Project Manager
As a customer-centric
financial institution, we are on a mission to help our customers succeed by
providing highly personalized services to deliver that personal touch. We
measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they
exhibit. We are succeeding because they are succeeding. As the Project
Manager – Mortgage, you’ll help make this happen..
Reporting to the CIBD
& CBD Mortgage Lead, the role holder will be responsible for reviewing and
supporting the business in the processing of construction/project finance
applications and maintenance of relationships with clients during project
implementation in line with the banks business objectives.
Responsibilities
Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required
to:
- Review projects in property development
suitable for financing bearing in mind risk/return parameters set by the
bank
- Monitor in collaboration with the banks
business and credit risk units, progress on project implementation
- Monitor the financial and operational
performance of projects for early identification of potential problems as
well as initiate timely remedial actions
- Generate various management reports on
performance of the construction loan portfolio
- Handle enquiries from prospective
clients that sometimes involve preliminary site visits with the RMS/PSMs
- Provide guidance for the purposes of
re-packaging construction/project cases to meet banks requirement
- Review bank new applications for funding
submitted from the department, business units or our branch network
- Initiating projects disbursement memos
for review by the Technical team as per the laid down policies and
procedures
- Benchmark the competition and advising
on new product offerings and maintaining a project comparable database to
assist the business in project analysis and respond to customer product
complaints especially during project implementation
- Maintain construction project files,
that relate to customer correspondence, work in progress, approved credit
request and general correspondence as well as project processing and
administration
- Conduct pre-appraisal reviews and
communicating the findings to the business development manager and
prospective clients
- Review submitted project documentation
that includes but not limited to titles, approved architectural drawings,
structural drawings, NEMA approvals/Licenses
- Conduct initial review of technical
documents with a view to advice on their adequacy to proceed to technical
review.
- Review offer letter terms and conditions
to ensure they in tandem with the envisioned mode of project implementation
- Review submitted interim valuations
before initiating disbursements requests
- Hold meetings with clients. consultants
to address issues on proposed construction projects
- Conduct periodical site visits to asses
projects and hold discussion with concerned parties together with the
project managers
- Undertake detailed appraisal report for
review by the team leader and work in conjunction with the business units
and project managers to write supervision reports that asses critical
parameters at implementation stage
- Work together with various business
units and the project managers to address issues arising out of the
outcome of the supervision at implementation stage and monitor performance
of the project
- Ensure that all risk management
requirements within your remit are addressed and where necessary escalated
through the available defined channels
- Conduct post implementation review on
projects and record key learning points for dissemination with a view to
improving on the bank processing procedures and risk management
- Ensure strict adherence to all
regulations, statutes, standards, practices and all internal processes and
procedures as per the relevant manuals and comply with all relevant
external legislation and regulations with regard to Compliance
requirements.
Qualifications
The successful candidate
will be required to have the following skills and competencies:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in a
business-related field from a recognized University with at least five
years working experience in banking or in a financial institution.
- Professional qualifications will be an
added advantage.
- Good knowledge of mortgage product and
mortgage sales experience with a good appreciation of legal processes in
conveyance/ land matters
- Proactive, assertive and highly
adaptable to change with strong analytical skills and customer centric
mindset.
- Personal organization and thoroughness
coupled with the ability to work under minimum supervision with good
Judgment skills.
- Ability to analyze data, information and
situations for effective work performance with excellent attention to
details and quality output.
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 enclosing detailed Curriculum Vitae
to jobs@co-opbank.co.ke indicating the job
reference number PMM/CIBD/2023 by 1st June, 2023.
We are an equal
opportunity employer.
