Vacancy title:
Manager Collection and Work Outs

Jobs at:
Housing Finance Bank

Deadline of this Job:
not later than Tuesday, 28th March 2017 before 5:00pm.

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Job details:
Housing Finance Bank, a Commercial Bank in Uganda and the leading provider of housing finance solutions with a vision to be the preferred Bank that enables its customers to achieve their housing and other financial aspirations, seeks professional, competent, experienced and dynamic individuals to fill the following positions:

Job Title: Manager Collections & Work Outs
Reports to: Head of Credit
job Purpose: To monitor the Banks overall credit exposure with a view to minimizing the occurrence of delinquency and ensuring timely collection and recovery of credits advanced through well thought out recovery strategies and work out analysis.

Key Result Areas:

• Ensure the integrity of the credit recovery and collection process is maintained by establishing internal controls and putting in place clear lines of accountability.
  
• Ensure continued maintenance of a quality portfolio in line with Bank's standards as stipulated in policy guidelines so as to minimize the provisions and write offs.
  
• Formulate, manage and control strategies and campaigns with the aim of maximizing collection effectiveness and efficiency and recommend changes to the Credit Policy
  
• Ensure that the monitoring and recovery of any credit facility is compliant with the requirements set out in the Bank's Credit policies and procedures
  
• Monitor the quality .of the credit portfolio and ensure that the portfolio is soundly and conservatively valued, uncollectible exposure is written off and probable losses are adequately provided for.
  
• Provide credit risk technical support in the monitoring and collections Committee I
  
• Identify deteriorating trends and carry out work out analyses (refinancing, restructuring) to maintain the quality of the portfolio
  
• Adhere and monitor compliance to the Service Level Agreements (Sl.A’s) between Credit and its stakeholders (departments and external service providers)
  
• Develop lines of communication to ensure timely dissemination of credit risk management information and reports to all individuals involved in the process resulting from their recovery efforts
  
• Monitor the performance of the recovery team through periodic performance reviews

Qualifications, Experience and Competencies:

• A Bachelor’s degree in business or related field from a recognized University.
  
• Related Post-graduate qualifications relevant to the role is an added advantage.
  
• Minimum of 5 years progressive experience in credit recovery of Non-Performing Assets, and credit administration.
  
• 2 years’ experience in a supervisory role in a credit function of a commercial bank
  
• Other competencies, include Relationship management, Credit risk analysis, Marketing and Credit management, people management

Job application procedure
Interested persons who meet the above specifications are invited
To apply to:
The Head Human Resources
Housing Finance Bank, Plot 4 Wampewo Avenue
P. O. Box 1539, Kampala.

Enclose a CV, copies of all academic transcripts, certificates and testimonials, daytime telephone contact, postal and email address of both applicant, and three competent referees to reach not later than Tuesday, 28th March 2017 before 5:00pm. Only successful candidates will be contacted. All applicants who will not have heard from us within 4 weeks of closing date should consider their application unsuccessful.