Cooperative Bank of oromia wants to hire qualified and competent applicants for the following positions.
Positions:Branch Manager II,Principal Credit Analyst,Credit Analyst,Branch Manager I,Manager, Operation Management, Internal Controller I
,Customer Service Officer,Attorney,Trainee Attorney
Driver,Cash Aid
- Registration Deadline: October 14, 2021
- Required Professions:Accounting, Economics,Management, Law and Business-related fields
- Position 1: Branch Manager II
Duty Station: Sandafa Bake Branch (under North Finfinne District)
- Required Competency
•Banking industry and regulatory bodies directives and legislation knowledge
•Knowledge of banking operation
•Customer relationship skill
•Ability to advice and direct customer
•Strategic thinking and focus
•Ability to understand the strategic direction of the bank
•Knowledge of the bank’s products/services
•Ability to understand the strategic direction of the bank
•Leadership skills
•Risk and compliance management skill
•Communication skills
•Marketing and selling skills
•Planning skill
•Judgmental skills
•Conflict Management and Problem-Solving Skills
•Analytical skills
•Interpersonal skill - Education and Experience
BA, Degree in Economics, Accounting, Management, and other Business-related fields and minimum of Seven years relevant Banking experience.Main Roles and Responsibilities
Identify and develop new sources of business, to acquire and recruit new potential customers and develop strong relationships, to optimize the utilization of all products and services of the bank
•Retain existing customers by developing and maintaining fruitful relationship with the current customers
•Resolve customer issues i.e: investigates and resolves customer complaints regarding service.
•Ensure customers’ needs are met.
•Guide branch customer service initiatives as per the established service standards of the bank
•Engage branch staffs to reinforces customer relation and promotes the service culture
•Support branch staffs on developing, managing and growing customer relationships,
•Develop and enhance good relationships with community and other financial institutions.
•Prepare schedule for regular face-to-face meetings with the corporate customer of the branch for business discussion at the preference place of the customers,
•Ensure that all customers of the branch are well informed on bank’s product and services
•Refer opportunities to other business segment managers where appropriate
•Develop and monitor bank sales strategies to get area’s competitive advantage
•Provides innovative and productive inputs to enhance the efficiency of the branch and widen the scope of the business to increase revenues as well.
•Support and coordinates the marketing efforts of the branch
•Marketing branch within the community to attract business
•Represents the bank in social and official affairs
•Implement the designed strategy for the growth of quality services and customer recruitment
•Ensure all document related to credit and Trade Service are properly and timely forwarded to the respective organs
•Manage and monitor loan portfolio and ensure that long outstanding suspense accounts are cleared timely.
•Maintains and oversees all banking procedures and processes
•Ensure proper communication of policies, procedures, circulars and other business communications to staff of the branch,
•Approve branches expense as per the limit.
•Ensure effective and proper utilization of branch’s resources,
•Rectify discrepancies and comments reported by internal auditors and controller,
•Monitor, verify, rectify and update all accounting records.
•Ensure compliance and monitoring is in place in accordance with rules, regulations and standards,
•Prepare financial statements and operational reports for the district and head office.
•Checks and balances daily cash on hand against journal and cash book and ensures that subsidiary accounts balance with their respective general ledger positions.
•Keeps custody of revenue stamps, loan security documents, and loan contracts.
•Keeps dual control of petty cash and vault key as needed
•Documents and interprets complicated financial information for bank clients
•Oversees financial reports for taxes, regulatory agencies, and other financial groups relating to branch finance
•Monitoring budgets and ensuring sales targets are met, engaging and motivating staff to achieve objectives.
- Position 2: Principal Credit Analyst
Duty Station: Head Office
Required Competency
•Knowledge of credit policy, procedure, and overall strategic direction of the Bank.
•Knowledge of supervisory organ regulations and directives.
•Analytical skills (mathematical and Statistical knowledge/skill)
•Knowledge of credit risk management.
•Knowledge project management.
•Good communication skill.
•Self-driven and enthusiastic
•Sense of belongingness, integrity and ethical.
•Adaptable, diligent, confident, reliable and motivated person;
•Strong time management skill;
•A very good eye for detail and the ability to work effectively under pressure;
•Able to effectively report results and decisions orally or in writing;
•Able to perform multiple tasks at the same time and prioritize them properly;
•Good understanding on the macro economy of the country;
•Good knowledge on project finance;
•Impeccable understanding of financial statements, ratios and concepts
•Able to comfortable use Microsoft Excel or similar software used to analyze numerical data;
•Excellent IT, analytical, numerical, interpersonal, communication, problem-solving and team working skills.
