Job Objective(s)

• The Position Holder is responsible for providing strategic leadership for the company by collaborating with the Board of Directors, and the Executive Management Committee of the Holding Company to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans and policies.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Managing Corporate Performance: Responsible for managing corporate-level performance of the business on key parameters such as corporate profitability, deposit base, new customer acquisition,e.t.c.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Responsible for the proactive, and continuous engagement of relevant internal and external Stakeholders (Board, Regulatory Bodies, Management Team, Local Community e.t.c.) concerned, or affected by the organization’s activities, products or services, and associated performance, with the end purpose of eliciting their support and cooperation for the organization’s desired goals.
• Risk Management: Collaborate with the Board of Directors to grasp and assess the organization’s risk environment, especially in respect to its complexity, and systemic implications for the firm’s business, drive the implementation of best-fit enterprise-wide risk management practices, and assesses the performance of deployed risk management measures.
• Business Strategy: Collaborate with the Board of Directors to craft the organization’s long- term strategy in line with environmental imperatives, drive the communication and cascade of the defined strategy for the business strategy across both the group’s portfolio businesses, and shared services departments, and provide leadership on the strategy’s implementation.
• General Management: Provides strategic oversight over the day-to-day operations of the entirety of the organization.
• Strategic Initiatives: Responsible for driving the implementation of strategic initiatives that sustain / improve the organization’s competitive advantage within its operating environment.
• Drive Long-term Shareholder Value: Drive the optimization of shareholder value over the long term, whilst balancing the competing needs of the organization’s various stakeholders, and multiple perspectives (i.e. financial, customer service, process, and innovation).
• People Management: Responsible for driving and sustaining strategic people management practices that support the organization’s ability to achieve its corporate objectives through optimal talent resourcing, employee engagement, talent management, and people development.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university
• Advanced degree in Finance or Business Management (e.g. MBA, M.Sc Finance e.t.c)
• Professional certification in finance and/or accounting from a recognized professional body (e.g. CFA, CGMA, ACCA, ICAN e.t.c)
• Minimum of 15 years of work experience in financial services, with at least 5 years in Executive Management capacity