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Business Development Officer

Full-time

Mecer Consulting Limited

Job title : Business Development Officer

Job Location : Abia Deadline : June 30, 2026 Quick Recommended Links

Job Summary

  • The Business Development Officer will be responsible for driving customer acquisition, loan origination, deposit mobilisation and relationship management within the consumer banking and business banking segments.
  • The role is specifically focused on candidates with experience in SME lending, IPPIS lending and FMCG business financing. The ideal candidate must be target-driven, commercially aware, experienced in credit marketing, and able to generate quality loan customers while maintaining strong repayment discipline.

Key Responsibilities

  • Market and sell consumer banking and business banking products.
  • Source and manage SME loan customers, especially within the FMCG sector.
  • Drive IPPIS lending by identifying eligible salary earners and processing loan applications.
  • Build and maintain relationships with SMEs, traders, distributors, retailers and salary earners.
  • Conduct preliminary customer assessment and collect required loan documentation.
  • Support credit appraisal by providing accurate customer and business information.
  • Follow up on loan repayments and support recovery where necessary.
  • Mobilise deposits and grow the customer base.
  • Meet assigned sales, loan disbursement and repayment targets.
  • Prepare periodic marketing, loan pipeline and customer activity reports.
  • Monitor customer accounts and identify cross-selling opportunities.
  • Ensure compliance with lending policies, KYC requirements and internal procedures.

Required Qualifications

  • Minimum of OND, HND or Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Banking and Finance, Marketing, Economics, Accounting or any related field.
  • Additional training in credit, sales, microfinance or relationship management will be an advantage.

Experience:

  • Minimum of 2 years’ relevant experience in business development, credit marketing, SME lending, microfinance, cooperative lending or consumer banking.
  • Experience in IPPIS lending is required.
  • Experience in SME/FMCG lending is strongly preferred.
  • Proven ability to generate loan customers and manage customer relationships.
Vacancy posted 8 hours ago
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