Job Description

• Coach, Train and Motivate your team of Relationship Managers, Credit Analysts and Transactional Bankers to ensure the highest levels of financial solutioning, technical know-how, efficiency and effectiveness.  Having a deep understanding of the types of farming in this geography is critical to enable effective technical coaching to the team members.
• Provide a central advisory and support role to your team and assist with, client relationships, credit application motivations and arbitrations.
• Ensuring that close personal attention is given to ensure the team provide a full array of customized financial solutions tailored to meet the growth needs and potential of our clients within the portfolios.
• Act as a trusted advisor by developing a deep understanding of client’s business through regular interaction with clients at their place of business as per segment value proposition guidelines.
• To motivate agricultural and business finance applications and to successfully present the case to a business and credit lending committee.
• Analyse and understand your operational areas to design, implement and execute on successful acquisition strategies and tactics through your team.
• Plan and Execute a Contact Management Strategy for existing and new to bank clients.
• To build trust, credibility and confidence with Agricultural and Business Clients.

Qualifications

Minimum Degree Requirements, one of the below qualifications or similar:

Preferable:

• B.Comm (Agricultural Economics)
• BSc. (Agricultural Economics)

Or

• B.Comm (Management Accounting)
• B.Comm (Accounting)

Preferable / Advantages:

• Honours Degree
• SAICA Articles / CA(SA)
• CIMA Qualified / (ACMA)

Experience Requirements:

10 Years experience in the following fields or similar:

• Business Centre Manager, Agric Area Manager, Agric Relationship Manager or an Agric Specialist role in Business and Commercial Banking.
• Agricultural Knowledge and Experience of the types of farming in the area is essential
• At least 5 years’ experience in managing teams.