Summary
Date Posted: 22nd January 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed , Employment Type: Full-Time , Currency: Tsh

JOB DETAILS:

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Our Client is a leading global alternative energy technology company operating in multiple countries in Europe Africa and Asia.
The Client sells their products in mainly the rural areas through a creative credit system requiring thorough evaluation of client credit worthiness through the established credit system in Tanzania.

The Client seeks to fill the above position with a suitably qualified and competent person with experience working in an established banked involved in lending to rural communities or a well-established microfinance institution.
Extensive knowledge of the credit management system for lending institutions are regulated by the Central Bank of Tanzania a MUST

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Reporting to the Managing Director, the job holder will be responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the Lending and portfolio Management function. He/she shall be responsible for developing and implementing sound systems for carrying out customer assessments, loan recovery and credit control activities to ensure income growth, and consistent implementation of the client’s credit product awareness.

Specific duties will include;
• Providing strategic direction of credit department within the organization.
• Responsible for the review and approval of commercial credit proposals of the company and to maintain a good balance between returns and risks exposure.
• Hands-on management of all day-to-day operations of Credit team along the customer credit cycle, i.e. Credit assessment, underwriting, loan monitoring and work-out, including development of appropriate responses to portfolio under performance
• Taking responsibility for and managing the Credit Department as a profit center which reports on key performance indicators related to company targets (P&L, portfolio quality, operational efficiency
• Playing a key role in development of new lending platform, establishing and updating all lending policies and guidelines.
• Fostering a strong credit culture in the organization, building and leading teams that act in accordance with the client’s policies, and sound credit delivery principles e.g. Ensure high standard credit quality of the portfolio at all times.
• Analyzing and evaluating internal and external risks, and providing relevant pre-cautions and solutions to the risks.
• Providing requirements and design inputs, particularly with regard to credit risk recognition, measurement and its reporting as a part of core team for implementation of key credit risks.
• Reviewing and developing the client’s credit approval and repossession policies and guidelines as well as participating in ad hoc projects of investigative or trouble-shooting nature on specific customers portfolio
• Serve as a key point of contact for the client’s domestic and international 3rd party funding partners and ensure operational compliance with related KPIs
• Ensuring proper integration of the Credit department into the client’s overall operations and workflows
• Regularly reviewing the Department KPIs, performance assessment vs KPIs along with related internal and external reporting
• Ensuring staff understand the context of their roles in relation to the client’s strategy
• Ensuring staff in the department exhibit proper /acceptable behavior when performing their duties.
• Ensuring performance consequences are taken by the line managers in the department i.e. recognizing best performers and managing poor performers from time to time through both formal and informal feedback.
• Assessing and monitoring the training and development needs of the staff in the department.
• Ensuring staff have the resources they require to perform their work

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED
The job holder should have the following qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from a recognized university in Finance, Banking & Finance, Economics or any other related field. Postgraduate/Master’s degree is an added advantage
• Over 8 years’ experience in managing teams, ideally as a department manager/ portfolio manager/ product manager/Credit Manager at a Microfinance Institution (MFI) or SME-related bank or Mobile Network Operator (MNO)
• Hands on experience in credit assessment and/ or credit scoring and/ or data smart lending and/ or portfolio management as applied in an MFI or SME-related bank or MNO environment. High exposure to individual micro lending technology is an added advantage

ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES
The ideal candidate should possess the following skills and competencies
• High level of creativity and innovation capacity to enhance and incorporate mobile-money based lending procedures
• High level of familiarity with typical income, expenditure and cash flow patterns of rural and
• semi-urban households and micro-enterprises across Tanzania
• High familiarity with the Tanzania Credit Bureau system, Microsoft Excel, Access, word, and understanding of Office 365.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to details and ability to assess risk while protecting the interest of the company, customers and investors.
• Mature profile combining output orientation, number orientation, customer orientation and process orientation
• Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Very good organizational and interpersonal skills, dynamic self-starter and team player.
• International work experience with, or exposure to, partners based outside East Africa is an added advantage.
• Willingness to travel frequently (domestic; international)
• Fluency in English and Swahili with excellent verbal and writing skills
• Ability to work in a fast growing dynamic environment (not afraid of change)

REMUNERATION
Our client is offering a competitive remuneration package commensurate with the scope of responsibilities , qualifications and competence

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Job application procedure
Visit www.careeroptionsafrica.co.ke  and www.hreastafrica.com  for more details on this position Send CV to recruitment@careeroptionsafrica.co.tz  with a subject heading of Head of Credit by 5th February 2019. However, applications will be reviewed as they are received and qualified candidates called for interview as soon as their CV’s are received. Candidates who do not hear from us by this date should consider their applications unsuccessful.