Careers at ACCION

In AMfB, we believe people are not our best assets. We believe the right people are. They make the bank what it is and what it will be. This is so because ACCION staff is made up of talented, dedicated, hardworking, committed and experienced people hired for their skills and knowledge. Thus, making AMfB an employer of choice and highly talented people.

To this end, we have put in place the following initiatives to continuously motivate and bring out the best in them:

  • an excellent recruitment process
  • an extensive transformation strategy that covers staff, customers and the communities in which we operate
  • well - defined staff career development path
  • people development and support programmes
  • a range of incentive and recognition schemes

Current Vacancies

Recovery Officers

Summary of Role
The candidate will be responsible for direct collection of delinquent loans and paying recovered sums into the delinquent customers’ account and also ensure efficient follow-up of severe cases of arrears of loan repayment.

Requirement
The minimum qualification required for this position is a B. Sc/HND in Economics, Business, Accounting Statistics, Law or other numerate coursework with three (3) years experience in Debt Recovery in a reputable Bank, Microfinance Bank, other Financial Institution or Debt Collection firm.

Savings Officers

Summary of Role
The candidate will be responsible for mobilization of deposits and marketing of AMfB financial products.

Requirement
The minimum qualification required for this position is B.Sc/HND in Economics, Business, Accounting, Banking, Finance and or other related fields. Prior Experience as a Savings Officer in a reputable Bank, Microfinance Bank or other Financial Institutions is an advantage.

Loan Officers

Summary of Role
The candidate will have the responsibility of building and maintaining a healthy loan portfolio of micro and small enterprise clients. The candidate will also be responsible for identifying, processing, evaluating and monitoring both new and existing clients.

Requirement
Candidates for this position must be a B.Sc/HND holder in Banking, Finance, Accounting, Economics, and or related fields with numerate coursework. Prior Experience as a Loan Officer in reputable Bank or Microfinance Bank or other financial Institutions is an advantage.

NYSC Batch B 2011 Placement

The bank seeks intelligent, creative and dynamic Batch “B” Corp member to serve in various departments of the bank.

Requirements:
  • B.Sc/HND in Economics, Business, Accounting, Banking, Finance and or other related fields.
  • Good communication skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Computer skills

Interested candidates should send CV to jobs@accionmfb.com on or before 23th September 2011. Ensure that the subject of your email is NYSC PLACEMENT. Emails without the appropriate subject will not be considered.

Executive Assistant

The bank seeks meticulous, well organized and proactive individual to provide support to the MD/CEO’s office.

Task and Responsibility:
  • Manage the administration of the MD/CEO’s office in order to provide an efficient business environment.
  • Schedule management meetings, coordinate the conduct of management meetings through notices, reminders, note taking and circulation of well typed minutes of meetings.
  • Provide secretarial services to the MD/CEO’s office including making and receiving telephone calls, filing of documents, stationeries, refreshments, use of all office equipments such as photocopier, fax, projector, flip chart, etc.
  • Maintain a network of contacts with other offices and brief the MD/CEO’s where appropriate to ensure a broad understanding of the Bank.
  • Maintain effective working relationship with Managers and administrative staff in order to develop a collaborative approach to business throughout the Bank.
  • Undertake specific projects initiated by the MD/CEO in order to support the business.

Qualifications and Requirements:
  • A minimum of a Higher National Diploma or degree in arts or social sciences with a minimum of 2.1 and above
  • Fulltime or Executive MBA is required from a reputable Business School
  • Minimum of 10 years experience as an Executive Assistant with top executives in a bank or other financial institution
  • Strong managerial skills; able to coach and motivate
  • Strong analytical skills, comfortable with numbers and great at calculations
  • Excellent computer literacy and expert level use of Microsoft Office applications, especially Outlook, Word and PowerPoint
  • Effective written and oral communication skills
  • Outstanding interpersonal, organizational, presentation, negotiation skills and business judgment. Able to multitask and manage a heavy work load

Interested candidates should send CV to jobs@accionmfb.com on or before 30th September 2011. Ensure that the subject of your email is EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT. Emails without the appropriate subject will not be considered.

