Openings at Equity Bank Kenya

They shall be responsible for:

• Developing wellness programs and customise wellness programs based on clients needs.
• Coordinating wellness health screenings, physical exams, and other diagnostic tests for patients at Equity Afia medical centres
• Coordinating health education/ health promotion for our clients on topics related to wellness such as stress management, nutrition, smoking cessation, exercise, healthy lifestyle changes, among others.
• Managing employee health plans on behalf of our clients to ensure that they meet all regulatory requirements
• Coordinating medical examinations at Equity Afia medical centers as recommended by insurance and corporates for life and medical covers
• Vetting and confirming validity of the service given by the service provider (Equity Afia) in relation to the benefits covered, treatment given, adherence to payer/insurance panel rules and cost of treatment.
• Obtaining additional required information on claims from providers, brokers, or clients, seeking medical clarifications including medical reports, copies of investigation reports, etc.
• Liaising with insurance providers on scope of cover for various schemes
• Assisting in conducting provider (Equity Afia medical centres) audits whenever necessary.
• Liaise with the insurance claims assessor(s) for outpatient claims from Equity Afia medical centres and coordinating on any information required to validate the claims.
• Interacting with clients, brokers, payers, and clinicians as needed, to resolve problems in a manner that is legal, ethical, and consistent with the principles and policies of Equity Afia
• Identify & leverage on opportunities for continuous quality improvement and process reengineering to optimize operational efficiency and patient care at the Equity Afia facilities

Key Deliverables for this position

• Support in business acquisition and renewal with corporates/insurance providers
• Delivering well administered Wellness/Medical examination programs for our clients
• Liaison for Equity Afia and insurance companies/ corporate clients, performing care management functions to ensure accurate and timely dissemination of information to insurances companies/ corporate clients

Qualifications

• Diploma in Clinical Studies (Nursing/Clinical Medicine/Nutrition/Physiotherapy/Public health) or any other health related studies
• Course in Wellness/Health Education/Health promotion/ will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience in a similar role.
• Basic Understanding of the Concepts of Insurance.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and Packages.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Possess the ability to build personal relationships with key business stakeholders and have distinguished hands-on operational skills

Deadline: 25th May 2022

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Key Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Mobilizing deposits and growth of the loan book to grow the Bank’s portfolio.
2. Manage the portfolio quality of the various customers under their portfolio.
3. Growing customer numbers/base
4. Ensure the Sector’s policies and procedures are adhered to.
5. Identifying customer potential and credit worthiness and preparing credit proposals in compliance with the Bank’s credit and lending policy
6. Growth of the loan book by marketing to new and existing customers.
7. Relationship management of both customers and institutions.
8. Customer and Institutional appraisal.
9. Quality Customer Service.
10. Advising farmers and the bank on technical aspects.
11. Supporting the various branch operations.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree or equivalent from a well-recognized University/institution with a bias to agriculture related field.
• Minimum KSCE mean grade C+
• Previous experience in a similar working environment will be an added advantage

Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Self-motivated.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Confident and outgoing.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision.
• Commitment to working with Agriculture based segment of the population.

Deadline: 30th May 2022

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Job Purpose: 

• Reporting to the Agriculture Sector Leader and being responsible for implementation of the growth strategy of the Agriculture sector at Equity Bank (K) ltd.
• Involved in developing agribusiness growth strategies for the agriculture sector and meeting the set targets set by the sector strategy at Head office
• Prospecting for new SMaE businesses or high net worth clients in the agriculture sector
• Participating in presentations to clients, partnership and marketing drives and other relationship management activities
• Customer service management as part of relationship building and actively responsible to the management of existing clients

Key duties & responsibilities for the new staff.

• Proactively map the allocated sectors and develop commercial approach for F&A department.
• Continually identify opportunities under the sector of specialty and develop strategy to mine from such opportunities.
• Identify & enroll new F&A Business clients under specific F&A sectors allocated.
• Build the capacity of all staff in the Bank to understand the allocated sectors and how to mine and manage those sectors’ businesses
• Jointly with branch management, develop business cases for F&A client within the sector of specialty and support on Relationship Management for such clients
• Perform due diligence and preliminary credit appraisal for F&A business within the allocated sector(s) during onboarding
• Present credit business cases to F&A credit analysis team for allocated sectors
• Growth of F&A business lines within the sectors of specialization;

