Officer, Africa China Banking at Standard Bank Plc

• First Degree in Business Commerce
• Must have passed Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) Level 5 Language proficiency exam.
• Ability to speak Mandarin fluently.
• 3-5 working experience.
• Previous portfolio management experience servicing a portfolio for Business or Commercial Banking clients.
• Experience in a Branch sales and/or service role would be an added advantage.
• Experience in preparing Credit motivations and understanding of lending principles.
• Extensive business banking expertise is essential as well as significant experience in dealing with credit and international trade solutions.
• Past experience in dealing with the public sector and Chinese community is preferred. Past roles that required extensive stakeholder engagement for success would also be beneficial.

Key responsibilities

• Track, monitor and report on Africa China milestones, penetration of new to Bank in selected companies, across industry sectors, etc.
• Provide input into the development of a holistic Africa China strategy for Business and Commercial Banking that will aggressively grow the customer base (i.e. Chinese businesses; increased trade (volume and value) between Africa and China; Chinese customers acquired through Chinese ecosystems).
• Provides a comprehensive view of economic, macro, and micro economic conditions in order to help shape the Africa China strategy.
• Drive delivery of upfront agreed targets in conjunction with Country stakeholders for Africa China.
• Identify key Chinese businesses and clients and develops solutions to unlock value chain opportunities.
• Make client level pricing trade-off decisions within the defined guidelines and parameters.
• Act as SME to country teams on matters related to Africa China (i.e. conducts viability studies to formulate action plans to regularize business or exit with limited bad debt).
• Adhere to the defined partnership framework for third party vendors for the provision of value-added products and services in support of the Africa China strategy.
• Support customer facing staff in positioning Africa China Trade Flow solutions to Commercial and Enterprise Customers in growing our Chinese business portfolio by engaging Chinese businesses with them.
• Engage Chinese corporates and other Chinese businesses in order to execute on strategy to bank more employees in the Chinese ecosystem.
• Adhere to specific acquisition and relationship management tactics for the Chinese environment.