Ugandan National Only
Job Summary: The Credit Manager will provide support to Bicycles Against Poverty (BAP)’s growing office in Gulu. The jobholder will mainly provide support in the provision of assets on a financing plan, allowing clients to pay for income generating assets in small installments.
Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Credit Manager duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Strategy:
Establish and monitor credit policies to ensure organization meets sales and risk management goals
The jobholder will design documents, procedures, and credit policies needed to enhance systems and processes
2. Management:
Evaluate credit worthiness/risk of groups and individuals
Supervise and train a growing team of Loan Officers and Credit Supervisor, and ensure that they are performing their duties
Keenly monitor repayment rates and ensure loan staff follow-up on late loans
Work with management to craft procedures and policies
Travel regularly to the field to monitor activities and meet with customers
3. Product Development: Assist in designing new products and incorporation of such products into model
4. Customer Relations:
Keenly analyze current customer relations and evaluate direction for organization
Draft policies for improved customer relations
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should ideally hold a Degree from recognized university in finance, business administration or related field
- A minimum of four years of demonstrated experience in credit and collections
- Strong interest in learning ways in which business solutions can be incorporated into development organisations
- Willingness and eager to work non-traditional business hours to ensure tasks are completed
- Prior experience as a supervisor or manager in credit department strongly desired
- Possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate staff
- Strong problem solving and financial analysis skills
- Good computer skills including Microsoft Excel
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- High degree of flexibility and ability to work on diverse team
- Previous experience with loan management system preferred
- Detail oriented
- Fluency in English required
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should email their updated CVs and cover letters explaining their interest in BAP to [email protected] with the subject line as “Credit Manager.”
Deadline: 12th April, 2016