Head, Corporate & Commercial Banking at Westfield Consulting Limited

Westfield Consulting was founded in January 2012, by a team of Nigerians with over 45 years of cumulative work experience in management and consultancy. Westfield Consulting is a provider of Human Resource and Strategic Management Services.

Our focus on innovation and excellence in service delivery has made us a first choice to our growing clientele in various sectors. We have successfully achieved a positive work force attitude, while engineering a more motivated and committed workforce for our clients with notable results Our results provide a testament about the quality of our services. 70% of our business is repeat business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Corporate & Commercial Banking

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide effective leadership and strategic focus in the execution of the department’s functions and activities to enable it meet its set targets.
• Initiate and coordinate the development of the department’s strategies and marketing plans.
• Identify new business opportunities, and prepare and implement plans for growing client base.
• Direct and supervise the activities of Team Leads to ensure optimal achievement of set targets and department’s profitability.
• Increase the Bank’s share of wallet by deepening the level of customer relationship management across the department.
• Grow risk assets.
• Provide strong people management and client relationship management leadership.
• Ensure adequate provision of needed resources (relevant documentation, Business relationships etc.) for the department.
• Provide accurate and appropriate information to Bank’s Senior Management.
• Identify training needs and recruitment gaps within the department and ensure such needs are adequately met.
• Develop and maintain good relationship with key Head Office Units to ensure smooth customer service delivery.
• Develop team leads and team members to work cross-functionally to exploit synergies within various SBUs to the Bank’s competitive advantage.
• Manage the culture of the team members to ensure success of the Bank’s change initiatives.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related discipline in a recognized institution. A postgraduate qualification or relevant professional certification would be an added advantage.
• Minimum of ten years’ relevant experience such as in corporate banking or fifteen years banking experience with at least 6 years in a supervisory role.
• Good knowledge of Basic Accounting and Financial Analysis, Business Law, Business/Financial Advisory services, Banking Operations, Leasing, Trade Services, Laws, and regulations relating to Banking.
• A good understanding of Risk, Credit policies and procedures.
• Hands on experience in Credit Analysis & Administration, Sales, Relationship Management, Customer Service, commercial and product development functions of a commercial bank at managerial level.
• Good understanding of economic trends and implications on the banking/finance sector.
• Experience in the Public Sector will be an added advantage

Salary
N35,000,000 - N50,000,000 annually.

Application Closing Date
31st March, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to: victor.allu@westfield-consulting.com using the job title as the subject of the mail.

Note: The role is strictly for qualified candidates currently working in the Banking Industry (Commercial Bank to be precise).