About the Organization: FINCA International, one of the world's leading MFIs, provides financial services to clients through wholly-owned and operated subsidiaries in Africa, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Greater
Middle East.
About this Job:
FINCA International is looking for Deputy Chief Operating Officer (COO) for FINCA Uganda, to be based in Kampala. S/he will oversee all aspects of the business in the assigned region.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Developing and formulating a business growth plan;
- Analyzing and understanding competition and market dynamics;
- Recognizing opportunities for more operational efficiencies;
- Ensuring policy compliance;
- Developing human resources needed to achieve targeted outreach plans and critically building an operational management bench that can be deployed internally in the subsidiary and across the Africa region;
- Ensure that outreach is market led, client focused, and mission driven.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or Business Administration required, Master’s degree desirable or equivalent work experience;
- Minimum 4 years of experience minimum in banking or microfinance with strong credit, controls and management background;
- Experience in developing and implementing strategic/operational plans for financial institutions;
- Excellent organizational, planning, analytical and problem-solving skills;
- High level of customer service and strong willingness to work in the field;
- Strong business management and negotiation skills;
- Experience managing and motivating a large staff;
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and training skills;
- Excellent technical report writing skills and computer literacy;
- Fluency in English required;
- Availability to travel domestically.
Follow this link and Apply Online
Closing Date: 19 Jul 2013