Credit Manager Job Opportunity at Bicycles Against Poverty

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Credit Manager duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

1. Strategy:

• Establish and monitor credit policies to ensure organization meets sales and risk management goals
• The jobholder will design documents, procedures, and credit policies needed to enhance systems and processes

2. Management:

• Evaluate credit worthiness/risk of groups and individuals
• Supervise and train a growing team of Loan Officers and Credit Supervisor, and ensure that they are performing their duties
• Keenly monitor repayment rates and ensure loan staff follow-up on late loans
• Work with management to craft procedures and policies
• Travel regularly to the field to monitor activities and meet with customers

3. Product Development: Assist in designing new products and incorporation of such products into model

4. Customer Relations:

• Keenly analyze current customer relations and evaluate direction for organization
• Draft policies for improved customer relations

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicant should ideally hold a Degree from recognized university in finance, business administration or related field
• A minimum of four years of demonstrated experience in credit and collections
• Strong interest in learning ways in which business solutions can be incorporated into development organisations
• Willingness and eager to work non-traditional business hours to ensure tasks are completed
• Prior experience as a supervisor or manager in credit department strongly desired
• Possess strong leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate staff
• Strong problem solving and financial analysis skills
• Good computer skills including Microsoft Excel

How to Apply:  

All suitably qualified and interested candidates should email their updated CVs and cover letters explaining their interest in BAP to applications@bicyclesagainstpoverty.org with the subject line as “Credit Manager” and quote theugandanjobline.com as your source in the cover letter. 

Deadline: 8^th April, 2016