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About the Organisation
Centenary Bank, established in 1983 as a credit trust of the Uganda National Lay Apostolate, has evolved into Uganda's leading commercial microfinance bank, serving over 3 million customers with an asset base of UGX 6.3 trillion. The bank's mission is to provide appropriate financial services, particularly microfinance, to all people, especially in rural areas, in a sustainable manner and in accordance with the law.
Renowned for its commitment to financial inclusion and innovation, Centenary Bank has been recognized as the "Best Bank" at the 30th Global Finance Awards and named Uganda’s Most Admired Financial Services Brand. The bank fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture, employing more than 3,000 staff and offering various career opportunities through its dedicated job portal.
Over the years, Centenary Bank has expanded its reach with 81 branches, 209 ATMs, over 7,400 agents, and several digital channels, including CenteMobile banking and CenteOnline banking, ensuring accessibility nationwide. Embracing innovation, the bank invested $15 million in a state-of-the-art core banking system, Flexcube, to enhance efficiency and customer experience.
Upholding core values of integrity, customer focus, and excellence, Centenary Bank actively engages in corporate social responsibility initiatives, focusing on education, health, environment, and social missions, contributing significantly to Uganda's socio-economic development. For more information, visit their official website at www.centenarybank.co.ug
Kampala, Uganda
Full Time
Job Title
Senior Relationship Officer – NGO job at Centenary Bank
Centenary Bank
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Relationship Officer – NGO
Organization: Centenary Bank
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Manager Corporate and Institutional Banking
Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
Selling
With focus on NGOs that include Charitable Trusts, Community Development organizations, Community and Social services:
Generate business from new & existing clients, through strategic penetration into identified market/ sectors across the entire portfolio spectrum, while managing profitability of client portfolio in line with the credit policy.
Sell appropriate financial products such as Internet Banking, Leasing, Trade Finance etc
Drive business through developing a strong network.
Identify champions within the client’s ecosystem and foster relationships to ensure the bank obtains leading edge information about the client’s business objectives, opportunities and threats
Create and periodically update customer databases for potential and existing customers and recommend financial solutions based on customer value line with set targets.
Business Acumen and Market Understanding
Utilise information management systems and processes to pre-empt selling opportunities and threats to clients and the bank
Continuously provide information to ensure that the products and services of the bank meet the needs of the client.
Strategic focus
Understand the overall strategy of Centenary bank and how the strategy of NGO business supports the bank business
Continuously recommend improvements, adaptations to the existing systems, Processes and structures to ensure current and future viability of corporate banking
Develop and nurtures strategic partnerships with the clients to ensure that the strategy business objectives of the client and the bank are achieved
Customer Relationship Management
Ensure provision of high quality and timely service to clients by attending to client requests and maintaining direct interface with clients. through direct visits/phone/mail etc.
Maintain and enhance existing customer relationships and attract prospective customers to ensure business continuity and growth.
Manage and grow an assigned portfolio of clients, promote corporate products and services, and identify business development opportunities to grow market share.
Manage the assigned portfolio and ensure that the different processes are in line with the bank standards of quality and profitability.
Attend to customer complaints, escalate as per procedures, and follow up till resolution.
Performance and coaching
Provide coaching to team members and continually share information, experience and expertise to promote a high-performance culture.
Client monitoring
Monitor the performance of the client’s accounts (financial performance etc.) on a regular basis or through the daily Monitoring Reports to identify deviations and take corrective actions.
Identify barriers to business development that emanate from sales and service delivery dissatisfaction, and develop strategies to overcome these problems with the relevant members of the team and the client
Risk, control and compliance
Conduct Know Your Customer (KYC) as per defined procedures and compliance requirements.
Proactively and timely identification of potential problem accounts and formulate appropriate risk mitigating strategies
Ensure compliance to law and regulations in all dealings with the clients.
Analyse and report potential fraudulent transactions as per internal policies and regulations.
Keep proper records in terms of local financial legislation and regulatory requirements.
Research and Market Information
Keep abreast of best practices and updates in the sector (economic context/national & international) to continuously improve service and operational efficiency.
Qualifications, Education and Competencies
University Degree in any related field.
Required Experience, Skills and Competences
5 years’ experience in banking and a minimum of 2 years’ experience in managing a portfolio in a corporate business environment.
Sales track record in a financial services industry.
Comprehensive credit and risk management experience is an added advantage
Additional skills
Financial Management skills
Interpersonal Skills.
Communication and relationship development Skills
Analytical skills
Competency
Delivering Customer Expectations
Formulating Concepts and Strategies
Leading and Supervising
Relating and Networking
Writing and Reporting
Technical Skills
Product Knowledge
Financial and business acumen
Planning
How to Apply
All candidates are encouraged to apply online at the APPLY Button below.
Deadline: 9th May 2025 by 5:00pm
NB: APPLICATIONS WITH INCOMPLETE INFORMATION SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED. Endeavour to provide all information.