About Us:

Ranked in 2024 by the Financial Times, Moniepoint is Africa’s fastest-growing fintech, trusted by over 10 million business and individual accounts , processing billions of Naira in transactions monthly . Our mission is to enable financial happiness for every African, everywhere.

Job Title: Field Credit Officer

Reports to: Regional Credit Manager

Employment Type: Outsourced

Work Mode: Onsite

Location: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo

About this role:

As a Field Credit Officer, you would be saddled with the duty of onboarding and managing businesses that would access our credit products. You would be tasked with growing your loan portfolio while maintaining profitability by ensuring that all loans are repaid as and when due. As a result, you would play a vital role in the assessment of these businesses during their credit application and leverage innovative tools we have developed to help you monitor their performance during the course of the loan.

You would also be responsible for making deductions from several information sources about the 5Cs of credit, with capacity, character, and capital as major priorities. Make recommendations to management before, during, and after the disbursement of a loan facility as to the best actions to be taken, considering several economic factors.

Responsibilities:

Identify and onboard viable businesses within your assigned geographical area to open business accounts with Moniepoint
Engage customers to ensure optimal usage of accounts to allow them to qualify for access to credit
Review and approve (or decline) loan requests by thoroughly analyzing all the data available
Embark on physical visitation to potential borrowers’ business places for evaluation of business books, taking inventory and turnover into consideration
Meet gross loan portfolio targets and portfolio profit targets by maintaining a healthy number of loan customers while ensuring that all loans in portfolio are performing
Monitor active loan portfolio to ensure continued use of business account and loan repayment performance
Perform all other credit-related functions as may be assigned by a supervisor

Experience & Background:

Minimum of an OND in any business-related discipline
Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a sales role for credit products in a financial institution
Demonstrable knowledge of credit risk analysis
Good knowledge of financial analysis is an added advantage
Must be resident in any of these locations ( please indicate your preferred location on your cv)
- Abia: Aba, Osisioma, Ohafia, Ukwa, Abia North, Abia Central
- Anambra: Anambra Central 1, Anambra South, Anambra Central 2, Anamra North
- Ebonyi: Ebonyi North, Ebonyi South
- Enugu: Enugu East, Enugu West, Enugu North
- Imo: Imo East, Imo West and Imo North

Skills & Competencies:

Apt attention to details
Proven simple/complex analytical skills
Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills
Agility and perseverance

What success looks like in this role:

Consistent achievement of gross loan portfolio targets and portfolio profit targets.
Maintaining a healthy, performing loan portfolio with minimized default rates through rigorous physical visitations and monitoring.
Successful onboarding and engagement of viable businesses that actively utilize Moniepoint business accounts.
Accurate credit risk assessments based on key factors like capacity, character, and capital.

Why join us:

Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities.
Opportunity to work with Africa’s fastest-growing fintech and make a direct impact on business growth across the region.

Field Credit Officer (South East)