Pezesha Credit Officer Job

Credit Officer Job, Current Accounting Jobs In Kenya,

Primary job description

  • Onboarding, vetting, and evaluation of potential SMEs/Merchants to be funded by Pezesha regularly using our internal processes and standards and hitting set targets to ensure growth and scale
  • Assess SME’s creditworthiness and risks by evaluating their financial information and ratios
  • Onboard, manage, and retain SMEs related to partners
  • Marketing & Financial education about SMEs’ needs and support
  • Provide customer care support via calling and follow up with potential and funded SMEs on additional information required as well as repayments of loans for those successfully funded by Pezesha
  • Portfolio management
  • Monitor and update SME loan accounts and information on the dashboard
  • Drive strategic sales, scale, and productivity to ensure the overall success of the company’s products and services
  • Execute strategic experiments to drive growth in assigned portfolios
  • Daily analytics and reporting on assigned portfolio performance

Qualifications/Skills

  • At least a graduate of Commerce or Accounting or Finance or a related field
  • Solid understanding of credit risk processes and standards
  • Basic computer skills and a quick learner
  • At least 2 years of professional work experience in credit operations as a relationship officer or part of the credit risk team
  • ADDED ADVANTAGE: Credit Operations & SME evaluation experiences from a bank or Fintech environment.
  • ADDED ADVANTAGE: Strong Accounting and analytical skills with more than 2 years experience
  • Proficiency in Excel skills or working with spreadsheets
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and self-drive toward targets while ensuring quality output and prioritization.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
  • High level of interpersonal maturity, hard work, and professionalism
  • Unwavering commitment to service and customer orientation
  • Team player who demonstrates positive attitude, creativity, energy, dedication to collaboration and patience and with a high degree of integrity
  • In-depth knowledge of the Financial industry (Fintech) and its current events in Kenya
  • Attention to detail
  • Excellent time management and organization

How To Apply

To Apply: Please send your CVs and cover letter to jobs@pezesha.com. Kindly indicate the title of the job on the subject header of the email (REF 2023/Credit Officer). The applicants who do not indicate THE REF NO and job title and where they are currently based in the email body will be automatically disqualified.