Co-op Bank Foreign Desk Relationship Manager Job in Kenya


Relationship Manager – Foreign Desk

Are you looking for an employer who promotes individual excellence and mutual respect in a team-driven culture with a key focus on social empowerment? Kingdom Securities Ltd, a subsidiary of the Co-operative Bank of Kenya, is looking to fill the following position:


Relationship Manager – Foreign Desk

Job Summary


The role holder is required to attend management meetings and to actively participate during deliberations. He/she shall be required to use his discretion to best ensure that the client mandate is executed to the best of the client’s interests.

Main Duties


The key responsibilities will among others include:

  • Business Development & Relationship Management 70%
  • Business development from Foreign fund managers, institutional investors, the Kenyan
  • Diaspora market and in the East African Region
  • Client advisory to the external client base on market performance, trend and outlooks.
  • Assisting the firm’s clientele in managing and monitoring their portfolio performance
  • Prepare and dispatch to Clients quarterly investment reports that incorporate economic
  • and market overview, current portfolio valuation, transactions during the quarter, performance and strategy for the following period.
  • Arrange for road shows and investor seminars to international clients.
  • Assist the research team in undertaking analysis through sharing of information from own sources
  • Proactively search for new investment opportunities and bring them for attention of research department for analysis
  • Accompany the research analysis for visits in companies within own sector
  • Familiarise with various investments held and be able to offer justification to the Clients on purchase/hold or sale decisions undertaken.
  • Optimizing use of the bloomberg communication channel to communicate with clients
Job Specification

The incumbent will be required to possess the following attributes / skills:
  • A strong academic background in a quantitative discipline, economics or finance     background at undergraduate level with a desire to further it postgraduate level.
  • A candidate in the CFA program, or CFA Charterholder
  • Experience in research analysis and dealing
  • Specialized knowledge of scientific methods of data manipulation.
  • Knowledge of ATS trading platform and the Central Depository System.
  • Advanced Word, PowerPoint and Excel (Macros) would be an added advantage
Interested candidates meeting the above criteria should forward an application enclosing detailed Curriculum vitae accompanied by copies of certificates and indicating the current remuneration to the address shown here below by 24th May 2013.

NB: Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Please quote this reference on your application and on the envelope: RM/3/KSL/2013

The Director – Human Resources Division
The Co-operative Bank of Kenya Ltd
P.O. Box 48231-00100
Nairobi