West and Central Africa Current Banking Career Opportunities (6 Positions)

A medium sized Banking Institution with operations in West and Central Africa is seeking to recruit qualified professionals to fill the following positions in its Group Office.

Job Title: GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Board of Directors, the successful candidate is expected to provide clear leadership to position the group at the forefront of the industry and oversee strong operations to ensure service efficiency, quality and cost effective management of resources.

Job Title: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Group Managing Director, the CFO will ensure that the group and subsidiary financial business is carried out in accordance with well formulated procedures and systems and overseeing the financial reporting, planning, data analysis and other financial responsibilities of all subsidiaries.

Job Title: CHIEF RISK OFFICER
Responsibilities
The Chief Officer will have the responsibility of developing the process for assessing, identifying, monitoring and reducing pertinent risks; coordinating the credit processes of the group and building a group credit programme aimed at improving the financial standing of the subsidiary banks and designing and implementing effective strategies that will result in increased deposits and intermediation for subsidiaries.

Job Title: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Responsibilities
The successful candidate is expected to provide necessary support to the group subsidiaries in the implementation of strategies for expanding customer deposits and generating strong international and money market operations.

Job Title: CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER
Responsibilities
The group Chief Information Officer will be charged with deploying and managing technology to support the Groups business strategy as well as supervising and resolving all computer and communication activities in the group.

Job Title: GROUP HEAD, HUMAN RESOURCES
Responsibilities
Leading the HR team in delivering a human resources service, the successful candidate will be expected to develop, implement and review human capital management policies, strategies and systems for the entire group.

Qualification / Experience
-For position 1 to 4, candidates are expected to possess a first degree in Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or any other management science. In addition, candidates must possess an MBA or MSC in Accounting, Finance, Auditing or Business Management and professional qualifications in Accounting (ACA, ACCA, CPA or its equivalent). Professional qualifications in Banking will be an added advantage.

-For position 5, a first degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or any relevant field. In addition, IT certificate such as CISA, CISSM is compulsory.

-For position 6, candidates must possess BSC in Human Resources discipline plus professional qualifications in personnel management (CIPM, CIPD, SHRM etc).

-For the GMD position, a minimum of fifteen (15) years cognate experience is required while all other positions shall require a minimum of twelve (12) years cognate experience with the last five at similar managerial position.

Personal Skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills necessary for interactions with all stakeholders
- Strong personality with focus on achievement of business targets
- Posses strong analytical skills
- Sound IT knowledge
- Must be creative, innovative and result driven
- Candidates should not be more than 50 years of age.

To Apply
Interested applicants should send their resume to bankgroup@yahoo.com within two (2) weeks of this publication.

Note: Only short listed applicants will be contacted.

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