Home Loan Specialist -Thika at Home Loan Specialist -Thika
Full time @Absa Bank Limited posted 4 weeks ago in Business and Finance Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Experience 2 Years
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
Job Summary
- To recruit and retain Home Loan customers
- To deliver exceptional retail business performance through Home Loan sales & excellent customer service
- To develop and maintain a high profile for Home Loans within several branches
- To ensure that all aspects of operational rigour are maintained when involved in the home loan process
Job Description
Key accountabilities/Deliverables/Outcomes.
Sales and Service  75%
- Drive and deliver exceptional sales performance by identifying and meeting customers’ home loan needs
- Achieve & Exceed Home Loan & Cross Sale Targets
- Utilise the standard sales process to identify customers’ Home Loan requirements
- Facilitate customer understanding of the Home Loan procedure and process
- Champion and manage Home Loan product & channels
- Own and drive the outlet home loan sales objectives/targets
- Maintain Home Loan sales performance statistics for management information usage.
- Manage customer queries and complaints by taking ownership, escalating where necessary and resolving in a timely manner.
- Identify when & where to refer customers to an appropriate area of delivery for other product sales, help, or advice
- Ensure documentation, such as the home loan application and internal submission forms, is fully completed & error free.
- Deliver world-class customer service practices and ensure adherence to Barclays Service standards.
- Accurate collation and packaging of relevant documents for processing.
- Conduct branch Home Loan marketing campaigns and participate in country-level campaigns
 Operational Rigour Practices  15%
- Achieve operational rigour excellence in all aspects of procedures and processes undertaken to ensure satisfactory audit.
- Follow the Retail end-to-end procedures for Home Loans, ensuring new accounts are KYC compliant
- Ensure compliance with operations risk & rigour requirements e.g. Health & Safety standards and security of premises.
- Ensure the Bank’s Home Loan lending criteria is met
Team Working   5%
- Build effective relationships with branch staff and key support functions, e.g. service delivery and risk, to develop networking for potential Home Loan referrals.
- Share knowledge, experience, and best practices with other team members.
- Provide cover for other Home Loan Advisors at all levels when required.
- Provide honest, direct, and constructive feedback to others, as well as progress on leads/referrals.
- Build relationships with external stakeholders to obtain external sales leads and business relationships with third parties.
Self-Development  5%
- Agree performance development objectives with the team leader.
- Pursue self-development to increase personal effectiveness, acknowledging strengths and areas for development.
Role/person specification
Qualification
- Bachelor’s Degree
Knowledge and Skills
- A good understanding of Retail goals & objectives
- A good understanding of the outlet’s objectives – growth of sales, cost control, and income contribution
- A thorough understanding of the sales process
- An in-depth knowledge of the Home Loan product and lending policy.
- Good working knowledge of the internal and generic Home Loan, purchasing, and related processes.
- A good working knowledge and understanding of relevant Home Loan legislation, e.g., KYC, Money laundering, banking code, service standards, health & safety standards, etc.
- A working knowledge of procedure manuals
- A thorough knowledge of the bank’s tariff, products, and services
- A thorough knowledge of the bank’s internal departments, systems & procedures as well as risk & rigour requirements.
Other requirements specific to the role:
- A high level of drive and determination
- Completion of certificate on Home Loan product training
- Knowledge of legal processes involved with property purchase
- A sound working knowledge of our competitors’ products & services
Training likely to assist effectiveness in the role and may have been completed prior to undertaking this role:
- Home Loan product and process knowledge
- Sales & marketing
- KYC & Operational Rigour
- Influencing & negotiation
- Time management
- PC Skills
Additional details of exceptional aspects of the demands of the role:
- May be required to move outside branch for sales purposes
- Will be required to support sales initiatives during campaigns
- May be required to provide cover outside of home branch
- The working environment may be highly demanding and challenging
- An understanding of the current country’s economic trend

