Group Chief Executive Officer
Job Ref. UN 5485
Our client, KCB, is a leading commercial banking group In the Eastern Africa Region, renowned for its diversity and growth potential.
The Bank currently commands the largest retail banking network
in Kenya and has subsidiaries in Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and
Uganda.
As a player in the global financial market, the Bank maintains working arrangements with correspondent banks throughout the world.
The Bank is now looking to appoint a dynamic, energetic and experienced strategist to join and lead a vibrant team committed to growing the Bank further In volume, efficiency, regional Impact and profitability.
The KCB Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Is a member of the
KCB Group Board.
Job Profile
Job Profile
The KCB Group CEO will be responsible for leading, managing and leveraging multi-national, multi-cultural teams to maximize profitability and shareholder value through business growth and sustainability while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
This is a challenging opportunity to contribute to total economic value of the KCB group, and will involve the following:
- Coordinating
the overall activities of the whole group to ensure achievement of its
business plans.
- Identifying
and managing all strategic imperatives professionally for the benefit of
the Bank.
- Ensuring
that there is an effective prudent risk management in place to provide
continuous assurance and improvement in the quality of the Banks assets
and liabilities.
- Driving
and coordinating the initiatives, practices, corporate culture change and
procedures for achievement of the group business goals.
- Implementing
the Board’s decisions in a result-oriented and timely manner to achieve
the Bank’s vision, mission, goals, objectives and agreed performance
targets.
- Developing,
nurturing and enhancing synergies within KCB Group for efficiency and
effectiveness in attaining the Group objectives.
- Ensuring
that there is continuous development of new and innovative profitable
products.
- Continuously
monitoring economic, business regulatory and other related trends to
determine their potential impact on plans and operations of the Bank and
initiating the necessary actions to safeguard the objectives and goals of
the KGB group.
- Leading
a team of trained and talented professionals to progress the Bank’s
business to be an all-round great regional bank.
- Promoting
the Bank’s development of a positive corporate culture, ethical practices
and sound sustainability goals.
- Promoting
the Bank’s objectives of identifying and developing talents throughout the
entire business.
- Developing
and recommending to the Board both short term, medium term and long term
strategies, business plans, and accurate annual budgets.
- Establishing
effective internal monitoring and control systems, processes and
procedures to execute approved plans.
Person Profile
- A
holder of a university degree with distinguished leadership, management
track record at regional or International level and impeccable record of
intellectual honesty.
- An
analytical and passionate transformative change leader who will
continuously push the bank’s business horizons.
- An
energetic go-getter who will drive the bank through concrete performance
targets.
- An
experienced leader who must have managed blue chip banks or corporates
with an asset base of at least US $ 3.5 billion.
- An
experienced leader who must have managed large banks or corporates with
subsidiaries or branches across several countries or continents.
(Experience in Eastern Africa region is an added advantage).
- A
proactive leader with a deep sense of foresight and ability to institute
contingency strategies.
- A
fluent English speaker with working knowledge of French or Kiswahili.
A very attractive remuneration package will be offered to the
successful candidate.
Send your application in strict confidence by email only to recruit@manpowerservicesgroup.com so as to reach us by 12 Noon, (GMT+3) 19th October 2012.
