Personal Banker at Standard Bank Group in Bayelsa, Bayelsa, Nigeria

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To proactively manage a portfolio of retail clients by providing comprehensive, relationship-based banking solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish, build and strengthen relationships with customers, based on mutual respect, to retain customers and gain word-of-mouth referrals.
• Ensure that customers are well informed with regards to lending application processes (e.g. vehicle finance, home loans, overdraft, credit card, personal loans, etc), credit maintenance processes (e.g. annual reviews) and account conduct expectations (e.g. minimum account balances, provision for debit orders and cheque payments, etc).
• Conduct a needs analysis with all new and existing customers to ensure that product opportunities identified are appropriate to meet the customer’s needs and priorities.
• Pro-actively identify cross-sell opportunities within own portfolio of customers to maximise life cycle opportunities.
• Pro-actively manage the portfolio to maximise revenue for the Bank (referring to fees, margins and sales), minimise costs and risks, whilst maintaining and entrenching the customer’s relationship with the Bank appropriately.

Qualifications

• University Degree

Experience Required

5-7 years

Experience of the bank's products, processes and systems. Experience within a contact centre environment. Experience in sales campaigns and client onboarding.

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Exploring Possibilities
• Following Procedures
• Interacting with People
• Making Decisions
• Meeting Timescales
• Producing Output
• Showing Composure
• Understanding People

Technical Competencies:

• Active Listening
• Difficult Calls Management
• Electronic Communications & Devices
• Inbound Phone Statistics
• Query Resolution
• Telephone Caller Handling