Trade Finance Relationship Officer Job Vacancy: Consolidated Bank

Consolidated Bank wishes to attract highly motivated individuals for the following position: Trade Finance Relationship Officer

Reporting to the Trade Finance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for enhancing the Bank’s trade finance and international business by delivering combined trade finance and transactional supply chain solutions.

Key responsibilities

• Achieve set sales performance targets in trade finance and international banking services
• Formulate, resource, deliver and review sales strategies in trade finance and international business.
• Develop customized international trade finance solutions to enhance profitability on international business.
• Enhance internal and external trade finance profiles to promote business and generate new sales opportunities
• Provide solutions that meet customers’ needs while adhering to the regulatory framework and the Bank ‘s credit policy
• Recommend and propose improvements in trade finance and international business products in order to remain competitive in the market.
• Research and disseminate up-to-date market intelligence to different departments and branches.

Qualifications and competencies

The candidate must possess the following qualifications and competencies

• Be a holder of Business related degree from a recognized University
• Professional Banking qualifications such as AKIB, ACIB will be added advantage
• Must have a minimum of 3 years working experience in trade finance and international business with solid knowledge of trade finance, import/export finance, commodity finance etc
• Have credit risk management skills
• Must be self-driven, possess excellent communication and selling skills.

Interested and suitably qualified individuals should forward their applications, enclosing copies of their academic and professional certificates, detailed CV indicating work experience, daytime contacts and addresses of 3 professionally relevant referees to reach the undersigned by Friday, 3rd July 2009.

Those who do not hear from us by 17th July 2009 should consider their applications unsuccessful.

The Head of Human Resources
Consolidated Bank
P.O. Box 51133
Nairobi-00200