🇳🇬 Job Vacancies @ First Bank of Nigeria Limited – 5 Positions

First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria's largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Relationship Manager - Retail & Commercial Banking Group
2.) Strategy Analyst, Corporate and SBU Strategy
3.) Relationship Manager, Public Sector Directorate
4.) Team Lead, Corporate & SBU Strategy
5.) Firstbank Technology Academy Recruitment 2023

Job Identification Number: 723
Location: Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time

Duties & Responsibilities

• Book quality assets and ensure effective portfolio monitoring for early detection of defaults.
• Manage and deepen relationships with existing and prospective customers.
• Win new accounts and resuscitate dormant relationships.
• Market the bank’s products to meet customer needs.
• Initiate development of products required to meet customer needs.
• Ensure efficient service and maintenance of existing customers.
• Ensure zero tolerance for inactive/dormant accounts.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: First Degree or its equivalent in any discipline preferably Business-related.
• Higher Degrees and relevant Professional Certificate will be an added advantage
• Minimum experience: 3 years relevant banking (marketing and credit) experience.

Knowledge:

• Good Knowledge of the business environment
• Credit/Risk Management
• Banking structure, policies, and procedures
• Customer Service
• Strategic Business Planning.

Skill / Competencies:

• Negotiation skills
• Strong networking and relationship
• Management skills
• Reasoning and analytical skills
• Deal structuring skills
• Strong credit and marketing skills
• Excellent people management skills
• IT and Computer appreciation
• Communications skills (written and oral)
• Portfolio Management
• Credit Assessment and Structuring.
• Marketing/ Sales
• Business/ Product Development
• Customer Relationship Management
• Budget Planning & Control
• Financial Analysis Business
• Operational Strategy.

Application Closing Date
1:00 PM: 12th November, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

Job Identification Number: 629
Location: Lagos
Job Schedule: Full time

Responsibilities

• Support the Corporate & SBU Strategy Lead in leading the development and communication of the strategy for the Bank. This includes, but is not limited to, providing support in developing an overall corporate strategy and assisting in cascading it down for every Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Strategic Resource Function (SRF); and Banking subsidiary.
• Assist in the implementation of the strategy of the Bank, focus towards maximizing market share, shareholders’ wealth and increasing profit by translating strategic objectives into practical plans and goals.
• Implement developed analytical framework used in defining and developing corporate strategy at the Group and Bank level, develop strategy maps that incorporates financial, customer, internal processing, and employee capability objectives.
• Implement the designed and developed Company-wide, scalable partnership programs, reinforcing the value map and strengthening linkages to ensure increased efficiency and competitive advantage across targeted markets.
• Assist the Corporate & SBU Strategy Lead in providing Executive Management with global and regional business scenarios and ad-hoc analyses as required; identify new business growth opportunities or potential operational risks.
• Assist in providing analytical and value-added insights to Executive Management on market and business trends, consumer innovation and patterns, financial structure, macroeconomic factors, and demographic potentials.
• Present to Head of Strategy new ideas for growth (of the Commercial Banking Group) through understanding competitive actions and market trends in the industry locally and internationally with strategic intent of influencing and directing management thought.
• Comply with relevant industry policies and regulation, remaining alert to business risks and compliance issues.
• Assist Head of Strategy in coordinating and planning of the annual Board Strategy Retreat event including, developing presentations on industry insights to assist the Board in its decision-making function; collating presentations of each member of the Management Committee (and relevant SRFs) to ensure appropriate message is delivered to the Board; liaising with global speaker agencies to book event speakers.
• Support in developing and communicating the Business Unit’s strategies for all the Bank’s SBUs i.e. Retail Banking (Lagos, South and North), Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Public Sector Banking and Treasury & Financial Institutions; ensuring that SBU heads understand the details of the overall strategic plan and how their work connects to corporate goals.
• Conduct analysis on the financial, customer, internal processing, etc. of the assigned SBU’s leveraging analytical framework developed by the Head, Business Unit Strategy used in defining and developing SBU strategy and strategic initiatives.
• Assist with Facilitating SBU Strategy Review sessions, capturing decisions made geared towards ensuring that SBU’s deliver on their budget, aligning such decisions with their developed strategy and staying/changing direction based on outcome of analyses done.
• Assist in developing and coordinating cyclical and ad hoc SBU strategic planning process and initiatives, with a focus towards maximizing market share and increasing profit by translating strategic objectives into practical plans and goals.
• Participate in driving SBU monthly management performance review sessions, reinforcing alignment between long term strategy and short-term goals to deliver increased efficiency and competitive advantage across targeted markets at SBU level.

Requirements

• First Degree in Economics or related discipline.
• Post-graduate Degree or other professional qualification may be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
5:09 PM: 19th November, 2022.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Identification: 725
Locations: Ondo & Osun
Job Schedule Full time

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage and deepens existing relationships with existing and prospective customers
• Actively supporting the team’s client retention strategies by providing excellent service to customers.
• Contributes towards the achievement of established marketing goals/objectives through implementation of marketing strategies and plans within the assigned area of jurisdiction
• Generate leads and identify new business opportunities
• Initiate the development of products required to meet customer needs.
• Market the bank’s products to meet customer needs
• Serve as the primary daily service contact for the clients
• Conduct accounts reviews to track customer needs and usage trends
• Track and maintain customer data/information
• Ensure efficient service and maintenance of existing customers
• Interface with relevant Business Units for accounts transfers and other issues that may be of benefit to Public Sector customers.

