Head, Financial Institutions at

4 weeks ago


Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya I&M Bank Full time

I&M Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of I&M Holdings Limited, a publicly quoted company at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).

The bank possesses a rich heritage in banking.

The purpose of this role

To manage and grow the Financial Institutions and correspondent banking business within the I&M Bank through the delivery of innovative and customized solutions to meet the specific requirements of Financial Institutions that the bank deals with across all geographies.

This entails managing the nostro and Vostro account relationships for the group as well as the credit relationships and the more than 500+ RMA relationships with banks across the world to ensure the Group has access to financial products for its proprietary and customer's use.

This entails provision of financial information and analysis including market intelligence for use in the preparation of credit reports.


Prepare credit reports for approval of the Board credit committee and provide support for both internal and external correspondent banking clients.


Develop and maintain correspondent banking relations with both local and foreign banks, in order to link the bank and its clients to other financial institutions in terms of credit and dealing lines to facilitate their access to both domestic and international markets for various interaction purposes.

Ideal Job Specifications

Academic:
Graduate in Business Administration or Finance related degree. Master degree in a finance related field a plus.

Professional:
Proficiency in use of MS Office application


Desired work experience: 10 + years' relevant experience and general banking experience with a strong foundation in correspondent banking, trade finance, payments, global markets, back office processing, swift formatting and reconciliation.

Experience managing people at middle management level.

Experience :
Experience in engaging senior executives at local, regional and Global Financial Institutions.

Ideal Job competencies

Technical Competencies

Effectively perform correspondent banking activities/tasks in a manner that consistently achieves high quality standards or benchmarks.
Knowledge and experience in emerging correspondent banking practices to initiate and implement strategic and/or tactical changes.

Behavioural Competencies

Leadership skills

Lead and facilitate I&M Bank engagements with senior officials of correspondent banks (C-suite level engagement)
Nurture and sustain employee satisfaction and to manage changes
Organization development to effectively structure team for optimal performance
Have a revenue generating focus (proactive and able to take initiative).

Behavioural Competencies

Interpersonal Skills

Create and maintain relevant business networks; and to effectively communicate with and manage customer expectations (internal and external), and other stakeholders who impact performance.

Self-empowerment to enable development of open communication, teamwork and trust that are needed to support performance and customer-service oriented culture.



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