Senior Manager, Merchant Acquiring at KCB Bank Kenya

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the growth of the merchant acquiring business on volumes, distribution, value proposition and bottom line
• Spearhead the delivery of Merchant services support
• Derive strategies for Merchant recruitment in line with the bank’s objectives and ambition.
• Champion and oversee Merchant relationship management
• Support and provide direction to the Merchant technical and operational support functions of the business
• Lead the implementation of Merchant training
• Offer the day to day management of the merchant acquiring teams
• Identify, initiate & Steer the merchant acquiring internal stakeholder engagements and relationships with support and related functions and units.
• Manage external stakeholder partnerships including card schemes, regulators and business partners
• Timely delivery of merchant acquiring projects for the business

The Person:

For the above position, the successful applicant have the following minimum requirements:

• A Bachelor's degree in a Business related field from an institution recognized by Commission of Higher Education.
• Professional certification in MBA or Banking is added advantage.
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in managing Card Business with below responsibilities:
• Sales, Relationship Management, Credit, Banking Operations,
• Merchant Acquiring, Card Operations & Schemes Operations
• Team Management & Project Management
• Thorough knowledge of Card Business Products & Services with extensive Banking Industry knowledge.
• Excellent interpersonal, and negotiation skills with the ability to network, generate new business and develop strong business relations.
• Strong leadership skills with demonstrated competencies in championing high performance management.
• A good understanding of Risk, Compliance policies and procedures.

To be considered your application must be received by Monday, 20th August 2018

The above positions are demanding roles for which the Bank will provide a competitive remuneration package to the successful candidates. If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please log in to our Recruitment Portal and submit your application with a detailed CV.

Qualified candidates with disability are encouraged to apply.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

NB: In the event that you are invited to interview for any positions, we will require that you provide us with the following documents:

• National I.D.
• KRA Pin Card
• Birth Certificate of self
• Passport Photo (White Background)
• NSSF Card
• NHIF Card
• Police Clearance Certificate (less than 5 Months old)
• Academic and Professional certificates, including official transcripts
• Certificates of Service from previous employers as applicable