Investment Manager - Mbarara Region

About the role

The bank is looking for an Investment Manager for its Mbarara regional office. The role develops, manages and oversees the operations of the regional office and drives sustainable growth of the bank's business in the region across priority sectors.

Key responsibilities

• Manage business operations in the region, including distribution, client acquisition and financing, enterprise support, relationship management, stakeholder engagement and staff management.
• Assess local market conditions and identify investment opportunities among SMEs, women and youth enterprises and others.
• Prepare forecasts, business plans and financial objectives; oversee the spending plan and allocate funds appropriately.
• Provide training, coaching, business advisory and motivation to regional staff, and share best practices and competitive intelligence with other regional offices and headquarters.
• Maintain a quality loan book, supervise projects, monitor and recover loans, and support M&E/E&S requests for projects in the region.
• Develop investment strategies, fundable pipelines, credit appraisal and monitoring and evaluation frameworks, and manage relationships with development partners, donors, government and civil society.
• Lead customer outreach and sensitisation, review trends and emerging risks, and undertake initial investment analysis of proposals.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, credit risk management policy and credit procedures, and conduct regular site visits to borrowers and annual credit risk grading.
• Produce periodic reports on investments, budgets and market movements for management.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in business studies, social sciences, sciences or another business-related field; a Master's degree in the same fields is mandatory.
• At least 5 years of experience in a similar role within the financial institutions sector.
• Experience in funding and managing SMEs.
• A professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA or ACIB is an added advantage.

Candidates apply by sending their CV and academic testimonials to the employer; only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.