Branch Manager at Advans Lafayette Microfinance Bank

Advans Nigeria is an international microfinance bank with a national license from the Central Bank of Nigeria. We offer great flexibility, independence, and financial security to help our clients stay committed to their short and long-term financial goals. The bank was incorporated in Nigeria in February 2013.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Branch Manager 

Job ID: 01MD478437
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full-time

Responsibilities
Staff Management:

• Acting as a role-model for the others
• To manage his Client Officer Team, mainly on the loan side but also on the deposit side.
• Participating in the process of definition of commercial targets and ensuring their understanding by Client Officers. His involvement in this process depends on his experience as Team Leader
• Coaching new Branch Staff and Trainees as well as continuous improvement of the capacity of existing Branch staff in line with Advans LFMFB credit policy methodologies and best practices
• Giving feedback and appraise his staff

Loan and Deposit Portfolio development:

• Develop the overall branch loan and deposit portfolio (both in terms of quantity and quality),
• To organize prospecting and communication actions in the intervention area of the branch (markets and commercial areas) by assigning tasks and targets to client officers and deposit officers so that objectives and targets are reached in a timely manner (qualitative and quantitative results both on deposit and lending sides), and by participating personally to such actions notably when they involve market authorities, representatives of association or other informal group leaders among clientele.
• Communicating new procedures, manuals and price list in a proper way to the staff
• To monitor the results of commercial development activities, to analyse them with client officers and to propose corrective actions or new initiatives that may support the achievement of objectives

Internal control:

• To make sure, through regular controls, that loan applications and loan appraisals are processed by client and client officers according to the company’s standard (cf. policies, procedures and guidelines), with special regard to completeness of documentation (both for paperwork and for data processing in the Management Information System – MIS)
• Regular 2nd level controls have to be processed to reach this target.

Requirements
Required profile:

• Candidates should possess an HND qualification / B.Sc.
• Applicant must have worked as a Branch Manager for a minimum of Thirty-six months (i.e 3 Years)
• Commercial Activities & Loan Portfolio –
  • Deposit Portfolio Management.
  • Staff Management
  • Internal Control & Administrative Task

Additional Knowledge / Skills Required:

• Practical knowledge of micro/small/medium businesses.
• Knowledge of the microfinance bank sector is an advantage.
• Good writing skills.
• Knowledge of the major local languages.

Application Closing Date
30th July, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online