•Able to briefly evaluate the business plan and feasibility study presented to the bank for loan request;
•Able to undertake extensive appraisal on market, technical, financial viability, organizational and management and socio-economic impact assessment of complex projects independently;
- Education and Experience
MA/MBA or BA Degree in Economics, Accounting, Management, and other Business-related fields and minimum of Seven years for BA and Five years for MA/MBA relevant Banking Experience
- Main Roles and Responsibilities
•Conducting credit analysis/appraisal based on the information and documents obtained from Customers Relationship Manager.
•Conduct quantitative validations, understanding, and measurement and management of credit risk.
•Conducts an in-depth appraisal in respect of the marketability, technical, management, financial, and socio-economic feasibility of the project including environmental impact assessment as appropriate for project loan request;
•Compute/Revise customer’s credit risk rating/grading;
•Based on independent analysis/appraisal, recommend on loan requests and shall forward to Customer Relationship Manager.
•Present the loan case to Credit Approving Committee meetings as resource person and to;
•Keep full analysis Report of approved loans for later use of the Bank.
•Keep in touch that credit analysis constitutes the critical phase of the Bank’s credit granting process.
•Participates in the preparation/revision of credit related policy, manuals and procedures.
•Prepare training materials and provide credit related trainings for credit teams and other organ of the
•Performs other similar duties as deemed necessary.
- Position 3: Credit Analyst
Duty Station: Head Office
Required Competency
•Adaptable, diligent, confident, reliable and motivated person;
•Strong time management skill;
•A very good eye for detail and the ability to work effectively under pressure;
•Able to effectively report results and decisions orally or in writing;
•Able to perform multiple tasks at the same time and prioritize them properly;
•Good understanding on the macro economy of the country;
•Good knowledge on project finance;
•Impeccable understanding of financial statements, ratios and concepts
•Able to comfortable use Microsoft Excel or similar software used to analyze numerical data;
•Excellent IT, analytical, numerical, interpersonal, communication, problem-solving and teamworking skills
Education and Experience
MA/MBA or BA Degree in Economics, Accounting, Management, and other Business-related fields and minimum of Six years for BA and Four years for MA/MBA Relevant Banking Experience.
Main Roles and Responsibilities
•Conducting credit analysis/appraisal based on the information and documents obtained from Customers Relationship Manager.
•Conduct quantitative validations, understanding, and measurement and management of credit risk.
•Conducts an in-depth appraisal in respect of the marketability, technical, management, financial, and socio-economic feasibility of the project including environmental impact assessment as appropriate for project loan request;
•Compute/Revise customer’s credit risk rating/grading;
•Based on independent analysis/appraisal, recommend on loan requests and shall forward to Customer Relationship Manager.
•Present the loan case to Credit Approving Committee meetings as resource person and to;
•Keep full analysis Report of approved loans for later use of the Bank.
•Keep in touch that credit analysis constitutes the critical phase of the Bank’s credit granting process.
•Participates in the preparation/revision of credit related policy, manuals and procedures.
•Prepare training materials and provide credit related trainings for credit teams and other organ of the bank.
•Performs other similar duties as deemed necessary.
- Position 4: Branch Manager 1
- Duty Station: Two branches under Hossana District
•Sankura Branch
(Located SNNP, Silte Zone, Sankura Woreda ,Sankura Town)
•Kella Branch
(Located SNNP,Guraghe Zone,South Sodo, Kella Town)Required Competency
•Banking industry and regulatory bodies directives and legislation knowledge
•Knowledge of banking operation
•Customer relationship skill
•Ability to advice and direct customer
•Strategic thinking and focus
•Ability to understand the strategic direction of the bank
•Knowledge of the bank’s products/services
•Ability to understand the strategic direction of the bank
•Leadership skills
•Risk and compliance management skill
•Communication skills
•Marketing and selling skills
•Planning skill
•Judgmental skills
•Conflict Management and Problem-Solving Skills
•Analytical skills
•Interpersonal skill
- Education and Experience
BA, Degree in Economics, Accounting, Management, and other Business-related fields and minimum of Six years relevant Banking experience
Main Roles and Responsibilities
•Identify and develop new sources of business, to acquire and recruit new potential customers and develop strong relationships, to optimize the utilization of all products and services of the bank
•Retain existing customers by developing and maintaining fruitful relationship with the current customers
•Resolve customer issues i.e: investigates and resolves customer complaints regarding service.
•Ensure customers’ needs are met.
•Guide branch customer service initiatives as per the established service standards of the bank
•Engage branch staffs to reinforces customer relation and promotes the service culture
•Support branch staffs on developing, managing and growing customer relationships,
•Develop and enhance good relationships with community and other financial institutions.
