Head Of Business Banking

Reports to: Head of Corporate Banking

Application deadline: 25 May 2025

Job purpose

The overall purpose of this role is to drive and implement the Business Banking and SME strategy and provide strategic leadership to ensure business development growth with the objective of meeting the bank’s financial and strategic goals for both assets and liabilities business. The role shall be responsible for driving growth, sales, and product development of business banking and SME solutions.

Duties

• Ensure strategic business planning to drive business development of bank products to new and existing business banking clients and exploit avenues for cross-selling other relevant products and services.
• Ensure growth and retention of the bank’s liabilities, assets, transactional, and trade business from the business banking clientele in line with set budget and strategic performance targets.
• Provide high-quality service to customers, utilizing service as a sales opportunity.
• Participate in product development to deliver effective customer solutions.
• Ensure that the team practices effective management of their respective clientele portfolio of business banking clients.
• Develop and maintain strong working relations with all existing clients at key levels to optimize the utilization of approved facilities.
• Display effective leadership and management of the team(s) through their heads of departments.

Requirements

• University degree in business or a related field.
• Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• Member of a relevant professional body.
• At least 10 years of banking experience, with at least 3 years in management.
• Demonstrated leadership skills with good command of oral and written knowledge of English.
• Candidate must be computer literate.

Personal attributes

• A structured approach to dealing with complex and variable work environments in an independent manner.
• A strong sales culture with the ability to manage sales teams effectively.
• Strong evaluation, communication, and reporting skills.
• Able to provide advice and cause/effect evaluation to support business decision making.

Application submission:

Email: recruitment2025@diamondtrust.co.tz
Submit an application letter and CV
Successful candidates will be contacted within 14 days after the submission deadline