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Are you looking for Administrative jobs in Uganda 2024? If yes, then you might be interested in Head Strategy Employment Opportunity – Pride Microfinance Limited

Kampala, Uganda

Full-time

Deadline:

17 Aug 2024

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About the Organisation

Pride Microfinance Ltd (MDI) is a Microfinance Deposit- taking institution regulated and supervised by Bank of Uganda (BoU) under the MDI Act, 2003 and MDI Regulations, 2004. From inception, Pride has grown to become the leading MDI in Uganda, providing innovative financial solutions to the economically vulnerable people. Pride serves its customers through 34 networked branches spread across the country and 10 contact offices

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Job Title

Head Strategy Employment Opportunity – Pride Microfinance Limited

Job Description

Pride Microfinance Limited is a Microfinance Deposit- taking Institution regulated and supervised by Bank of Uganda (BoU) under the MDI Act, 2003 and MDI Regulations, 2004 with a capital base of Ugx. 168.6 billion. Pride’s purpose is transforming lives responsibly. Pride offers innovative financial solutions to largely people at the base of the economic pyramid and serves its customers through 40 networked branches and 6 contact offices spread across the country and implements sustainability sound practices throughout its business operations to create a positive impact through three sustainability pillars; economic, environment, and social as well as contributing to the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) and their investable sub-goals that relate to microfinance activities.

Job Summary: The Head Strategy will report to the Managing Director and will be required to develop the Bank’s strategic plans and projects, oversee and support monitoring and reporting on their implementation. He/she will be accountable for leading all internal processes for competitor benchmarking, industry intelligence and research, consumer knowledge, product development and development of strategic initiatives as well as coordinating donor funding.

Duties and Responsibilities

Coordinate the development and review of the corporate and department plans of the Bank in line with the projected business growth levels thus ensuring the successful support of the Bank’s business plan.
Drive the development of the Bank wide strategies utilizing and capitalizing on competitive market intelligence.
Lead the implementation of the diverse or related portfolios of initiatives (Program management) in a congruent manner, identify cross functional impacts and uncover potential synergies in the planning & execution of strategic initiatives.
Support the EXCO in the cascading of strategic objectives across the entire Pride and to monitor their implementation.

Responsible for the development and refinement of the Bank’s products and services that support implementation of the strategic plan.
Identify, analyse, and monitor all the material strategic risks that may prevent the achievement of strategic objectives and propose an action plan to mitigate these risks.
Provide a thorough and objective assessment of strategic opportunities and make recommendations to different stakeholders in line with the Bank’s overall strategy, business model and risk appetite.