Job Description

About Ecobank

Ecobank is the leading pan-African banking group, operating in 34 African countries, with 4 representative offices outside Africa: Paris, London, Dubai, and Beijing. We are committed to driving financial integration and economic transformation through accessible, innovative, and inclusive banking solutions. In Rwanda, we play an essential role in enabling businesses to grow, trade, and thrive in a rapidly evolving economy.

Our Values – We RACE IT

Our culture is rooted in a shared set of values that define how we work, lead, and grow together:

• Respect: We treat others with dignity and listen actively.

• Accountability: We own our responsibilities and deliver on our promises.

• Customer Centricity: We put clients at the heart of every decision.

• Excellence: We strive for high performance and impactful results.

• Integrity: We do the right thing—always.

• Teamwork: We believe in collaboration across teams, countries, and cultures.

Together, we RACE IT — with courage, purpose, and a shared vision for a stronger Africa.

Key Responsibilities:

• Acquire, develop, retain, and deepen relationships with Local Corporate customers.
• Develop account plans, identify business opportunities, and grow deposits, lending, transaction banking, trade finance, foreign exchange, digital banking, and other revenue-generating products.
• Build strong relationships with senior customer decision-makers and position Ecobank as a strategic financial partner.
• Conduct customer visits, understand financing and transaction needs, and deliver commercially viable banking solutions.
• Drive cross-selling, wallet-share growth, customer retention, and adoption of digital and transactional banking solutions.
• Originate, analyse, structure, and manage quality credit facilities in line with the Bank’s credit policies and risk appetite.
• Prepare high-quality credit proposals, financial analysis, annual reviews, and supporting documentation within agreed timelines.
• Monitor portfolio performance, arrears, covenant compliance, collateral, insurance, and emerging credit risks; take proactive corrective action where necessary.
• Ensure compliance with KYC, AML/CFT, sanctions, BNR regulations, internal policies, and all applicable risk and operational controls.
• Maintain complete and accurate customer records, credit files, call reports, forecasts, and portfolio-management information.
• Collaborate closely with Credit, Risk, Operations, Treasury, Transaction Banking, Product, Compliance, and other internal stakeholders to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Deliver excellent customer experience through prompt resolution of requests, complaints, and outstanding matters.
• Own and grow the assigned portfolio, delivering agreed KPIs across deposits, risk assets, transactions, revenue, profitability, wallet share, and customer acquisition.
• Drive the Local Corporate (LOC) value chain across key sectors and customer ecosystems, identifying opportunities to grow the Bank's share of customer business.
• Proactively manage portfolio quality and recoveries, including monitoring PDOs/NPLs, facility utilization, repayments, collateral, insurance, conditions of approval, and recovery of past-due and written-off obligations.
• Drive digital adoption and customer migration to the Bank's digital and transactional platforms, including OMNI Lite, OMNI Plus, POS, and Ecobank Pay.

Key relationships:

Internal:

• All departments

Who We’re Looking For:

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Finance, Economics, Commerce, Accounting, Marketing, or a related field.
• Professional qualifications in banking, finance, credit, or relationship management are an added advantage.
• At least five years of relevant experience in banking or financial services.
• At least three years of demonstrated experience in corporate and commercial relationship management.
• Proven experience in business development, corporate credit analysis, credit origination, financial analysis, and portfolio management.
• Strong knowledge of lending, deposits, cash management, trade finance, foreign exchange, and digital banking solutions.
• Sound understanding of the local business environment, corporate banking market, credit risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Strong commercial acumen, negotiation, communication, relationship-building, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• High level of integrity, accountability, customer focus, teamwork, and risk awareness.

Skills & Capabilities

• Customer Focus, result oriented and team player.
• Good Verbal and written communication skills in relevant languages

• Good organizational and time management skills are desirable

Personal Attributes

• Collaborative and persuasive.

• Proactive problem solver

What You’ll Get

• An inclusive and growth-driven workplace.

• Regional exposure and career development opportunities.

• Performance-based incentives and a supportive team culture.

• The chance to make a meaningful contribution to Rwanda’s corporate banking space.

To Apply

Submit your application by August 28th, 2026, by 6:00PM via our career portal.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment

Ecobank is committed to providing equal opportunities to all and fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. To this end, we encourage applications from individuals regardless of their nationality, race, gender, age, social class, religion, beliefs, and disability while fully adhering to the local laws and regulations established where Ecobank operates. Women are strongly encouraged to apply. We ensure fair treatment and equal opportunity at every step of our recruitment process.

Recruitment Integrity

• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

• Employment is conditional upon successful background checks and verification.

• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references.