Specialist, Agribusiness

  • Full-time
  • Business Segment: Business & Commercial Banking

Company Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Job Description

To implement, enable, scale, entrench, engage and commercialise the Agribusiness value proposition and business life journeys in country in collaboration with other Segments, Client Solutions, Engineering and country stakeholders through the client engagement platforms.

Qualifications

Qualification and Experience:

  • Holder of a degree in Agriculture Economics or Economics or Business Administration or Banking.
  • 5-10 years' experience in a related field.
  • Experience in developing, designing and enabling sector value propositions.
  • Experience with existing products and processes as it relates to Agribusiness.
  • Experience in managing risk and providing specialist input on cases in distress and general ownership of risk management in an agribusiness portfolio.
  • Experience in successfully growing the customer base, managing and growing a balance sheet and income statement.
  • Strong understanding of digital, open banking and platform integrations.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leads and executes the Agribusiness sector value proposition, related processes and client journeys in country and customizes accordingly.
  • Tracks and reports on adoption of the strategy and provides feedback to various stakeholders (including at clients).
  • Implements the client value proposition in country with approved customizations.
  • Drives and entrenches a consistent client experience through all engagement platforms.
  • Maintains alignment with other segment heads in order to ensure client value proposition delivery and reduction of duplication across segments.
  • Stays abreast of market and competitive developments in order to provide input to innovative and value-added services to gain market share.

Additional Information

Behavioral Competencies

  • Adopting practical approaches
  • Articulating information
  • Team Working
  • Generating Ideas
  • Establishing Rapport

Technical Competencies

  • Risk Identification
  • Risk Reporting
  • Risk/ Reward Thinking
  • Economic Capital Management
  • Financial Acumen
  • Financial Management (Financial)

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