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United Bank for Africa ( UBA )

AdministrationFull-timeFeatured

Branch Manager

Kampala
Full-time
Deadline 2026-08-19
Posted 6 days ago

Role overview

What you'll be stepping into

OBJECTIVE(S)

  • To deliver exceptional business performance through excellent customer servicing, sales and transactional processing in a branch.

  • To establish and maintain positive customer relationships, plan and deliver an effective marketing strategy and monitor the progress of new and existing products; as well as provide operational management support on a day-to-day basis

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY

  • Increase customer retention and growth through an aggressive cross-sell of the bank's relevant financial products and thereby promote an optimum build-up of revenue.

  • Prepare annual marketing plans and strategies for financial products generation to enable achievement of targeted growth objectives.

  • Conduct market intelligence and competitor analyses in order to prepare marketing plans and strategies, with an objective of identifying business opportunities and maximizing them.

  • Effective and timely customer service delivery according to prescribed SLAs.

  • Responsible for brand and ambiance to ensure a customer-friendly environment.

  • Establish and maintain effective relationships with new and existing customers, establishing their needs and attending to the suitability of services.

  • Provide feedback on effectiveness /review of current customer processes.

  • Ensure that the banks /Regulatory Authorities’ policies and guidelines are complied with.

  • Evaluate new and renewal lending proposals, negotiate terms with customers and, where appropriate, submit proposals to the credit department for approval;

  • Recommend development of various products based on customers’ feedback.

  • Contribute to the effective launching of new products to ensure favorable market response and optimum build-up of revenue –sales campaign management

  • People management -Build, develop and motivate a high-performance team committed to achieving success through each other by Coaching and mentoring the team.

  • Cost management – Ensuring optimal utilization of resources (material, human) made available in business operations.

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

  • Budget _ Financial KPI (Number and Value)

  • Profitability.

  • Number of dormant, inactive, and closed accounts as a percentage of total accounts

  • Number of accounts with incomplete documentation as a percentage of total accounts

  • Quality of loan portfolio (Nonperforming loans to total loan portfolio ratio).

  • Quality and completeness of information on CAM/Credit request.

  • Number of customer complaints/Compliments – customer service

  • Cost vs Performance

  • Core Values

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education

  • A University degree holder. A financial qualification or associate such as CIB, IOS, CFA, ACCA, etc and an MBA would be an added advantage

Experience:

  • 3-10 years’ experience in retail/private banking

KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge

  • Display a track record for achieving positive results in terms of profit and customer satisfaction

  • Good Knowledge and understanding of Banking/Financial products, services and policy regulations of these products in the market.

  • A detailed understanding of the retail business processes and operating procedures, with thorough knowledge of operating instructions and audit requirements.

  • A good understanding of retail business plans, operating structures and key interfaces.

  • An in-depth knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation e.g KYC, Money laundering, service standards e.t.c

  • An excellent understanding of the outlet’s performance objectives: gross sales, cost  management, risk, rigour and income contribution.

  • A good understanding of the bank cash management procedures and technical support system.

  • Key competitor metrics

  • Strong ability to “sell” himself/herself to internal peers and employees to get cooperation necessary to achieve goals

Skill/Competencies

  • Excellent customer service orientation.

  • Must have a positive ‘can do’ attitude

  • Good presentation and negotiation skills

  • High level of integrity

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Strong sales/cross-selling skills

  • Good motivational and training skills

  • Strong product knowledge

  • Attention to details

  • Good Interpersonal Skills

  • Strong leadership and negotiation skills

  • Problem-solving abilities

  • People management skills

  • Resource management skills

  • Team working skills

  • Tough and resilient

  • Performance development skills

  • Planning and organization skills

  • Highly developed coaching & feedback skills

  • Computer skills

Work Hours: 8

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