20 Loan Officer Jobs at Micro-finance

Duty Station: Uganda
About Us:
Our client,
an international micro-finance company urgently seeks qualified candidates OF
Ugandan nationals to fill the above position.
Job Purpose:
  • To contribute to the profitability of the branch by
    effectively achieving set sales targets through actively and proactively
    identifying sales opportunities;
  • To keep the portfolio at risk at the acceptable minimum
    through actively following up on all clients for timely repayments;
  • To proactively and continuously deliver service
    excellence.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1.
Production / sales
  • To manage own sales production performance and implementing
    corrective actions to achieve target objectives;
  • Proactively driving sales through a combination of
    advertising, customer referrals and viral marketing (word of mouth).
  • Ensure that you contribute to the profitability of the
    branch by meeting individual sales targets set by management;
  • Effectively achieving set sales targets by actively and
    proactively identifying of opportunities;
  • Attend the daily planning and review meetings.
2.
Marketing
  • Leads prospecting through:
  • Approaching potential new customers;
  • Gaining an understanding of their business;
  • Identifying product suitability and generating customer
    product appetite where appropriate.
  • Building a relationship with potential clients by keeping
    in contact with them and making regular contacts to determine their
    financial needs and provide support and advise;
  • Taking initiative to obtain new contacts/potential
    customers through innovative means e.g. Non-branded personalized flyers and
    responsible for building networks through known contacts e.g. Local
    employers, referrals.
  • Distribute marketing material as and when instructed.
3.
Loan appraisals
  • Client business premises visits;
  • Ensure there is a good fit between the customer and the
    company;
  • Ensure the customer is able to repay the loan;
  • Ensure all key business risks are analyzed;
  • Ensure all financial computations are correct and customer
    meets affordability criteria;
  • Ensure all the information and data gathered is consistent
    and is verified by mandatory physical visits to the client’s business and
    residence;
  • Ensure cash flow and repayment capacity are correct and
    comparable to other similar businesses;
  • Ensure loan structuring fits the business, capacity and
    project;
  • Assessment of collateral by ensuring correct valuation,
    physical verification of existence and ownership and ensuring it adequately
    covers the loan value;
  • Assessment of guarantor to ensure they meet our
    affordability criteria through mandatory physical visits to the
    guarantor’s business and residence;
  • Member of application approval committee, including
    verification visits to customers’ business premises and homes with
    approval officers.
4.
Collections
  • Submit daily collection reports as and when required;
  • Review and follow-up of arrears reports for own customer
    base;
  • Arrear customer collections visits;
  • Collection of outstanding deposit slips from customers;
  • Handling of receipting related queries for customers;
  • Assist in handovers to enforcement where necessary;
  • Collections visits to guarantors;
  • Follow-up with customers in enforcement and attempt to get
    a payment arrangement.
 5.
Portfolio management
  • Perform loan utilization checks within one week after
    disbursement;
  • Responsible for clients’ loan performance by educating the
    clients on why they need to repay their loans in the stipulated loan terms
    and by monitoring your clients loan performance for any default;
  • Identification of customer business viability issues and
    handover to enforcement where appropriate;
  • Review and management of customer portfolio (portfolio size,
    number of customers, portfolio at risk and arrears total);
  • Early monitoring of the customer portfolio by making
    regular visits to the customers’ business premises, especially during the
    first three (3) months after disbursement.
 6.
Administration
  • Responsible for the correct completion of application
    forms with customers;
  • Responsible for collection of the loan application
    supporting documentation;
  • Maintenance of customer files;
  • Responsible for developing and maintaining a potential
    client register with potential and existing client contact details and
    ensuring that the register is updated after every client contact and any
    referrals made;
  • Ensures that you complete the telephone register in
    respect of all calls made from the branch;
  • Ensures compliance of company rules, business processes
    and regulatory requirements;
  • Ensures compliance to the branch procedure manual;
  • To ensure continuous compliance with sales process
    implementation (e.g. Sales processes, policies and procedures, legislative
    requirements etc);
  • Ensure that all branch assets/equipment are accounted for
    at all times.
7.
Customer relationship management
  • To proactively and continuously deliver service
    excellence;
  • Visit customers on a quarterly basis to assess performance
    of the business;
  • Collection of customer feedback on products and services
    in order to identify areas of improvement of our products and / or
    services;
  • Collection of updated customer data;
  • Providing professional customer services to clients and
    identifying repeat business opportunities;
  • Explain compliance requirements to clients and reasons for
    non approval of loan applications where necessary in a constructive way to
    build company and individual integrity;
  • Maintain a reminder system to ensure that follow ups are
    made to the clients and proactively contacting existing clients to inform
    them of new products, if they meet all requirements;
  • Ensure that all customer complaints/queries are dealt with
    immediately and that a record is kept of all actions taken to resolve the
    complaint and that the customer receives regular feedback regarding
    progress;
  • Attend to walk-in customers while in the branch and
    provide excellent customer service.
 8.
Corporate image
  • Keeping the branch and your work area neat at all times;
  • To protect the real people brand;
  • Ensure that you are presentable at all times and that you
    adhere to the company’s dress code.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree in a
    related field will be preferred
  • Computer Literacy
  • Two years sales and marketing experience
  • Experience in a financial institution will be preferred
  • Integrity
  • Customer service oriented
  • Analytical / Structured thought process
  • Ability to work under pressure
  • Target driven and goal focused
  • Self motivated
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work in a team
  • Planning and organization skills
  • Valid drivers and / or riders License
How to Apply:  
If you meet
the above minimum requirements, email your cv to;(Your must indicate your
current salary on the CV)
Recruiting
Manager,
Frank
Management Consult Limited,
Nyaku House,
1st Floor
Frank
Management Consult Ltd
Nyaku House,1st Floor,
Argwings Kodhek Road,Hurlingham, Uganda
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