Head Teller

Key Responsibilities:
  • Monitor transactions done and the amount of currency in the vault at the end of every business day.
  • Check details filled in the deposit slips like account number, name and date are accurate and verify the amounts.
  • Receive cash deposits and cheques.
  • Feed the transaction information into the bank database using various company owned tools and generate receipts for the customers.
  • Check for failed transaction issues and the balance of debits and credits.
  • Resolve issues related to account discrepancies.
  • Monitor the bank safe and ensure the balances tally.
  • Co-ordinate with third party companies to order things like cash cards (debit or credit) and check books.
  • Posting and balancing of daily cash lodgments
  • Cash vault-in from bulk counting room
  • Supervision of note counters/bulk tellers
  • Proofing and reconciling relevant GL accounts as assigned by the Branch Operations Manager

Qualifications and Requirements:
  • Minimum of a Higher National Diploma with a minimum of 2.2 and above
  • Minimum of 4 years experience as a Teller in Financial Institution
  • Strong leadership skills; able to coach and motivate
  • Strong analytical skills, comfortable with numbers and great at calculations
  • Good interpersonal and organizational skills.
  • Ability to multitask and manage a heavy work load

Customer Service Officer

Key Responsibilities:
  • Input customer data efficiently into the system in order to create loans ready for disbursement
  • Prepare all signature cards and account opening forms to facilitate the opening of Ecobank accounts for all new clients.
  • Ensure all document and requirements are complete prior to disbursements.
  • Prepare offer letter and surety letter(if necessary) for clients and guarantors
  • Attend/Receive approved clients and guarantors in branch.
  • Review pricing and repayment schedule with clients.
  • Preside over the signing of offer letter and surety letter by the relevant parties.
  • Organize and distribute all operational reports to all loan officers and the branch manager
  • Input all the financial statement information from the client evaluation compiled by the LOs into Excel spreadsheet.
  • Check the resulting ratios.
  • Print the ratio for the credit committee

Qualifications and Requirements:
  • Minimum of OND in Business, Banking, Finance, Accounting, Economics, and/or related fields with numeric background.
  • Strong computer literacy, particularly competent in the use of Excel spreadsheet
  • Strong written and oral communication skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work as a team.

Applications Administrator

Task and Responsibility:
To setup, maintain and support production and other databases for user access, table changes, performance and troubleshooting; complete and effective resolution of IT issues raised; develop, define, implement and maintain technology security policies, processes and procedures to proactively protect, monitor, investigate and resolve threats to user environment and IT assets.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Deep understanding of database technologies.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • University degree or its equivalent. B.Sc/HND Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline.
  • Experience in supporting T24 e-Merge or any relevant banking application is desirable.
  • Possession of a relevant IT professional certification is required like MCDBA or OCP.
  • Minimum of one (1) year post NYSC qualification experience in application and database management in a banking environment.

Network Administrator

Task and Responsibility:
To evolve, implement and maintain a communication network and power infrastructure; configure, maintain and administer networked PCs, windows based systems, and also assist in the management and administration of IT security implementations and antivirus implementations on all systems bank wide.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Deep understanding of networking protocols (TCP, IP, DHCP), components, procedures and standards.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • University degree or its equivalent. B.Sc/HND Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline.
  • Possession of IT professional certification such as CCNA, CCNP and CCIE etc. will be an added advantage.
  • Minimum of one (1) year post NYSC qualification experience in hardware and network support.

Systems Analyst

Task and Responsibility:
To provide business systems analysis, applications configuration, programming, software testing and package configuration to assist in solutions delivery. To develop and test software to automate identified manual tasks within the Bank when necessary.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Deep Understanding of Banking Systems, alternate channels and programming languages.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • University degree or its equivalent. B.Sc/HND Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline.
  • Possession of a relevant IT professional certification e.g. MCSD will be an added advantage.
  • Must have experience supporting SQL Server and JBase database.
  • Minimum of one (1) year NYSC post qualification experience in a software development environment.

Service Desk Officer

Task and Responsibility:
To log, prioritize, track and effectively resolve IT issues raised within the Bank.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
Deep understanding of user applications and application administration.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • University degree or its equivalent. B.Sc/HND Computer Science/Engineering or related discipline.
  • Possession of IT professional certification such as CCNA or CCNP will be an added advantage.
  • Experience in supporting T24 e-Merge or any relevant banking application is desirable.
  • Experience in troubleshooting hardware and network related issues are desirable.
  • Minimum of two (2) year post qualification experience in a banking environment at helpdesk or user support.

Method of Application

All CVs should be sent to: jobs@accionmfb.com. Please ensure that the subject of your email is the position being applied for. Emails without the appropriate subject will not be considered.