SUMMARY
Carry out quality credit assessment, present bankable solutions and manage the credit risk of a portfolio of clients in the Agri-business value chain in the designated regional Office.
POSITION INFO
To manage and perform quality credit analysis; financial analysis, including data collection, trend analysis, peer comparisons and industry overview to ensure good quality credit submissions to Credit Managers and Credit Committees for the allocated portfolio i.e. Commercial and Transformation Credit applications and mitigate any potential risk on behalf of the company and recommend bankable solutions in accordance with approved Credit Policy, norms and the delegated level of power. Responsible for maintain the portfolio including conducting annual credit reviews on existing portfolio, and re-advancing of production loans and revolving loans within assigned DOP and as when required by management.
Key Performance Areas
1. Credit Assessment and Risk Management
- Analyse all the presented information and complete a sensitivity analysis in order to mitigate risks associated with the client portfolio
- Risk model validations, to ensure that data captured by AES & Business Analyst are accurate.
- Capture data on the back office pricing model and scoring the credit application for pricing purposes
- Conduct customer visits as required by CDB from time to time or as required by front line
- Prepare proposal for recommendation to CAC and CCC (for approval / decline) and consideration by the relevant Credit Committee in accordance to Bank’s Credit policy and agreed processes and procedures
- Presenting credit submission to the GM and committee as and when required
- Update Credit Manager & GM Commercial Credit with the weekly work in progress report to improve turnaround time
- Check the correctness of documents uploaded by Credit Administrator for committee meetings
- Assisting the Credit Manager Commercial Credit with management of Portfolio Region(s) and constantly keeping Portfolio Manager(s) and General Manager(s) at the Branch up to date with credit applications
- Advisory services to front line and providing training as necessary
- Assisting in improving the growth and decreasing the Non-Performing Loans by producing good quality loan assessments.
- Check the accuracy of the credit submission submitted by the Business Analyst
- Escalate any risk pertaining to credit applications to management
2. Stakeholder Relationship Management and Team Support
Build relationships with all the relevant stakeholders to ensure understanding of requirements and addressing any credit related issuesRespond to queries received from the Branch operations and the relevant Credit CommitteePromote a culture of credit risk management at branch level.Provide guidance and training to operations on credit related mattersAdhering to legislative requirementsPro-actively develop self with regards to other / new products in the The companyManage own career and personal developmentsDemonstrate behaviour that is aligned to the The company values3. General Administration and Audit Matters
Ensure that documentation is archived in accordance to the Bank’s policy for record and audit purposesAttend to audit findings as and when required within area of responsibilityTake remedial action on all audit findings and ensure that issues are resolved or addressedEnsure recording of all credit committee meetings are loaded on the v-driveEnsure feedback is given to all the relevant stakeholders on outcome of the application4. Loan Policies and Procedures
Provide input to policies and procedures and updates and identify opportunities to improve as and when requiredProvide inputs on lending norms and credit criteria to be applied on new productsParticipate in the review of Credit Policies and procedures.Ensure that the branches are informed of changes to policies and / or of credit policies and procedures that have been approvedProvide guidance to the operations at branch level to ensure consistency and a standardised approachPreferred Minimum Education and Experience
3 year Tertiary Qualification (Commerce) Majors Accounting; Agri Economics, Credit Management3 years Relevant credit assessment experienceThorough knowledge of theNCA, CPA, FICA and related credit regulatory requirementsThe primary and secondary agriculture sector finance.Appraisal of credit proposals and deal structure for : assets finance, working capital, back ward and forward integration financeAdvanced business acumenCritical Competencies
Microsoft OfficeKnowledge of risk management principlesKnowledge / Experience of compliance systems / toolsCompliance Management PrinciplesKnowledge of Compliance related legislationKnowledge of BusinessLaw PrinciplesAdditional Requirements
Travel is an integral part of the roleExtended hours as and when required#J-18808-Ljbffr