Barclays Bank Careers – Head of Debt Corporate

Organisation: Barclays Bank
Duty
Station
:  Kampala,
Uganda
Reports
to:
Corporate Director
& Head Debt-BA
About
Barclays Africa: 
Barclays Africa encompasses
Barclays Global Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, and Barclaycard operations
in 10 countries organised in four geographic areas: North Africa (Egypt), East
and West Africa (Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya),  Southern Africa
(Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and Indian Ocean (Mauritius and Seychelles).
Barclays Africa serves its
2.8m customers through a network of 573 branches and service centres providing
a variety of traditional financial products including retail mortgages, current
and deposit accounts, commercial lending, unsecured lending, credit cards,
treasury and investments.
Job
Summary:
 The Head
of Debt will manage the Debt product at BBU Corporate and lead all the
activities required to grow the franchise in an effective manner, including
appropriate pricing (RORWA) and structuring, focus on cross sell, and becoming
the leading bank in Uganda.
Key
Duties & Responsibilities:
1. Business Management
(75%):
  •  ‘Own’
    the Debt Balance sheet and P&L targets – along with the relationship
    managers in each coverage segment
  • Formulate
    overall strategy across coverage segments including products, customer
    proposition, lending approach.
  • Assist
    RMs in originating and executing debt transactions across all teams.
  • Work
    with specialist product areas to offer clients a comprehensive and
    competitive package to meet their requirements.
  • Ensure
    arrangements with key internal product providers e.g. Absa Capital, Absa
    & operate in an efficient manner.
  • Implement
    Debt Pricing Policy and ensure appropriate product and relationship
    pricing.
  • Take
    lead in the NPA process for Debt products at a country level.
  • Be
    fully aware and compliant with all governance issues affecting Debt
    Finance and address these issues accordingly.
  • Attend
    team meetings on a regular basis to maintain dialogue / sharing of
    information to ensure up to date knowledge of market place, business
    development activity / initiatives, competitors and people issues etc.
  • Maintain
    an up to date Debt pipeline (weekly)
  • Understand
    dynamics of Debt portfolio and identify opportunities.
  • Identify
    and implement best practices across coverage segments
  • Ensure
    Mini ALCO is held and pipeline deals crystallise to Balance Sheet
2. People Development and Management
(10%):   
  • Develop
    skills and knowledge, supporting RMS in country in understanding Debt
    products more comprehensively.
  • Grow
    capabilities in country.
  • Build
    collaborative network with Corporate Credit Director, Head Credit, CCMs
  • Ensure
    compliance with all relevant Barclays policies.
  • Establish
    and embed the values, behaviours and risk appetite that will under
    underpin the achievement of business objectives.
  • Provide
    opportunities for learning and development for the country teams.
Qualifications,
Skills & Experience:
  • The
    applicant should possess good knowledge and experience in banking
    specifically Corporate Banking Debt products
  • Matured
    and results-orientated
  • Intimate
    knowledge of competitor skills and competencies
  • Demonstrated
    capacity to lead, coach, and supervise team members effectively
  • Excellent
    communication (written and verbal) and negotiation skills
  • Experience
    of working in a multinational, multi-segment, environment with matrix
    reporting.
  • Banking
    and Financial services industry related knowledge
  • Experience
    at a senior level, preferably in an international financial institution
  • Relationships
    Managing Skills
  • ‘Selling’,
    negotiating and influencing skills
  • Business
    awareness & business development skills
  • Strong
    credit risk analysis skills
  • Good
    teamwork
    skills                        
  • Strong
    performance management skills
  • Be
    creative/
    Innovative                                                 
  • Good
    decision making skills
  • Strong
    formal presentation skills
How
to Apply:
If you feel challenged by
any of the above positions, and believe you can deliver on key deliverables as
outlined above, upload your application letter, current curriculum vitae and
photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment website detail below:
Barclays is an equal
opportunity employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on merit, and
rewards outstanding performance, regardless of background and gender.
For queries contact us on
0417122453 or email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline:  5th December,
2013

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