Chase Bank Employment Opportunities

About Us

Chase Bank is a dynamic, medium-sized Bank with a growing Branch network. We provide a wide range of innovative banking and financial solutions to our clients.

We are seeking dynamic, energized and experienced people, to join our team. We hereby invite applications for the following positions.

Manager Central Processing Unit

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Operations the Manager Central Processing Unit will be responsible for efficient transaction processing and providing sound leadership within Clearing, Trade operations, Treasury Operations, SWFT Operations & Payments.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversees implementation of the Bank’s operational policies and procedures with regards to clearing, trade, treasury and customer account operations.
• Constant review and re engineering of processes & procedures to tame operational risk and provide world class service to customers.
• Participates in the development of an effective risk and control assessment programme and ensure the right measures are in place to mitigate risk.
• Reviews and oversees the implementation of an effective risk control structure for clearing, all treasury and trade transactions.
• Ensures regulatory compliance and implementation of effective anti-money laundering procedures, controls.
• Provide leadership, coaching and guidance to the teams reporting under the function.
• Constant liaison with internal & external customers to understand needs with an aim to providing Stellar Service.
• Assist the Head of Operations in Centralisation of all transaction processing in effect achieving lean branch operations.

Qualifications; Experience and Competencies

• Bachelors degree in a business related discipline
• Professional Qualification in Banking.
• Certified Public Accountant — CPA (K) or ACCA qualifications is an added advantage.
• At least 5 years experience in a centralized processing unit.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal sensitivity.
• Understanding of accounting and financial management issues is a requisite.

Oracle Database Administrator

The Role

Reporting to the Head of IT, the Oracle Database Administrator will lead and coordinate design and implementation of databases supporting applications, Data Base Management Systems upgrades, disaster recoveries and migrations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop scripts to automate routine and repetitive database administration tasks.
• Design, install and support Oracle Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and its related products and technologies.
• Analysis of performance indicators to ensure that a DBMS is operating efficiently.
• Implement database backup and validate recovery plans.
• Design database security roles; enroll users and audit database security.
• Tune databases and plan capacity. Monitor database events, troubleshoot faults and resolve problems.
• Follow change management policies to migrate corrections and enhancements through database environments.
• Develop database/application migration plans -data, database objects, scripts.

Qualifications; Experience and Competencies

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• At least 3 years of Oracle DBA experience in Oracle 10 to 11g.
• At least 5 years of experience in the IT industry, including full life cycle methodology, standard office products such as Word and Excel, and some application development.
• At least 2 years experience in Unix operating system, shell scripting and file management.
• Experience working with Oracle Flexcube, and HP-UX environments will be an added advantage.
• Current DBA certifications are an added advantage.

Relationship Manager SME Credit

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Assets, the Relationship Manager SME Credit will be responsible for business development for SME credit and product development while ensuring superior customer relationship management and a good quality portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the SME assets business pan and implement in line with the Bank’s overall strategy.
• Drive business development of SME credit products to new and existing SME clients as well exploit avenues for cross-selling other relevant products and services.
• Manage the team of SME Relationship Officers who manage the SMF clients portfolio assigned to them and that they are operating within approved limits, terms and conditions and appropriate deviations proactively addressed or escalated.
• Liaise with the Credit Analysis Department for the coordination of the approval process of facilities for approval and thereafter with the Credit Administration, Branch Managers and Legal Departments for the preparation and execution of facility documents and security perfection.
• Monitor and ensure compliance of facility covenants; conduct continuous assessments through periodic documentation review, physical visits and consistent monitoring of clients’ accounts.

Qualifications; Experience and Competencies

• Bachelors degree in a business related discipline
• Professional Qualification in Banking
• Certified Public Accountant—CPA (K) or ACCA qualification is an added advantage
• Minimum of 5 years in SME credit business development;
• Knowledge of credit processes, credit risk analysis, financial analysis and interpretation;
• Strong networking and communication skills;
• Strong business acumen

Relationship Manager Corporate Credit

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Assets, the Relationship Manager Corporate Credit will be responsible for leading business development for Corporate Credit and product development while ensuring superior customer relationship management and a good quality portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop the Corporate assets business plan and implement in line with the Bank’s overall strategy.
• Drive business development of credit products to new and existing Corporate clients as well exploit avenues for cross-selling other relevant products and services.
• Conduct credit reviews for new and existing facilities in line with the Bank’s credit policy.
• Manage the team of Corporate Relationship Officers who manage the Corporate clients portfolio assigned to them and that they are operating within approved limits, terms and conditions and appropriate deviations proactively addressed or escalated.
• Liaise with the Credit Analysis Department for the coordination of the approval process of facilities for approval and thereafter with Branch Managers, Credit Administration and Legal Departments for the preparation and execution of facility documents and security perfection.

Qualifications; Experience and Competencies

• achelors degree in a business related discipline.
• Professional Qualification in Banking.
• Certified Public Accountant — CPA (K)or ACCA qualification is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years in corporate credit business development.
• Good working knowledge of credit processes, credit risk analysis, financial analysis and interpretation.
• Strong networking, relationship management and communication skills.
• Strong business acumen.

Contact Us

Applications accompanied by detailed CV, one coloured passport-size photograph, copies of relevant certificates and a daytime telephone contact should be sent to jobs@chasebank.co.ke to reach us before the 25th of February 2011.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.