First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.
We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:
To implement strategies and initiatives that expand product offerings to newly identified consumer groups
Acquisition of employee salary account mandate
To cross sell Workplace Banking to Corporates and Commercial clients
To grow the Bank’s consumer loan and deposit portfolio for the segment
To ensure optimal profitability of the target market while also implementing related credit
Drive product uptake and increase share of the wallet as well as increased Top of the Mind Awareness (TOMA)
Profit generation
To ensure the bank remains competitive as regards consumer products offering, seize any new opportunities in the Retail Lending Market and build loyalty amongst target customer
Product development and management
External and internal resource management
Cost control management and income maximization
Business retention.
Duties & Responsibilities
Manages and supports existing business relationships while sourcing additional business prospects.
Researches to identify prospective employees of corporations.
Actively guides the efforts of the sales force
Develop and implement marketing strategies to promote products and services within the boundaries of approved budget
Serves as an advisor and business partner to the sales force
Conduct product training on workplace banking products
Maintains and submit reports for business development activities as well as management reporting.
Responsible and accountable for risk management of his/her business
Work with the SBUs to identify new markets that present opportunities for business
Consistently review the existing Products (monthly, Quarterly and Annually)
Attend and make presentations at various SBUs monthly/quarterly performance review sessions
Attend joint marketing calls with relevant BUs to provide adequate product and marketing support, products and events to support the marketing of products by the customer facing SBUs
Ensure the profitability of existing and new products.
Ensure that all consumer asset products have NPLs within tolerance level (currently 5% of the total products portfolio)
Work with CAP, CRM, CAM, Operations, IT and other SRFs to ensure effective deployment of resources to support market facing SBUs for effective products sales
Attend and supervise User’s Acceptance Test (UAT) sessions and ensure that test results conform with approved products terms and conditions
Oversee Consumer Products life cycle, from inception to launch, to evaluation/refinement and final withdrawal.
Carry out other responsibilities as assigned by the Head, Personal Banking
Develop & implement strategies for the effective monitoring/tracking of Products
Products:
Work closely with M&CC, SBU and other stakeholders to ensure FirstBank’s Consumer products are highly visible in the market.
Initiate promotional activities/schemes in conjunction with reputable auto & equipment vendors that are aimed at selling these products in a smart and creative manner.
Challenges:
Building reliable customer details database for revolving product lifecycle
Obtaining information on competing products
Lack of feedback channels, especially to regulators.
Lethargic Information Technology support
Unsatisfactory work condition
Uncertainties in profitable market segment.
Product Knowledge gap amongst business units and customer facing operation staff.
Planning:
Macro: 1 Year Micro: 1 month
Expenditure Budget:
Key financial/statistical measures of your organizational unit
Number of staff: Currently 3
Staff costs:
Costs that you control:
Income that your Division generates (if any):
Net Revenue:
Key Performance Indicators:
Number of salary accounts opened
Volume of Consumer Products
Profit before tax
Consumer Liability Balances
Asset Quality
Number of Principals with banked value chain
External Customer Satisfaction Survey
Internal Customer Satisfaction Survey
Human capital return on investment
Audit Defect Rate.
Job Requirements
Education:
Minimum of a First Degree; Higher Degrees /MBA/professional certifications compulsory
Experience:
Minimum experience: 8 years of general banking experience
Key Competency Requirements
Knowledge:
Extensive knowledge of competitor products and their application
Banking structure, policies and procedures.
Core Business Processes
Data Gathering and Analysis
Regulatory Compliance
Banking Operations
Extensive knowledge of First Bank’s services/products
Relationship management.
Skill/Competencies:
Ability to evaluate needs of customers, and determine what products or service would best serve those needs
Interpersonal skills
IT and Computer appreciation
Communications skills (written and oral)
Selling and marketing skills
Must be self-solution driven, proactive and have acceptable knowledge of the business environment