Credit Manager at Sun King
Location: Arusha
About the Role:
The Credit Manager – Tanzania position is a field-based role under
the Global Risk and Credit team in Tanzania. The role holder will be
accountable for overseeing and managing credit risk & other risks
within the Easybuy business. This role requires designing, implementing,
and maintaining robust credit risk controls and operational processes
to strengthen/improve the portfolio health and compliance.
Analyze portfolio performance:
- Systematically identifying high-risk customers and classifying their default probability using data insights and direct outreach.
- Identification of portfolio Reflags and timely reporting of the same
- Ensuring timely and accurate reporting of risk indicators and portfolio performance metrics.
- Monitoring regional/area trends and specific product performance to identify and implement corrective measures for negative trends
Academic Qualification & Work Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in finance, Risk Management or a related business field, over 5 years of related experience, preferably in the Audit/Risk/Credit/Analytics department, with at least 5 years in a supervisory role
- Other relevant certification in Credit Management or Business Analytics/Statistics/ Data/Computer Science is an added advantage.
- Significant knowledge of data collection, field surveys
- Excellent planning, organisational and analytical skills with strong attention to detail
Personal Attributes
- Self-driven, flexible, can quickly adapt to change, and able to multitask in a fast-paced environment
- Clear thinking/problem-solving ability. Ability to spearhead/lead projects/process improvement within operations and drive positive change, being able to break down complex issues into simpler steps and resolve them
- Strong leadership skills to direct and motivate a team of professionals
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written expression.
- Stakeholder engagement and teamwork skills: Ability to work productively with key stakeholders, aligning efforts to deliver strong business results.
- Outstanding planning and organisational skills
- Ability to self-manage work with little oversight
- Willingness to spend 70% of the time in the field.
- High level of integrity and data protection
