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Amana Bank is currently seeking a Sharia and Products Manager (Headquarters).

Duties and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities:

• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products to review policies and manuals annually.
• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products to prepare and review financing contract packages, forms, and any other required documents.
• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products to prepare products papers, SSB and Board papers timely.
• Ensuring the profit is fairly distributed to depositors as per the profit distribution model (PDM).
• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products to prepare products easy guide.
• Performing research on Sharia aspects for each product, fatwa, or sharia related issues before its presentation to the Sharia Supervisory Board for decision making.
• Offering guidance to the staff and clients on Islamic banking/financing instruments and related guidelines.
• Being pro-active to identify products issues and resolve them timely in a proactive manner.
• Analyzing available Islamic products and services in the market and how the bank can leverage on the same.
• Training bank staff and ensuring that the business and financing management team has sufficient skills to enable the products to be efficiently implemented, including documentation requirements, pricing dynamics, and processing requirements.
• Helping the bank to keep up to date with the new Sharia requirements/decisions issued by the SSB and international bodies (e.g., AAOIFI/OIC Fiqh Academy/IFSB).
• Representing the Bank at internal and external forums and events, including meetings with Bank customers as required.
• Supporting the market department by reviewing communication contents, promotion materials, and social media platforms to ensure they are in line with Sharia principles.
• Supporting the financing management department and branches to ensure financing facilities are issued as per product financing manuals and are in line with Sharia principles.
• Making follow-up to ensure inventories are sold timely before being used or sold by customers.
• Assisting the Head of Sharia and Products in the development of new products and enhancement of existing products.
• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products to prepare training materials and managing Sharia & Products training programs.
• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products in Sharia compliance matters.
• Assisting the Head of Sharia & Products to conduct product performance assessment and prepare products performance reports quarterly.
• Administering Charity and Zakat Fund activities.
• Supporting the marketing department to present products and propagate Islamic banking knowledge through various media.

Key Competency Requirements

• Excellent research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Commercial thinking and Sharia-minded.
• Creative approach, ability to anticipate challenges and provide innovative Sharia-compliant solutions.
• Ability to train and coach Islamic banking & finance topics.
• Ability to write papers and prepare reports.
• Excellent Verbal and Written Communication Skills.
• Strong persuasion and presentation skills.
• Products knowledge and innovation mindset in Islamic banking.
• Understanding of Islamic banking in the Tanzanian context.

Qualifications and Experience Required

• Degree in Islamic Banking and Finance or Degree in Banking/Finance/Commerce with additional certification or Diploma in Islamic Banking and Finance.
• Professional Qualification in Islamic banking, Shariah (Jurisprudence) / Islamic Studies is an added advantage.

Reports to:

Head of Sharia and Products

Application Details

Deadline for submission of applications is 7th August, 2026.

All applications (including application letter, Resume, academic and professional certificates) should be done through jobs@amanabank.co.tz.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.