Document 6489117

Afreximbank – Manager: Strategy & Business Planning (Strategic Plan / Annual Business Plan) – Cairo/
Egypt
Reference: TJF 001
CA Global Headhunters has been retained by the Afreximbank - an African focused Trade Finance bank - to
recruit for 9 senior level management positions. Should you meet the minimum requirements and wish to apply
for the position please apply directly to CA Global Headhunters.
Responsibilities:
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Engage in the development of the Bank’s long term strategic plan and annual business plan
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Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the plans, pointing out material negative deviations and
recommending prompt corrective actions
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Monitoring and proactively analysing, on an ongoing basis, internal and external events that affect the Bank,
so as to provide ideas and intellectual leadership for both short-term tactics and long-term positioning and
vision
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Provide professional input into the Bank wide annual business planning and budgeting process through
distilling the Bank’s strategic goals into annual activity plans and advising senior management on the most
efficient allocation of the tasks for respective departments and units
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Assist to communicate the Bank’s long term and annual business plan as approved by the Board of Directors
to all staff and put in place monitoring and reporting mechanisms for the benefit of senior management and
staff members
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Analyse and propose required changes to internal business processes by leveraging industry knowledge,
management consulting skills and analytical abilities in identifying key drivers, assessing process capabilities
and developing a business case for internal business process enhancement
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Participate in the preparation of the Bank’s Annual, Half Year and End of Year reports;
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Participate in the creation and implementation of a customer feedback loop to ensure that the Bank is able to
capture customer comments and concerns about its business processes and that such concerns are
adequately responded to in order to ensure a customer-centric focus to the Bank’s lending activities
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Work together with the Risk Management department to define the Bank’s annual risk appetite
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Participate in the development of a methodology for monitoring the development impact for the Bank’s
operations and participating in the development of new products for the Bank in line with laid out strategic
goals
Requirements:
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Postgraduate degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance or related fields from a recognized
University
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At least 8 years as a Strategy and Business Planning professional from a consulting or financial services
industry
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Experience in preparing and presenting strategic business plans for use by the financial services industry
and an expert understanding of financial analysis, modelling, statistical analysis and related software
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Experience in offering strategic insight into industry, consumer and competitor trends
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Knowledge of trade development issues as they pertain to Africa and demonstrated skills in economic
forecasting. (Economic modelling, including computable general equilibrium modes will be an added
advantage)
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Strong presentation skills (written and verbal) with experience in selling ideas to Senior Management
CA Global Headhunters PTY (Ltd).
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Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting with good knowledge
of business planning practices in Africa
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Fluent in English with knowledge of the Bank's other working languages (French, Arabic and Portuguese) an
added advantage
Contractual information:
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Permanent role
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Willing and able to relocate to Cairo
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Willingness to travel extensively and to work long hours where required in order to achieve the Bank's
objectives
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Ability to communicate and function in a culturally diverse and change oriented setting
Please visit our website www.ca-finance.com or www.banking-recruitment-jobs.com for more exciting
opportunities.
If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful however
your profile will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.
For any further information please get in contact with:
Thania Jaffer
[email protected]
Senior Associate: Insurance, Risk & Healthcare
The CA Global Banking, Insurance, Legal & Finance division is a division of the CA Global Group
CA Global Headhunters PTY (Ltd).