•Prepare schedule for regular face-to-face meetings with the corporate customer of the branch for business discussion at the preference place of the customers,
•Ensure that all customers of the branch are well informed on bank’s product and services
•Refer opportunities to other business segment managers where appropriate
•Develop and monitor bank sales strategies to get area’s competitive advantage
•Provides innovative and productive inputs to enhance the efficiency of the branch and widen the scope of the business to increase revenues as well.
•Support and coordinates the marketing efforts of the branch
•Marketing branch within the community to attract business
•Represents the bank in social and official affairs
•Implement the designed strategy for the growth of quality services and customer recruitment
•Ensure all document related to credit and Trade Service are properly and timely forwarded to the respective organs
•Manage and monitor loan portfolio and ensure that long outstanding suspense accounts are cleared timely.
•Maintains and oversees all banking procedures and processes
•Ensure proper communication of policies, procedures, circulars and other business communications to staff of the branch,
•Approve branches expense as per the limit.
•Ensure effective and proper utilization of branch’s resources,
•Rectify discrepancies and comments reported by internal auditors and controller,
•Monitor, verify, rectify and update all accounting records.
•Ensure compliance and monitoring is in place in accordance with rules, regulations and standards,
•Prepare financial statements and operational reports for the district and head office.
•Checks and balances daily cash on hand against journal and cash book and ensures that subsidiary accounts balance with their respective general ledger positions.
•Keeps custody of revenue stamps, loan security documents, and loan contracts.
•Keeps dual control of petty cash and vault key as needed
•Documents and interprets complicated financial information for bank clients
•Oversees financial reports for taxes, regulatory agencies, and other financial groups relating to branch finance
- Position 5: Manager, Operation Management
Duty Station: Two branches under Hossana District
•Sankura Branch
(Located SNNP, Silte Zone, Sankura Woreda ,Sankura Town)
•Kella Branch
- (Located SNNP,Guraghe Zone,South Sodo, Kella Town)
Required Competency
•Knowledge of the bank’s products/services
•Knowledge of daily GL management
•Understanding of banking operation
•Communication skills
•Marketing skills
•Basic IS skills
•Responsiveness attitude
•Interpersonal skills
•Ability to create team sprit
•Flexibility
•Learning agility skill
•Analytical thinking skill
•Relationship building skill
- Education and Experience
- BA, Degree in Economics, Accounting, Management, and other Business-related fields and minimum of Three years relevant Banking experienceMain Roles and Responsibilities
•Ensures that correct receipts and advices are issued to customers for all transactions.
•Approves and conforms transactions per approval limit.
•Checks and signs general ledger position after verifying its accuracy against proof sheets.
•Reconciles and follows-up accounts, and follow up long outstanding items of suspense nature
•Ensure timely settlement of suspense accounts,
•Ensures proper journalizing, balancing and posting of daily transactions
•Analyzes the genuineness of branch expenses
•Checks, signs or countersigns on documents and all transaction tickets
•Close the income and expense accounts of the branch
•Check blocking order, account closing, lost instruments report and registration of delinquent customers
•Adhere to branch security requirements in control of negotiable instruments
•Balances daily cash transaction
•Ensures the availability & maintenance of working equipment and sufficiency of stationery materials
•Perform other assigned duties by the supervisor
- Position 6: Internal Controller I
- Duty Station: Two branches under Hossana District
•Sankura Branch
(Located SNNP, Silte Zone, Sankura Woreda ,Sankura Town)
•Kella Branch
(Located SNNP,Guraghe Zone,South Sodo, Kella Town)Required Competency
•Understanding of banking operation end-to-end (domestic, foreign and E banking)
•Risk and compliance management skill
•Communication skills
•Critical thinking Skills
•Interpersonal skills
•Report writing skills
•Knowledge of policies, procedures and regulations of the bank
•Knowledge of NBE directives
•Analytical skills
•Basic IS skill
- Education and Experience
- BA, Degree in Economics, Accounting, Management, and other Business-related fields and minimum of one year relevant Banking experience
Main Roles and Responsibilities
Post-check validity of tickets and daily opened accounts, are as per policies and operational procedures of the bank
•Makes sure that computations, journalizing and posting of daily transactions/entries conform with operational procedures,
•Ensures daily transactions are posted to their specific accounts properly
•Checks loan files, disbursements and repayments
•Check documents of trade service activities,
•Ensures all required information on payment and deposit instrument/vouchers are available and correct
•Ensures that payments are effected as per policies, procedures, and directives of the bank
•Post checks the particulars of any payment and deposit tickets,
•Ensure the correctness of customers’ signature for those transactions processed by the makers.
