Description
Qualifications & Competencies
- Diploma or Degree in Business, Banking, or Finance.
- 2+ years in microfinance operations or branch administration.
- Strong customer service orientation and attention to detail.
- Knowledge of banking systems (e.g., T24) and Microsoft Office.
- Integrity, confidentiality, and ability to multitask under pressure.
Key Responsibilities
Customer Service & Experience (25%)
- Deliver timely, professional, and courteous service to all clients.
- Maintain the Customer Complaint Register and ensure all complaints are resolved within agreed TATs.
- Manage refunds, dormant accounts reconciliation, and support loan payoff and closure simulations.
- Ensure customer-facing areas reflect the VisionFund brand through orderliness, cleanliness, and responsiveness.
Operational Compliance & Control (25%)
- Ensure strict adherence to company policies and procedures, especially in loan reschedules, manual repayments, and journal entries (JEs).
- Maintain and update the asset register, float reconciliation, and impounded asset register.
- Manage the branch license renewals, CRB/spin checks, and security documentation (titles/logbooks).
- Oversee the archiving, filing, and scanning of all critical documents, including chattels and insurance documents.
- Coordinate with audit teams to close audit issues within 30 days and prevent repeat findings.
Business Efficiency & Turnaround Time (20%)
- Track and report on TAT for all customer transactions, refunds, and claims.
- Monitor and report on service bottlenecks, proposing solutions to improve turnaround.
- Ensure all dispatches, reports, and communication to HQ are accurate and submitted on time.
- Support the branch in achieving zero pending reconciliations (floats, dormant accounts, refunds).
Financial & Kiva Reporting (10%)
- Support Kiva fundraising activities and publishing, ensuring all required data is accurate and timely.
- Assist in preparing branch-level reports, including offsets, write-offs, and amendments of repeat clients.
- Manage reconciliation and submission of monthly Kiva reports and other donor-related data.
Risk, Safeguarding & Compliance (10%)
- Champion safeguarding standards within the branch by maintaining confidentiality of client and staff information.
- Monitor branch insurance claims and ensure timely submission and follow-up.
- Support in fraud prevention by maintaining strong internal controls and promptly reporting anomalies.
People Support & Coordination (10%)
- Coordinate onboarding of new staff and facilitate orientation at branch level.
- Act as a communication link between HQ and the branch to ensure proper flow of information.
- Take minutes during branch meetings and maintain key branch documentation.
- Promote teamwork, integrity, and continuous improvement across all branch functions.
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