Agric Finance Officer at Sterling Bank Plc

Sterling Bank Plc "Your one-customer bank" is a full service national commercial bank in Nigeria. In over 50 years of operations, Sterling Bank (formerly NAL Bank) has evolved from the nation’s pre-eminent investment banking institution to a fully-fledged commercial bank; and completed a merger with 4 other banks - Indo-Nigeria Merchant Bank, Magnum Trust Bank, NBM Bank and Trust Bank of Africa - as part of the 2006 consolidation of the Nigerian banking industry.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Agric Finance Officer

Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Specialization (s): Banking / Finance / Insurance

Job Summary

To drive agricultural business along the value chain to achieve the Bank’s target and objectives of being the industry’s leader in agricultural financing.

Job Description

Drive agricultural finance business in the regions by identifying viable businesses and being part of business/marketing calls to customers and prospects.
Grow the existing businesses and relationships under the unit
Collate weekly report of activities for the regions.
Ensure continuous monitoring of risk assets portfolio as well as pay down on facilities as and when due.
Identify challenges and escalate to the relevant authorities for resolution.
Train market facing staff on the various agricfinance product offerings. This goes a long way in building the capacities of the staff in growing the agric business.
Create quality risk assets.
Appraise and process credit request and project finances

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