Education

• Minimum Education: First Degree or its equivalent in any discipline preferably Business-related.
• Higher Degrees/Professional Certification preferable.

Key Competency Requirements
Knowledge:

• Bank structure, policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of government structure, policies and initiatives
• Knowledge of political system and power centers in relevant areas.
• Industry knowledge
• Banking operations/services/products
• Regulatory Compliance.

Skills:

• Negotiations skills
• Leadership/Supervisory skills
• Strong networking and Relationship Management skills
• Strong marketing and deal structuring skills
• Excellent problem solving and creative thinking skills
• Excellent people management skills
• Excellent business development experience
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• IT & Computer appreciation
• Organization/Coordination skills
• Portfolio management
• Credit assessment and structuring
• Marketing/ sales
• Business/ product development
• Customer relationship management
• Client industry knowledge
• Budget planning & control
• Financial analysis
• Business/ operational strategy.

Application Closing Date
17th November, 2022; 02:31 PM.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

Job Identification: 628
Location: Lagos
Job Schedule Full time

Job Description

• Lead the development and communication of the strategy for the (Commercial) Banking Group. This includes, but is not limited to, developing an overall corporate strategy and assisting in cascading it down for every (Bank) Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Strategic Resource Function (SRF); and subsidiary.
• Play a leadership role in developing and communicating the Business Unit’s strategies for all the Bank’s SBUs i.e. Retail Banking (Lagos, South and North), Corporate Banking, Commercial Banking, Public Sector Banking and Treasury & Financial Institution; ensuring that SBU heads understand the details of the overall strategic plan and how their work connects to corporate goals.
• Lead the implementation of the strategy of the Bank, focus towards maximizing market share, shareholders’ wealth and increasing profit by translating strategic objectives into practical plans and goals.
• Provide analytical framework to define and implement corporate strategy at the Group and Bank level, develop strategy maps that incorporates financial, customer, internal processing and employee capability objectives
• Facilitate SBU Strategy Review sessions, take ownership of decision making that delivers SBU performance, test whether the decisions being made in each SBU are aligned with the strategy and are creating the desired results and decide on basis of outcome analyses, whether to stay on track or to change direction
• Initiate and drive SBU monthly management performance review sessions, reinforcing alignment between long term strategy and short-term goals to deliver increased efficiency and competitive advantage across targeted markets at SBU level
• Take ownership of decision making that sustains organizational change, test whether the decisions being made across the organization are aligned with the strategy and are creating the desired results and decide on basis of outcome analyses, whether to stay on track or to change direction
• Design and develop Company-wide, scalable partnership programs, reinforcing the value map and strengthening linkages to ensure increased efficiency and competitive advantage across targeted markets
• Provide Executive Management with global and regional business scenarios and ad-hoc analyses as required; identify new business growth opportunities or potential operational risks.
• Provide analytical and value-added insights to Executive Management on market and business trends, consumer innovation and patterns, financial structure, macroeconomic factors and demographic potentials
• Direct, synthesize and execute insights gained from market analysis, internal capability assessments, competitor intelligence, customer research, product assessment, and financial analysis and modelling.
• Present new ideas for growth for the Commercial Banking Group and SBUs through understanding competitive actions and market trends in the industry locally and internationally with strategic intent of influencing and directing management thought
• Lead the coordination and planning of the annual Board Strategy Retreat event including, making presentations on industry insights to assist the Board in its decision-making function; coordinating presentations of each member of the Management Committee (and relevant SRFs) to ensure appropriate message is delivered to the Board; working with global speaker agencies to book event speakers.

Requirements
Education:

• First Degree in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management, Social Science, or any related quantitative discipline
• Postgraduate degree and/or other professional qualifications are desirable but not mandatory

Experience:

• Minimum of 8 years strategy/management consulting experience in a global consulting firm, or minimum of 9 years functional strategy experience in a reputable Bank.

Application Closing Date
14th November, 2022; 11:05 AM

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: Only Shortlisted Candidates will be contacted.

Job Identification Number: 701
Location: Lagos

Person Specification
Below are the eligibility criteria for the FirstBank Technology Academy:

• Applicant must not be more than 27 years old.
• Applicant must be a Graduate with STEM Degree(s)
• Minimum academic qualification is Second Class Upper degree from institutions accredited by NUC or other regulatory bodies approved by government.
• Evidence of mandatory NYSC scheme or Exemption Certificate.

Key Competencies And Attributes
Candidates who are interested in joining the FirstBank Technology Academy must have the underlisted competencies:

• Knowledge of global Technology trends and developments
• Excellent communications skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong Interpersonal and relationship management skills
• Self-driven and results-oriented
• Highly innovative with excellent problem-solving skills
• Good team player.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online