1. Deposits
2. Loan book
3. Treasury
4. Trade finance
5. Insurance
6. Payments & payroll management
   • Keep updated new developments within the allocated F&A sectors
   • Organize and participate in F&A business forums and events

Qualifications

Desired academic & professional 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 analyse 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

Deadline: 30th May 2022

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Job Purpose: 

• The officer will be based at the branch and Reporting to the Relationship Manager Credit , being responsible for implementation of the SME and Coporate F&A growth in their Respective branches
• Involved in developing agribusiness SME growth strategies for the agriculture sector and meeting the set targets set by the sector and the branch.
• Prospecting for new SME Agri - businesses or high net worth clients in the agriculture sector
• Participating in presentations to clients, partnership and marketing drives and other relationship management activities
• Customer service management as part of relationship building and actively responsible to the management of existing clients

Key duties & responsibilities

1. Mobilizing deposits and growth of the loan book to grow the Bank’s portfolio.
2. Manage the portfolio quality of the various customers under their portfolio.
3. Growing customer numbers/base
4. Ensure the Sector’s policies and procedures are adhered to.
5. Identifying customer potential and credit worthiness and preparing credit proposals in compliance with the Bank’s credit and lending policy
6. Growth of the loan book by marketing to new and existing customers.
7. Relationship management of both customers and institutions.
8. Customer and Institutional appraisal.
9. Quality Customer Service.
10. Advising farmers and the bank on technical aspects.
11. Supporting the various branch operations.

Qualifications

Desired academic & professional 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
• At least six (3) years of relevant experience in Agriculture  sector
• 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 and outgoing
• Ability to analyse and solve problems
• Demonstrated ability to work under minimum supervision
• Commitment to working with Agriculture based Segment of the economy

Deadline: 30th May 2022

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Job Purpose: 

The purpose of the job is to grow high quality Retail Food & Agriculture Business. 

1. Develop and execute Retail F&A strategy.
2. Manage and maintain growth and high-quality Retail F&A portfolio.
3. Review performance of regional and branch retail staff handling retail business.
4. Identify capacity gaps, continuously train, mentor and coach Retail F&A staff.
5. Act as liaison person between regional, branches and head office business units.
6. In liaison with the RM-partnership, build and manage business partnerships for retail business
7. Any other duties assigned by the Head of Food & Agriculture Banking

Qualifications

Desired academic & professional qualifications.

• Bachelors degree in an agricultural related field
• 8 to 12 years experience in agricultural role
• Understand Food & Agriculture department's business and offer strong leadership to the front line and implementing teams.
• Identify gaps in Food and Agriculture retail segment and request for appropriate resourcing.
• Foster teamwork ensure motivation and discipline among the Retail staff.
• Demonstrate competence in various Food & Agriculture industry knowledge and applications.
•  Offer critical thinking and logical problem-solving towards planning and business decision making.
• Communicate effectively and usher explicit interpersonal skills.
• Work under pressure, minimal supervision and with positive attitude.

Deadline: 30th May 2022

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Job Purpose: 

The purpose of the job is to conduct preliminary review and packaging of SME and Corporate F&A credit files to ensure compliance and appraisal completeness prior to presentation to credit risk department.

Key Responsiilities:

• Preparation and analysis of F&A credit proposals for presentation to EXCO
• Present F&A business cases to credit risk and on need basis in credit committees
• Take part in development of F&A risk policy
• Develop and continuously review F&A business template
• Create, maintain and review F&A client profiling criteria
• Develop F&A business review matrices for various value chains
• Advise on F&A industry trends and subsector business mix
• Continually review Food & Agriculture business portfolio and conduct stress testing based on prevailing and emerging industry risk factors.
• Develop and keep updated F&A environmental and Social compliance policy

Qualifications

Desired academic & professional qualifications.

• Bachelors degree
• 5 to 8 years experience
• Review and understand clients' financial requirements and package appropriate credit proposals.
• Analyse financial statements presented by customers and summarize them into the F&A's standard appraisa templates/systems.
• Analyse various industries and macro environmental factors as they relate to clients' requests under review.
• Identify SME and Corporate capacity gaps in the bank staff, train, mentor and coach them for better performance.
• Continuously analyse the industry and macro-environmental factors and keep updated F&A analysis toolkit.

Deadline: 30th May 2022