{"id":100653,"date":"2026-07-11T08:39:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/uncategorized\/relationship-manager-credit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T08:39:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T08:39:42","slug":"relationship-manager-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/jobs\/nairobi\/relationship-manager-credit\/","title":{"rendered":"Relationship Manager \u2013 Credit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\", \"@type\": \"JobPosting\", \"title\": \"Relationship Manager \u2013 Credit\", \"description\": \"Job Purpose:\\nThe Holder of the role shall oversee Credit Risk Underwriting duties within the branch. The Branch Credit\u00a0Manager is responsible for overseeing the credit operations within the branch, ensuring the effective\u00a0management of credit risk, and maintaining the quality of the loan portfolio. This role involves evaluating\u00a0loan applications, making credit decisions, and ensuring compliance with the bank\u2019s credit policies and\u00a0procedures.\\nKey Responsibilities\\nIn charge of Credit underwriting process and chair of the Branch Credit Committee B.C.C.\\nResponsible for all credit reports such as PAR analysis, Portfolio distribution. reports, monthly credit reports, and any other information required by the Branch Manager.\\nCo-ordinate perfection process from branch through head office and legal Department.\\nMonitor adherence to the Bank SLA with various stakeholders along the credit process.\\nEnforce compliance to all credit policies and procedures and other regulatory Policies at the branch.\\nOverseeing proper customer records and documents management in the branch.\\nVerification of branch system transactions relating to credit activities.\\nProactively support the Relationship Manager \u2013 Business in managing portfolio quality and minimize delinquency.\\nCredit Evaluation: Assess and evaluate loan applications to determine creditworthiness and risk.\\nDecision Making: Approve or recommend credit decisions within delegated authority limits.\\nCustomer Service: Provide excellent customer service by addressing client inquiries and resolving credit-related issues.\\nReporting: Prepare and present credit reports and analysis to senior management.\\nTraining: Provide training and guidance to branch staff on credit policies and procedures.\\nLiaison person between the branch and regional office credit function.\\nPerform any other duties as assigned from time to time.\\nQualifications\\nQualifications, Experience & Competencies\\nBachelors\u2019 Degree in a finance or related field.\\nAt least 8 years of relevant working experience, with 3 of these having been in a Credit admin role.\\nThorough understanding of the Bank\u2019s Lending strategy across various segments\/sectors.\\nProven Credit Risk Management track supported by good underwriting skills.\\nIn-depth understanding of credit risk assessment, loan processing, and regulatory requirements.\\nRelevant certifications in credit management or banking are a plus.\", \"datePosted\": \"2026-07-08\", \"hiringOrganization\": {\"@type\": \"Organization\", \"name\": \"Equity Bank Kenya\"}, \"jobLocation\": {\"@type\": \"Place\", \"address\": {\"@type\": \"PostalAddress\", \"addressLocality\": \"Nairobi\", \"addressCountry\": \"KE\"}}, \"directApply\": true, \"validThrough\": \"2026-07-14T23:59:59\", \"employmentType\": \"FULL_TIME\"}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Company:<\/strong> Equity Bank Kenya<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Nairobi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job Type:<\/strong> Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Apply Before:<\/strong> 2026-07-14<\/p>\n<h3>Job Description<\/h3>\n<p>Job Purpose:<br \/>The Holder of the role shall oversee Credit Risk Underwriting duties within the branch. The Branch Credit\u00a0Manager is responsible for overseeing the credit operations within the branch, ensuring the effective\u00a0management of credit risk, and maintaining the quality of the loan portfolio. This role involves evaluating\u00a0loan applications, making credit decisions, and ensuring compliance with the bank\u2019s credit policies and\u00a0procedures.<br \/>Key Responsibilities<br \/>In charge of Credit underwriting process and chair of the Branch Credit Committee B.C.C.<br \/>Responsible for all credit reports such as PAR analysis, Portfolio distribution. reports, monthly credit reports, and any other information required by the Branch Manager.<br \/>Co-ordinate perfection process from branch through head office and legal Department.<br \/>Monitor adherence to the Bank SLA with various stakeholders along the credit process.<br \/>Enforce compliance to all credit policies and procedures and other regulatory Policies at the branch.<br \/>Overseeing proper customer records and documents management in the branch.<br \/>Verification of branch system transactions relating to credit activities.<br \/>Proactively support the Relationship Manager \u2013 Business in managing portfolio quality and minimize delinquency.<br \/>Credit Evaluation: Assess and evaluate loan applications to determine creditworthiness and risk.<br \/>Decision Making: Approve or recommend credit decisions within delegated authority limits.<br \/>Customer Service: Provide excellent customer service by addressing client inquiries and resolving credit-related issues.<br \/>Reporting: Prepare and present credit reports and analysis to senior management.<br \/>Training: Provide training and guidance to branch staff on credit policies and procedures.<br \/>Liaison person between the branch and regional office credit function.<br \/>Perform any other duties as assigned from time to time.<br \/>Qualifications<br \/>Qualifications, Experience &#038; Competencies<br \/>Bachelors\u2019 Degree in a finance or related field.<br \/>At least 8 years of relevant working experience, with 3 of these having been in a Credit admin role.<br \/>Thorough understanding of the Bank\u2019s Lending strategy across various segments\/sectors.<br \/>Proven Credit Risk Management track supported by good underwriting skills.<br \/>In-depth understanding of credit risk assessment, loan processing, and regulatory requirements.<br \/>Relevant certifications in credit management or banking are a plus.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Apply<\/h3>\n<p>Interested and qualified? Go to Equity Bank Kenya on equitybank.taleo.net to apply<br \/>Build your CV for free. Download in different templates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjobmag.co.ke\/apply-now\/1273308\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"display:inline-block;padding:10px 20px;background:#2271b1;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;border-radius:4px;\">Apply Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><small>Source: MyJobMag<\/small><\/p>\n<p><!-- job-expiry: 2026-07-14 --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Company: Equity Bank Kenya Location: Nairobi Job Type: Full Time Apply Before: 2026-07-14 Job Description Job Purpose:The Holder of the role shall oversee Credit Risk Underwriting duties within the branch. The Branch Credit\u00a0Manager is responsible for overseeing the credit operations within the branch, ensuring the effective\u00a0management of credit risk, and maintaining the quality of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1408,1409],"tags":[1583,1425,1413,1412],"class_list":["post-100653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-nairobi","tag-equity-bank-kenya","tag-full-time","tag-job-listing","tag-myjobmag"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobs.dataaxisnode.com\/kenya\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}