely distribution and dissemination of
marketing material to branches and sales units,
- Branding of all branches, corporate events,
functions, sales activations etc
- Management and maintenance of billboards and
signages.
- Ensuring contents of allocated sections of the
banks website is relevant and up to date
- Media booking
Minimum Requirements
- Marketing related degree.
- Good Innovative, creative and analytical
skills.
- Excellent coordination, planning and
organization skills.
- Good Interpersonal skills.
- Excellent negotiation skills.
- 3- 4 years’ experience in a marketing function
within the banking industry
The position
requires a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with
the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
Operations Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for ensuring efficient and effective day to day operations of the bank.
Job Summary: Responsible for ensuring efficient and effective day to day operations of the bank.
Key Responsibilities
- Initiate process and quality reviews and
contribute to plans that deliver process improvements ensuring effective
implementation and ultimately improved productivity.
- Contribute to the development and
implementation of credit policy which provides suitable protection and
facilitates business growth and asset distribution.
- Monitor and report on the implementation of
loan policies and procedures; evaluate loan vetting structures and enforce
credit standards according to company goals and policies.
- Direct and guide all operational procedures
and controls through the development and implementation of procedures and
controls to promote communication and adequate information flow, and
thereby manage operational risk and solidify management control and the
direction of the business unit.
- Improvement in operating procedures to
increase profits and/or make the business unit more efficient.
- Developing strategies and implementation plans
to improve and standardize all aspects of operations.
- Lead and manage the team to deliver a culture
that supports and contributes to the achievement of financial objectives
of the business and meets service standards.
- Support the Regional managers’ efforts to
increase employee productivity by assisting to coordinate and manage the
activities in Business Finance and assist to develop and implement
strategies for increasing growth.
- Produce timely, detailed management reports as
needed for monitoring and management of all business finance operations
- Management of registry and archives
Qualification
- A Business related Degree or equivalent
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Senior
Management role and dynamic team.
- Excellent credit skills Knowledge.
- Commercial experience in the microfinance or
banking industry is required.
The position requires
a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with the
ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
ICT Manager
Job Summary: Lead the ICT team to deliver all planned and
agreed department and individual performance targets to ensure that the ICT
department is efficient and value adding to the organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide exemplary internal and external
customer service to both internal and external customers by providing
uninterrupted, fast and satisfactory ICT experiences.
- Clearly identify the bank’s long term ICT
requirements that will support and deliver the bank’s strategic plans.
- Develop, maintain and review the bank’s ICT
policy and procedures which support the strategic objectives.
- Establish a continuous ICT strategic planning
cycle which will ensure that the bank benefits from emerging ICT
technology.
- Ensure the organization has appropriate and up
to date ICT functionality, software and hardware in an effective, efficient,
secure and cost conscious manner.
- Ensure adequate backup and recovery strategies
and systems are in place and reviewed regularly.
- Manage, evaluate and ensure security concerns
for the bank are addressed.
- Establish appropriate management controls to
ensure that projects deliver the required functionality on time as per
budget allocations.
- Prepare and manage annual ICT budget,
expenditure, cost reduction and ensure value for money is achieved.
- Establish a Disaster Recovery Plan in tune
with the business continuity plan.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- A degree in computer science with a
professional qualification in l.T.
- At least 4 years of working experience in
senior IT management capacity.
- Sound knowledge and experience in managing IT
service delivery.
- Strong understanding of Core banking
applications and operating systems
- Strong understanding of Core operating systems
—Unix, NetWare, and Windows NT,& 2000
- Added advantage to those experienced in a
micro-finance environment
The position
requires a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with
the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
Credit Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for managing the Bank’s credit
function efficiently and effectively in order to ensure profitability, maintain
a quality loan book and ensure that the Bank is not exposed to credit risk.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement of the Bank’s credit
strategy.
- Formulate and implement the Bank’s credit
policy.
- Conduct regular reviews of the credit policy
to ensure its relevance to business requirements and CBK and statutory
regulations.
- Ensure compliance with the Bank’s credit
policies and procedures.
- Ensure that customers’ financing needs for
working capital and capital expenditure are addressed appropriately and
profitably through the offer of suitable credit products.
- Formulate and optimize credit scoring
strategies in various business areas.
- Manage credit risk though regular analysis and
evaluation;
- Make recommendations and develop techniques
and strategies to manage, control and mitigate risk.
- Liaise with the Credit Reference Bureau on
prospects/ commitment clients and report the under performing loans to
ensure non- migration of bad assets within the industry.
- Carry out credit appraisals to vet all credit
proposals from branches and other lines of business.
Minimum Qualifications and Experience
- A Bachelors Degree in Business, Finance or
related field.
- A minimum of 5 year’s experience in a credit
function in a senior managerial level within a bank, financial institution
or other service oriented organisation.
- Good understanding of credit processes,
lending and customer care.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Banking Act
and Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) clearing procedures and prudential
guidelines.
The position
requires a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with
the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
General Manager
Job Summary: Responsible for providing leadership to position the company at the forefront of the microfinance industry.
Job Summary: Responsible for providing leadership to position the company at the forefront of the microfinance industry.
Develop a strategic
plan to advance the company’s mission and objectives and to promote revenue,
profitability and growth.
Oversee company operations to insure
production efficiency, quality, good customer service, and cost-effective
management or resources
Key Responsibilities
- Plan, develop, and implement strategies for
generating resources and revenue for the bank.
- Develop and recommend company operational
procedures, corporate policies, and standard and internal regulation
- Setting strategy and vision and Identify new
opportunities for growing the bank
- Provide leadership in the development,
management and implementation HR, IT and compliance policies, procedure
and practice in compliance with legal requirement;
- Provide leadership in the development of short
and long-range financial plans and goals and projections with input and
advice from the other members of the Senior Management Team.
- Provide timely and accurate financial analysis
to senior management and relevant Board Committees, and the Board of
Directors;
- Oversee and evaluate operating and financial
performance, in conjunction with operations manager and finance manager.
- Ensure regular, consistent, high quality input
and output of information essential to the company function and
accountability.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in business preferably in
Accounting, Finance, Economics or Commerce
- Professional qualifications e.g. CPA, ACCA,
ACIB will be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 5 to 10 years relevant experience
in a financial institution or similar position
- Knowledge of software application used in
banking/DTM.
- General knowledge of a wide range of micro
banking products and services
- Advanced knowledge of Retail Banking
operations, industry products or services
The position
requires a candidate with strong organizational and interpersonal skills with
the ability to prioritise, multi-task and work under pressure amidst competing
demands.
How to Apply
Interested candidates who meet the above required qualifications and experience should email their application letters, detailed CV listing three professional references and your 24 hours telephone contact to: recruitment@fep-group.com on or before Friday, September 19, 2014.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted for interviews.
FEP Holdings Limited is an equal
opportunity employer, any lobbying or canvassing will lead to automatic
disqualification.