Branch Manager at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

Tasks and Responsibilities  

• Manage operational activities at the branch including resourcefulness of the staff.
• Reconciliations of FOSA bank accounts together with banker’s cheque and control accounts.
• Produce reports of monthly disbursement of advances.
• Ensure processing of internal and external standing orders is properly done
• Verify the accuracy of the treasury cash movement throughout the Sacco
• Ensuring proper daily updating of the treasury register
• Ensure proper handling of members’ inquiries and issues at the branch
• Ensuring funds transfers are properly done
• Ensure proper and timely processing of members’ salaries
• Managing the mobile banking process
• Approval of banker’s cheques transfers
• Ensuring membership withdrawals are properly done
• Ensure the accuracy of recordings for FOSA transactions
• Act as the primary custodian of the strong room and treasury
• Guide staff to deliver on branch strategic goals and targets to ensure branch success
• In charge of branch resources
• Mapping and scoping the business opportunity within the Sacco environs, including profiling the business activities within the locality of the Sacco to identify potential business opportunities
• Customer calls to set up meetings with potential customers with a view to establishing new sales opportunities for holistic solutions to the customers
• Ensure timely and effective loan approval process within set limits, by presenting appraised loans for approval and approving the same in the system 

Minimum Qualifications and Attributes  

• Bachelor’s in a business-related course.
• Membership in a professional body is desirable  
• A minimum of 5 years of working experience in a financial institution (three years must be in  operations at a supervisory or management level)
• Sound knowledge of Banking and Sacco laws and regulations  
• A person of integrity, team player with effective communication skills 
• Strategic thinker with good commercial judgement and ability to identify economic  opportunities in changing environment and capitalize on them
• Sound judgment and decision-making ability on lending across all sectors
• Customer-focused – striking a solid balance between external and internal customer orientation.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and team management skills