Business Development Manager
An exciting opportunity has arisen
for an experienced Business Development Manager to join a well-established and
growing team in Co-op Trust Investment Services Limited (CISL).
We are looking for experienced
professionals and innovative individuals with imagination and determination to
deliver a clear vision and first class services. If you have an excellent sales
track record in this area with solid experience in investments, this is an
opportunity for you.
Roles
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Participate in formulation and review
of Company’s strategic plan including annual targets.
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Maintain regular communication with
the Client to understand their changing circumstances and investment needs.
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Send investment reports to Clients
regularly as stipulated to keep them informed of developments in their
investment portfolios including investment performance, update them on current
investment market, economic environment and outlook as well as our proposed
investment actions in line with investment policy and market expectations.
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Handling Customer enquiries and
resolution of complaints while encouraging feedback with a view to improve
service as well as handle client payment requests and validation process to
establish instructions originate from the Client.
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Foster good relationship with the
Client and cross sell other group products to them.
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Handle account closure, establish
reason for account closure and document accordingly.
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Assist in formulation of marketing
strategy, identifying target clientele and development of deal pipeline for the
respective products.
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Participate in product development in
addition to identifying an appropriate forum to showcase products, prepare
proposals to prospect after identifying their investment needs and follow up to
close transactions.
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Submit account opening documents to
operations department for forwarding to legal for signature and for Client
installation in the System and ensure forward of a counterpart of the
investment management agreement to the Client with appropriate welcome letter.
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Maintain Client files for
correspondences, copies of investment reports, Client payment instructions,
call reports, file notes and any other documents for the Clients and review
them to ensure complete and up to date records. Ensure important Client
documents including Investment Management Agreements, Fee agreements,
Investment Policies, are stored in the safe.
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Attending scheduled Staff Meetings,
Business Development meetings, and other meetings convened within the division
and prepare Call Reports following meetings with Clients, circulate to relevant
individuals and retain a copy in the Client File.
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Communicate to the Investment manager
any significant developments affecting the Client to enable timely rebalancing
of portfolios as appropriate.
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Maintain a dash board to monitor
performance of portfolio managers in marketing efforts and other appropriate
measures.
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Be familiar with various investments
held and be able to offer justification to the Clients on purchase/hold or sale
decisions undertaken.
Requirements
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A Bachelor’s degree in a Business
related field from a recognized university. Possession of additional
professional qualifications including ICIFA registration, CISI exam modules,
CFA Charter holder, CPA K,
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Professional Marketing courses or
relevant postgraduate qualification will be an added advantage.
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Minimum 3 years’ progressively more
responsible investment experience in a pensions related field.
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Knowledge of Hi-portfolio investment
system in addition to all round knowledge of Investment products and services
and general operations.
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Working understanding of the rules
set up by the market regulators i.e. Retirement Benefits Authority,
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Capital Markets Authority, Laws
relating to Estate Planning and the Kenya Revenue Authority.
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Excellent communication &
inter-personal skills with experience in preparation and presentation of
investment reports and proposals
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Knowledge of current affairs
affecting the financial sector of the economy with a general awareness of the
historical trends of various market segments that will aid in making forecasts
on client targets and timely product offerings.
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Demonstrated leadership, personnel
management, and project management skills.
How to Apply
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application letter enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.keindicating the job reference number BDM/CISL/2017 by 6th November, 2017.
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career then please forward your application letter enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.keindicating the job reference number BDM/CISL/2017 by 6th November, 2017.
Systems Developer
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? The Co-operative Bank of Kenya, “The Kingdom
Bank” is the ideal place for you, here, you will find growth opportunities at
every step of your career.
If you are an exceptional IT
professional with solid programming skills and knowledge of database concepts
and you possess strong analytical and process improvement skills with proven
proficiency in dealing with corporate information systems in the banking
sector, then the Systems Developer position, is a fantastic opportunity for you
to join our ICT team.
The role holder will be responsible
for detailed analysis, design and development of In-house systems and
Management Information Systems (M.I.S.) and will also be required to maintain
and support applications within this section.
Roles
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Carry-out analysis of the
requirements, assist in preparing system specification by the users and
recommend solutions to address user needs.
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Develop high performing applications
(web, desktop and mobile applications) depending on the requirements
definitions and ensure responsiveness to front-end requests.
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Develop and maintain
documentation/manuals on system configuration or setup in addition to building
reusable code and libraries for future use.
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Carry out technical user training in
respect to these systems so that the business can utilize them.
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Provide test systems for SIT/UAT to
ensure tests to the functionality/features have been done before rollout to the
entire user network.
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Make changes to system configuration
and parameters to accommodate business and technological requirements.
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Secure systems by putting adequate
controls and restrict access to programs by users in accordance with the
requirements of the bank and adhere to change control procedures in
implementing solutions.
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Set up and attend to systems
failures, or coordinate the resolution of the problem and deal with queries
from users.
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Define new process improvement
opportunities then develop and implement data models and other strategies that
optimize statistical efficiency and data quality.
Requirements
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer
Science, Electronics Engineering, IT or related field from a recognized
university.
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Minimum 2 years’ experience in
software development, data analysis and reporting as well as 2 years’
experience with working in web based Java solutions (Apache Wicket,
Tomcat/Jetty, GUICE/Spring, Solr, Webservices/Jersey/REST/Spring)
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Experience with a least one JS
framework/Libraries – React, Angular, Vue.js, Ember, JQuery, JQWidgets ,
Bootstrap, Very good knowledge of Windows Operating Systems and an understanding
of Unix and Linux.
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Excellent understanding of SQL
database fundamentals (for MSSQL, Oracle etc), other programming tools and
languages particularly C#, ASP.NET, MVC, HTML/CSS, XML
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Experience with DevOps processes,
workflows and tools like Jenkins or Docker will be a plus.
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Very strong analytical, presentation
& problem-solving skills with the ability to work confidently on high
priority problems and present technical ideas in a user-friendly language.
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Good knowledge of reporting and
business analytics tools.
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Positive attitude and willingness to
learn new things.
How to Apply
If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career, please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number SD/COO/2017 by 15th November, 2017.
We are an equal opportunity employer.If you are confident that you fit the role and person profile and you are keen to add value to your career, please forward your application enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job reference number SD/COO/2017 by 15th November, 2017.