Deputy Chief Operating Officer - FINCA

Deputy Chief Operating Officer - FINCA

FINCA provides financial services to the world's lowest-income entrepreneurs so they can create jobs, build assets and improve their standard of living. We are an anti-poverty organization whose work is aimed at creating employment, raising family incomes, and reducing poverty worldwide.
We offer small loans and other products to those turned down by traditional banks, believing that even the poor have a right to financial services. With these loans, families can invest in, and build, their own small businesses and their income-earning capacity. Worldwide, our clients post repayment rates over 97 percent.
Country: Uganda
City / Location: Kampala
Job category: Banking
Min. years of experience: 4 years
Minimum degree: Bachelors degree
Closing date: March 31, 2013 - 5pm
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.
Qualifications:
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.