Credit Manager Career Opportunity - Bicycles Against Poverty (BAP)

Organisation: Bicycles Against Poverty (BAP)

Duty Station: Gulu, Uganda

Bicycles

Against Poverty utilizes bicycles to increase accessibility to critical

resources, facilitate community cooperation, and build financial management

skills among low income entrepreneurs. Bicycles Against Poverty (BAP) will have

over 1,000 active bicycle loans and will be adding new products to our line by

September.

Job Summary: The Credit Manager will provide support to Bicycles

Against Poverty (BAP)’s growing office in Gulu. The jobholder will mainly provide

support in the provision of assets on a financing plan, allowing clients to pay

for income generating assets in small installments. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities: The Credit Manager duties and

responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Establish and monitor credit policies to
  
  ensure organization meets sales and risk management goals


• The jobholder will design documents,
  
  procedures, and credit policies needed to enhance systems and processes

• Evaluate credit worthiness/risk of groups and
  
  individuals


• Supervise and train a growing team of Loan
  
  Officers and Credit Supervisor, and ensure that they are performing their
  
  duties


• Keenly monitor repayment rates and ensure loan
  
  staff follow-up on late loans


• Work with management to craft procedures and
  
  policies


• Travel regularly to the field to monitor
  
  activities and meet with customers

3. Product Development: Assist in

designing new products and incorporation of such products into model

• Keenly analyze current customer relations and
  
  evaluate direction for organization


• Draft policies for improved customer
  
  relations

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  

• The applicant should ideally hold a Degree
  
  from recognized university in finance, business administration or related field


• A minimum of four years of demonstrated
  
  experience in credit and collections


• Strong interest in learning ways in which
  
  business solutions can be incorporated into development organisations


• Willingness and eager to work non-traditional
  
  business hours to ensure tasks are completed


• Prior experience as a supervisor or manager
  
  in credit department strongly desired


• Possess strong leadership and interpersonal
  
  skills with the ability to motivate staff


• Strong problem solving and financial analysis
  
  skills


• Good computer skills including Microsoft
  
  Excel


• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment


• High degree of flexibility and ability to
  
  work on diverse team


• Previous experience with loan management
  
  system preferred


• Detail oriented


• Fluency in English required

All

suitably qualified and interested candidates should email their updated CVs and

cover letters explaining their interest in BAP to applications@bicyclesagainstpoverty.org

with the subject line as “Credit Manager.”

Deadline: 8^th April, 2016