Branch Leader at Workforce Group - 4 Openings

Workforce Group is a Management Consulting and Outsourcing Professional Services Firm. Following its inception in July 2004, Workforce Management Centre Limited (Workforce) has built an enviable reputation as the leading indigenous management and professional services consulting firm in Nigeria. Drawing from its Deep Domain Expertise, in the area of organizational effectiveness and employee performance, the Company is positioned to assist businesses across diverse sectors of the economy in their quest to create sustainable value for their stakeholders.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Branch Leader

Locations: Ota & Abeokuta - Ogun, Ibadan - Oyo, and Akure - Ondo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Introduce, define, and develop a combination of operating processes, management systems, business structure and culture that gives the Bank the capacity to deliver on its values.
• Responsible for generating activities that will help better team performance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for ensuring that quality staff are recruited, motivated, trained, and retained in the branch, and ultimately, in the Bank.
• Develop marketing plan that will increase market share/penetration.
• Incumbent is expected to increase the business of the Branch by increasing the number of new accounts and developing new business areas.
• Review the marketing plan of the branch, and prepare target market study covering the industries/markets defined to serve.
• Prepare written call reports in format determined by management and periodically follow up “close” sales.
• Ensure adequate adherence to Credit policies, processes and procedures.
• Foster involvement in the team concept by listening, sharing ideas and information in the interest of the Bank.
• Ensure customer facilities applications are thoroughly appraised, review all applications, and make appropriate recommendations/decisions.
• Conduct collateral inspections and appraisals. Assemble and process files and forward processed applications to management with recommendations.
• Monitor and initiate recovery action on non-performing loans.
• Identify needs of accounts holders/customers and buyer values and proactively seek to provide products/services to meet identified needs.
• Ensure new accounts are adequately coded to ensure proper MIS classification.
• Provide regular reports/updates for management attention.
• Provides leadership, coaching, training/development and supervision to all members of its team.
• Participate in all marketing plans and strategy development initiatives for the Branch that will increase the market share/market penetration of the Branch.
• Ensure prompt response to internal correspondences i.e. memos/mails from within the Bank requiring your attention and/or response.
• Support other junior marketing and non-marketing staff through on-the-job coaching, in-house training and development, and account management.
• Any other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

Requirements

• First Degree in Social Science or Accounting; Master’s Degree is a plus.
• 10 years relevant banking experience.

Skills:

• Knowledge of the basic profit goals of the Bank for the purpose of integrating them with individual and branch marketing goals and objectives.
• Knowledge and understanding of the approach used in identifying basic needs and priorities of customers, and the ability to match the Bank’s products with those needs.
• Excellent marketing /selling and negotiation skills.
• Versatile with banking regulations.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Excellent Credit Analysis and Appraisal skills.
• Knowledge of Loans Administration and Accounts Management.
• Good knowledge of Financial Analysis and report writing and presentation skills.
• Leadership & Supervisory skills and performance management skills.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and Qualified candidates should:
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