Food & Agriculture Sector Specialist at Equity Bank Kenya

Reporting to the General Manager-Food & Agriculture, the ideal candidate’s key duties and responsibilities will include:

• Enroll, grow and manage Food & Agriculture business relationships
• Support branches on sector specific relationship management
• Perform due diligence for Food & Agriculture business, before enrolment, and maintain accurate relationship information
• Jointly with branch management, develop business cases for Food & Agriculture clients,
• Present business cases Proposals to Food & Agriculture analysis team
• Growth of Food & Agriculture business lines
• Continuously manage relationships within the client’s portfolio
• Keep updated new developments within Food & Agriculture sectors
• Organize and participate in Food & Agriculture business forums and events

 Qualifications

•  Holder of a Degree in agricultural economics/agriculture/agribusiness, Food sciences/technology, agriculture finance or related field.
• Professional background in Accounting, Finance, Financial Analysis and/or Economics will be an added advantage
• Proof of specific Agricultural Sector specialization
• At least six (6) years of relevant experience in the sector of specialization three (3) of which must be in technical level of the sector and three in mid- to senior management level within the sector.
• Experience in delivering high quality economic and technical analysis, research advice on specific F&A sector in support of the Bank’s business growth and development,
• Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Sector analysis tools, etc.).
• Excellent communication skills

Skills/ experience required.

• Self-motivated
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Desire to succeed
• Confident, commercial and outgoing
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to work with minimum supervision
• Commitment to working with Agriculture based segment of the economy
• Flexibility to work in different geographical locations and to frequently travel.
• Previous experience in a similar working environment will be an added advantage