Employment
Opportunities – Micro Finance Industry
Micro Africa Ltd
(MAL) is a well established micro-finance institution with operations
through-out the East African region and provides credit services and financial
solutions to organized groups, businesses and individuals.
Applications are
invited from suitably qualified individuals to fill the following positions:
General Manager –
Consumer Lending
This is a senior
position responsible for growing a quality consumer lending loan book.
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The position should deliver the budget and provide effective
supervision of all sales staff across Kenya.
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The position should develop and maintain the current business
relationships with various ministries and stakeholders.
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Develop a sales strategy for the market and ensures attainment
of set targets and profitability.
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Monitor daily progress towards financial self-sufficiency
through Sales Agents productivity; design interventions and adjust policies to
improve performance and outreach of the consumer lending product.
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Ensure services delivered are consistently supported by well
documented policies and procedures, well understood by all staff and process
maps are developed to ensure efficiency.
Qualifications
and experience
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A Degree certificate from a recognized institution in business
or related fields.
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At least 8+ years of work experience in sales with 3+ years in
senior position with supervision responsibilities
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Team player with diverse leadership skills gained in financial
services sales
Finance Manager
The overall
responsibilities of the above position are to manage and report on the finance
function of the company.
Key performance
areas include, but are not limited to:
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Ensuring the financial controls, policies and procedures are
adequate, effective and are complied with
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Ensuring that financial and operational forecasts and budgets
are produced to a high level of technical and contextual quality
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Providing quality management and financial information in a
timely manner.
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Ensuring compliance in all tax matters
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Ensuring the company’s resources and assets are appropriately
safeguarded
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Annual external audit and financial reporting co-ordination,
management, resolution
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Maintaining relationships with stakeholders, including banks,
regulators, external and internal auditors
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Managing performance and progression of finance team.
Qualifications
and Experience
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A fully qualified Chartered Accountant: CPA/CA/ACCA/CIMA.
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Masters would be an added advantage.
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Minimum of 5 years relevant banking or financial services
experience.
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Proficiency in information systems
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Demonstrated leadership qualities, high integrity and good
interpersonal skills
Credit Officer
The primary
responsibilities of the Credit Officer will be:-
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Manage start to end credit process
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Participate in aggressive marketing campaigns across the region
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Meet set monthly and annual targets in terms of loan portfolio
disbursement
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Business assessment and appraisal visits
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Collections and maintaining quality portfolio
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Ongoing customer interaction, resolving their issues and
ensuring customer retention
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Maintain custody of all loans information and supporting
documents in a secure complete, orderly and accessible manner.
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Play a key role in business development and direct customer
relationship management.
Qualifications
and experience
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A Diploma or Degree in Business Administration, Cooperative
Management or related fields.
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Diploma in Micro Finance will be an added advantage
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Proven 2-3 years experience in lending and quality portfolio
management in a successful MFI.
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Excellent client generation, communication and interpersonal
skills.
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Ability to work with a dynamic and multicultural team
Sales Agents
The company is in
the process of growing the government payroll portfolio and wishes to recruit
self motivated and result oriented sales agents responsible for:
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Selling and marketing of government lending products and
relationship
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Ensuring the marked territory achieves or exceeds the required
quota.
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Independently develop processes to obtain leads through possible
sourcing opportunities, and work closely with government agencies to leverage
prospects/clients
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Contact potential clients to assess their individual needs and
demonstrate how the products can meet their needs
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Maintain accurate up-to-date sales pipeline and forecasts.
Qualifications
and Experience
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A Diploma or Degree in Business Administration, Marketing or
related fields. Diploma in Micro Finance will be an added advantage
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Excellent marketing and selling skills.
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Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
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Ability to work with a dynamic and multicultural team
Suitable
candidates should forward their application together with their detailed CV by
close of business 22nd November 2013 to:
Goal Advisory
Services,
P.O. Box
14426-00100,
Nairobi
or by E-mail to: careers@goaladvisory.com
Micro Africa is
an equal opportunity employer
Only short listed
candidates will be contacted.
Those who will
not have heard from us by 4th December 2013 should consider their applications
unsuccessful.
For more
information about us, log on to:www.microafricagroup.com & www.letshego.com.
