Career Opportunities at Housing Finance
Housing Finance has been turning dreams into homes for over 46
years now making it the premier financial enabler for the property industry in
Kenya.
Housing Finance was recently voted the best mortgage company in
Kenya, testament to its commitment of making home ownership a reality for the
Kenyan market.
The organisation is pursuing a growth and diversification
strategy which will see it expand both nationally and regionally in the next 5
years while maintaining a leadership position in the property industry.
It is in the pursuit of furthering this mission and retaining market leadership in provision of the full realm of Real Estate Development and Investment products and services that the following vacancies have arisen and Housing Finance is seeking high caliber individuals for these positions:
Business Operations Director
Position overview:
A senior and critical role responsible for the sale and delivery of all HF’s products and services to its customers in the most efficient and effective manner.
The role reports to the Managing Director.
Key responsibilities:
- Strategic
Planning & Execution: Formulates and implements the Business
Operations Strategy so as to ensure the achievement of the bank’s revenue
targets in the most cost effective manner.
- Champion
the mortgage sales strategy in line with the overall business strategy to
ensure achievement of agreed targets.
- Deliver
prompt, reliable and seamless service to all HF customers in all regions
where the Bank is represented in line with the bank strategy whilst
ensuring the achievement of agreed product sales targets.
- Source
customers and manage customer relationships bank wide through a well
trained team of relationship managers so as to attract and retain more
customers.
- Provide
critical support service to the Bank in the areas of ICT, customer
service, service delivery, back office operations and business continuity
management in a manner that leads to the effective and efficient delivery
of the Bank’s services to both external and internal customers.
- Working
closely with a team of property development specialists, source and/or
prudently employ funding for the development of property projects
undertaken for and on behalf of the Bank’s customers while managing
relationships with all property development stakeholders.
- Leadership
& People management: Lead a significantly large team to achieve
results and ensure alignment to corporate culture, brand and the
development of talent.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- An
undergraduate degree in business or commerce with professional
qualifications in banking
- A
Masters in Business Administration or relevant Masters Degree will be an
added advantage
- A
minimum of 10 years all rounded banking experience, three of which must be
at a senior management or director level.
- A
good appreciation of retail banking, relationship management and
operations management is important.
Business Development Director
Position overview:
A strategic role involved in the development, implementation, cascade and continuous review of the overall strategy and championing of all marketing and business development related activities at Housing Finance.
This will be achieved by seeking out new business channels and
opportunities and injecting new ideas to grow the business.
The role reports to the Managing Director.
Key responsibilities:
- Working
closely with the Managing Director in strategy formulation and
implementation, the position is responsible for the review and cascade of
strategy in the business and ensuring communication and alignment of
strategy at all levels.
- To
formulate and manage the marketing, brand and PR strategy so as to ensure
the Bank’s continuous visibility and well managed internal and external
communications to mitigate any violation to its reputation.
- Manages
the business collaboration agenda and relationships with various
stakeholders to optimize strengths from the diverse business models
- Is
actively involved in determining the foot print and market reach so as to
ensure coverage of all markets within HF’s target markets.
- Seeks
out opportunities to continuously innovate HF’s products and processes so
as to optimize resources and respond to the ever changing customer needs.
- Oversee
all strategic projects taking place through a well-equipped project team
so as to ensure timely, cost effective and successful completion of all
strategic projects.
The ideal candidate will possess:
- An
undergraduate degree in business or commerce with high level hands on
experience in strategy design, development and implementation
- A
Masters in Business Administration with a specialisation in strategy or
marketing will be an added advantage
- A
minimum of 10 years in business development or strategy development in
FMCG or financial services sector, three of which must be at a senior
management or director level.
Generic skills & attributes:
- Strong
relationship management and customer service orientation is essential
- A
proactive self starter with strong leadership skills and ability to
motivate and inspire others to positively influence and make an impact at
senior levels of management
- A
good appreciation of ICT and the banking regulatory environment
- Excellent
written and verbal skills with the ability to convince and sell one’s
ideas
- High
levels of confidence and presentation skills to compliment
- Demonstrable
financial aptitude with strong analytical skills and attention to detail
- Must
be a person of high integrity and embrace strong ethical practices
If your current experience matches the required profile, and
believe that you can make a marked contribution to the growth of Housing
Finance and the achievement of its objectives, we’d like to hear from
you.
Please send us your application in confidence to:
execselection@resourceassociates.co.ke
Applications by Kenyans from the Diaspora are encouraged.
Applications must be received by 29th June 2012.
We will contact the shortlisted candidates by 14th July 2012.