Country Head of Corporate and Product Houses

Duties

• To create, implement, drive and monitor a Corporate Banking strategy focused on client growth and product development in-country
• Measurable Outputs:
• Strategy development, implementation, and alignment
• Client engagement
• Business enablement
• Product leadership
• Governance, risk and compliance management
• Team leadership, management and mentoring – team building, and management is also key – ensure team alignment.  Attract the people with a creative and “I can” DNA.  Built a high-performance team – one of my key objectives is make CIB the best place to work – highly driven high performance – great place to work – finding the right balance
• Effective teamwork, self-management, and alignment with group values
• knowledge requirements:
• Business vision, strategy, and priorities
• Ongoing awareness of impact of changes to regulations and legislation (local and cross-border)
• Products and channels
• Evolving technology
• International best practice in terms of compliance benchmarking
• Compliance Requirements
• Internal standards, policies, and procedures
• Legislation and Central Bank directives

Requisites

• General (pre-requisite):
• Strategic thinking, flexing, and implementation
• Solution-focused, creative and flexible thinker with a strong “can do” attitude
• Displays high levels of executive maturity, with an ability to influence, negotiate and engage diversity
• Superb networking and stakeholder engagement skills
• Sound judgement and decision-making skills
• Highly analytical and attentive to detail combined with an ability to think laterally and holistically
• Technical Pre-requisite:
• Deep knowledge of corporate banking principles, methodologies, and practices
• Sound overall financial markets understanding
• Strong business, financial and accounting acumen
• Deal-making skills
• Detailed Credit skills and understanding
• Comprehensive risk management skills encompassing the governance, risk and compliance landscape
• Experience of working in Africa (advantageous)
• Relevant post-graduate degree (e.g. CA/CFA/MBA)
• 10+ years’ corporate banking experience, with deep knowledge of a sector and/or its related products. The role also requires a broad, high level business network in-country

Notes

• Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted
• Submit your CV to the responsible Consultant Humberto Ricardo, humberto.ricardo@aldelia.com with the Subject line “Country Head of Corporate and Product Houses”
• If you have not heard from us within 7 days of the above closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful