Vacancies at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Reference number CSD/FSD/2022

The role holder will be responsible for effective delivery of the full range of corporate foreign exchange products to customers with a view to growing revenues and maintaining continuous engagements to create synergies and wider product reach.

The Role

Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to: 

• Support the Head, Corporate Sales to ensure efficient and effective delivery of the full range of treasury products and services including derivatives.
• The key focus will be to grow foreign exchange transactions from corporate clients and increase the bank’s penetration of business units by both retention and acquisition of new relationships.
• Actively contribute to improvements in quality/efficiency of treasury products delivery process and support product development and sales initiatives by other business units.
• Assist in developing and maintaining client visits with relationship managers and follow up on reported action points.
• Continuously engage the larger business divisions and build a network of relationships across all economic sectors.
• Deliver market information and insight to customers via daily briefs delivered by email, text message etc.
• Ensure service excellence to both internal and external customers.
• Maintain professionalism while working within the bank’s risk guidelines and matrices.

Skills, Competencies and Experience

The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field. MBA and ACI Dealing certificates will be an added advantage.
• Hands-on banking experience for a period of not less than 3 years, with at least a minimum of 2 years in Corporate Relationship Management or Treasury sales.
• Excellent knowledge of treasury products with a thorough knowledge of end-to-end processes for treasury products and services.
• Knowledge in structuring and pricing derivatives.
• Market Knowledge of local and international events and their likely impact on currency and interest rates.
• Good knowledge of other banks’ products and services, the financial sector, banking services, capital markets and key relevant stakeholder organizations.
• Excellent analytical & presentation skills. Self-motivated, team player with an outgoing personality.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet challenging targets. Good oral and written communication skills.