Citi Country Officer (CCO) & Banking Head – Tanzania
The Citi Country Officer (CCO) and Banking Head Tanzania will be the face of Citi in the country playing an instrumental role in leading the growth and protecting the Citi franchise in the country. The role will involve implementing a focused, client-centric strategy to optimize the business opportunities for the country. The candidate will be responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships by understanding clients’ needs and delivering the best of Citi.
The Job holder will be the main representative of Citi in front of the Tanzania government, relevant regulators, clients, media, and community. They will acts as first line of defense with regards to assessing risks to safeguard the franchise, its clients, assets as well as its employees while ensuring compliance to all applicable laws, regulations, and institutional guidelines. They will partner with Citi’s International organization to drive client engagement and delivery across all lines of business. The CCO and Banking Head will be responsible for attracting and retaining key talent while fostering a work environment that supports psychological safety and wellbeing of the employees.
Qualifications and Skills
- Minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
- Strong Corporate Finance and Credit skills.
- Business Management and running a P&L.
- In-depth experience and understanding of banking products – loans / debts (short and long-term), capital management, cash management, trade products; corporate and structured finance; DCM; derivatives products.
- Relationship/stakeholder management with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven leadership skills and strategic thinking to create momentum and a collective agenda across multiple products with a diverse population and competing priorities.
- Ability to anticipate and lead the organizational response to future changes and translate vision into executable plans.
- Ability to drive and foster simplification to achieve efficiency.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree.
- Master’s degree preferred.