- Position 7: Customer Service Officer
- Duty Station: Three branches under Hossana District
•Sankura Branch
(Located SNNP, Silte Zone, Sankura Woreda ,Sankura Town)
•Kella Branch
(Located SNNP,Guraghe Zone,South Sodo, Kella Town)
•Enseno Branch
(Located SNNP,Misrak Meskan, Enseno Town)
Required Competency
•Knowledge of the bank’s products/services
•Communication skills
•Marketing skills
•Basic IS skills
•Ability to sell in bundle
•Interpersonal skills
•Service minded attitude
•Learning agility (self-updating) attitude
•Analytical thinking
•Relationship building
- Education and Experience
- BA Degree in Management /Marketing /Economics/ Accounting or business-related field with a minimum of One years of relevant banking experienceMain Roles and Responsibilities
Attend customers at the counter properly and with due respect,
•Identify customers,
•Selling the bank products and services
•Process customers’ account opening and perform cross selling activities,
•Properly Manage customer enquiries over the counter with due respect
•Scan customers’ and authorized staffs’ signatures and photos,
•Perform other assigned duties as deemed necessary
- Position 9: Trainee Attorney
- Duty Station: Head Office
Required Competency
Knowledge of basic Banking operations and laws of the country,
•Understanding the Bank’s policy and procedure,
•Working in teams and cooperate to safeguards interest of the bank in legal related matters,
•Understanding and building relationships with internal and external customer,
•Understanding and building research, advisory and litigation skill
•Good communication and computer skill,
•Sense of belongingness, integrity, commitment, quality and prompt service
- Education and Experience
- •LL. B degree in law with CGPA: 2.5 and above
•Only graduates of 2020 and 2021
•Zero year of experience
Main Roles and Responsibilities
•Prepare different cases draft to develop practical experiences,
•Attend regular courts and foreclosure/auction/ process with others to acquire experiences,
•Collects summons and other court orders from court registrar and serve it to the defendant or other concerned organs,
•Work in Team Sprit in collaboration with other attorneys or staffs and participate in attorney panel discussion,
•Copy and compile documents attached to suit or statement of defense or application,
•Respond to branch probate cases request in collaboration with others,
•Perform other activities specified on its power of attorney given from the bank and other duties as directed to him/her,
- Position 10: Driver
Duty Station: Head Office
Required Competency
•Knowledge of national transport rules & regulations
•Time management skill
•Knowledge of Basic auto-mechanics
•Honest & trustworthy
- Education and Experience
- 10th Grade complete or 12th completed with relevant driving license (ህዝብ 1, 3ኛ ደረጃ መንጃ ፍቃድ) with two years’ experience, additional training in mechanics is advantageousMain Roles and Responsibilities
Knowledge adherence national transport rule and regulation
•Ability to work cooperatively and courtesy with others
•Willingness to work under stress and under less favorable condition
•Adherence bank code of conduct ethics
- Position 11: Cash Aid
Duty Station: Head Office and Branches
Required Competency
•Ability to live the core values of the bank
•Interpersonal skills
•Flexible and adaptable.
•Communication skill
•Teamwork attitude
•Collaboration and supportive
- Education and Experience
Diploma or equivalent in any business fields with zero years of experience.
Having COC certificate Examination are mandatory
- Main Roles and Responsibilities
Wrap currency notes that are counted by Senior CSO/CSO
•Arrange and tie bundles into bricks
•Warps deteriorated currency notes
•Counts coins by coin counting machines and/or manually and arrange coins on coin trays
•Delivers cash notes and coins in bag to and from vault and cash rooms
•Opens and closes money boxes
•Arrange and supplies to the cash room strings, sponge, glue, and paper
•Performs other duties as and when assigned.
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For all the above positions:
The applicants must have desirable skill, knowledge and attributes.
The applicant must have proven proficiency in Afan Oromo, Amharic and English Languages.
Remuneration: As per the Bank’s salary scale and benefit scheme
Terms of employment: Permanent after probationary period
Registration Deadline: October 14, 2021
Place of Registration: HCM located on Bole Road, on Dembel City Center 4th Floor (Kindly uses lift no 6)
Interested applicants who fulfill the above criteria can submit their copies of non-returnable CV with the application letter and copy of credentials; including copy of grade 8 ministry certificate and other supportive documents. Applicants should appear in person within original documents within seven working days from the date of announcement.
- About Cooperative Bank of Oromia Cooperative Bank of Oromia is a private commercial bank in Ethiopia . As of June 2021, the bank has about 7.73 Million account holders, which makes the bank the leading private bank in this regard.
Number of employees5,174+ (As of June, 2021) Website www.coopbankoromia.com.et
