Relationship Officer Recruitment at United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA)

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) is one of Africa’s leading financial institutions, with operations in 19 African countries and 3 global financial centres: London, Paris and New York. From a single country organisation founded in 1949 in Nigeria UBA has grown to become a pan-African provider of financial services with over 11 million customers, through close to 1000 business offices and touch points globally.

In 2005, UBA was born through one of the biggest mergers on the African continent capital markets with the business combination with Standard Trust Bank (STB) Plc. From the merger UBA has emerged as a Pan-African provides a full range of solutions and services that span the full value chain from retail to corporate. UBA is also the acclaimed leader in electronic payments in the sub-region.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Relationship Officer – Lagos and West

Reference No: RO-LAG019
Locations: Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Kwara, Edo
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Functions: Banking
Industries: Banking / Finance & Investment

Introduction

• Are you passionate, self-driven and excited about joining OUR TRIBE?
• We are looking for people with great personality, positive disposition towards new business frontiers and exceptional service delivery to be a part of the Best Financial Institution to work with .
• As a brand with Africa as the centre of its business operations, UBA strongly believes in Africa and its people with emphasis on being global. We are driving the renaissance of the African economy through innovation in Banking, having successfully built a strong domestic and international brand with footprints in 20 African countries, London, Paris and New York.
• Our strong presence on the African continent is deliberate and it reflects our love for diversity and a multicultural system. We have about 15,000 multilingual, ethnically varying and highly diverse people who reflect the richness, multiplicity and uniqueness of the twenty (20) African countries we operate.
• Here at UBA, each person’s contribution is valued and is important to the overall vision of the company. Your career growth is of utmost importance to us, that’s why you deserve more than a job. You deserve a tribe. Working in UBA admits you into our tribe. You will do the work that you love, one that matters to you and will be involved in cross functional projects across all our geographies. You become a part of the culture built and nurtured on values, resilience and dedication, a culture that make us a role model for African businesses.

Role and Responsibilities

• Approach customers with the aim of winning new business
• Meet with existing customers to strengthen business relationships with a view to increase financial growth of the bank.
• Aggressively market the bank’s products to ensure favourable market response and optimum build-up of revenue.
• Follow up customers with dormant accounts, convince to resume dealings with the bank.
• Implement marketing strategies / programs laid out by the bank to boost profit.
• Listen to customer requirements and present appropriately to make a sale.
• Achieve set deposit targets / Contributions by acquiring business / investment deals from Private, Public, Individuals and Corporates.
• Prepare documentation on the creation of risk assets to increase business office profitability
• Sell / Cross-sell and Upsell the banks products.
• Market the brand.
• Perform other related duties as assigned by the Business Manager.

Requirements  
Education Requirements:

• Minimum Educational Level – Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree

Experience:

•  3-5 year experience in sales and marketing

Knowledge:

• Good Knowledge of the products and services of the bank.
• Basic knowledge of Finance, Accounting and Economics
• Business development and acquisition
• Banking Operations, Policies, and Procedures.
• Excellent knowledge of Selling / Marketing.
• Knowledge of current business trends and CBN Regulatory laws.

Key Skills:

• Ability to evaluate needs of customers, and determine what products or services would best serve those needs
• Excellent Communication skills – oral and written.
• Must be Strong, Tenacious and Persuasive.
• Strong Selling / Marketing skills
• Must be self-driven, and have a passion for Marketing.
• Good Relationship management skills
• Confident and possess excellent Networking skills

Application Closing Date 
1st January, 2019.

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