Daraja
Microfinance Bank is licensed by Central Bank of Kenya as a community
Microfinance Bank for the Dagoretti Division.
Our
vision is ‘to transform the businesses and lives in the communities we serve’.
Daraja’s target market is the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs), owners and
employees, Chamas, Saccos, and groups. Our strategy is to be a Tier 1
Micro-finance Bank operating country-wide in the next 3 years.
We are seeking to recruit highly talented professionals to fill in the
following position:
Senior
Operations Officer
Reporting
to the Operations Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for
running effective bank branch operations leading to provision of excellent
customer service, profitability and business growth.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Overseeing
cash management at the branch level
- Central
operations – account opening approval ,clearing system operations,
payments (RTGS, EFTS and Bankers cheques,)
- Reconciling
of branch general ledger accounts
- Facilitating
effective relationship management for external and internal customers
- Ensuring
all audit operations issues are addressed promptly
- Managing
and controlling operational risk
- Regularly
evaluating the effectiveness of the branch operations to ensure that
policies are being adhered to and that goals are being attained at all
times
- Ensuring
efficient back office operations management
- Ensuring
compliance with regulatory and policy requirements with regards to banking
environment
- Ensuring
and overseeing that information in the banking core system is accurate and
up to date by generating and analyzing cash reports and balances
- Proposing
the development of new services/products or the improvement of the
existing ones in relation with market and results analysis
- Ensuring
business development-cross sells bank products to achieve high customer
retention
- Mobilizing
deposits.
Key
Skills and Qualifications:
- Degree
in Business Administration, Finance or related field
- Professional
banking or accounting qualifications (CPA-K or ACCA) added advantage
- Minimum
of 3 years’ experience at branch operations in the banking sector with
proven result track record
- Understand
the Banking Act and Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) clearing procedures and
general laws related to Banking
- Management
and leadership ability: Have excellent interpersonal and people management
skills
- Computer
skills: Ms Word, Excel, Access, power-point, Internet and email
Interested
candidates are requested to forward their updated CVs to
recruit@virtualhr.co.ke by 22nd June 2016 stating their current and expected
remuneration, daytime telephone contacts and addresses of three referees.
Website: www.darajabank.co.ke
