Managing Director at a Digital / Fintech-led Microfinance Company - HR-EX Consulting

HR-EX Consulting - Our client, a Digital / Fintech-led Microfinance company, is recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Managing Director

Location: Lagos

Job Description

• Our client is currently looking for a Managing Director to help drive the growth of their newly launched digital bank offering.
• You will control and oversee all business operations, people and ventures and have full responsibility for the overall success of the organisation.
• The ideal candidate will be a strategist and a leader able to steer the company to the most profitable direction while also implementing its vision, mission and long-term goals.
• Very strong crisis management skills will also be essential since the managing director is the one expected to “save” the company in times of need.
• The goal is to ensure the company is constantly moving towards fulfilling its short-term and long-term objectives and does not diverge from its strategic guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the company’s business strategies in order to attain the goals of the board and shareholders
• Provide strategic advice to the board and Chairman so that they will have accurate view of the market and the company’s future
• Prepare and implement comprehensive business plans to facilitate achievement by planning cost-effective operations and market development activities
• Clearly communicating the bank’s core values, beliefs and mission to all team members.
• Ensure company policies and legal guidelines are communicated all the way from the top down in the company and that they are followed at all times
• Oversee the company’s financial performance, investments and other business ventures
• Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities
• Overseeing all operations and business activities in line with overall strategy and mission.
• Taking overall control for any fund raising activities.
• Reviewing financial and non-financial reports to device solutions and improvements.
• Delegate responsibilities and supervise the work of senior management providing guidance and motivation to drive maximum performance
• Act as the public speaker and public relations representative of the company in ways that strengthen its profile
• Analyze problematic situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth.

Experience & Skills

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 25 years of extensive experience in a well-structured Bank/Financial Institution, 10 years of which must have been in a Senior Management capacity.
• Ideally have previous experience in a fintech organisation or worked in the digital team of a commercial bank.
• Knowledge of all spheres of Banking. Finance. Marketing and Management. Proficiency in regional.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.