BANK OFFICER (X 3) AT Twiga Bancorp Limited (TBCL)

Twiga Bancorp Limited (TBCL) is a fast growing Non-Bank Financial Institution established under the Banking and Financial Institution Act (1991). The Institution has five Branches, two in Dar es Salaam and one each in Arusha, Dodoma and Mwanza, and sub -branch at the Julius Nyerere International Air port and Nyerere Memorial Academy Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam as well as a service outlet in Bunda. The Institution is in the process of managing changes by reengineering its organizational structure, introducing new products and reinforcing efficiency and professionalism in its operations. The bank bas recently migrated to a state-of-the art banking software.
In order to effect the envisaged changes, the Institution invites suitable applicants to fill the following posts.

BANK OFFICER (X 3) POSITION

APPOINTING AUTHORITY: Chief Executive Officer
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assigned Officer
SALARY SCALE: TBSS. 5

ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS
Holders of Degree in Banking, Finance Management, Economics, Accountancy or its equivalent from a recognized Institution.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Sorting, collecting and posting of vouchers.
Recording incoming and out-going mails.
Working out simple calculations and checking.
Stamping and machine listing of vouchers and other documents.
Attending customers over the counter very politely and quickly.
Carrying out telling duties under close supervision of assigned officer .
Preparing simple returns, summaries and maintaining registers.
Doing simple reconciliation work.
Collecting, scrutinizing and arranging vouchers.
Posting ledgers
Posting of statements
Verification of signatures and scrutinizing vouchers for posting to different ledgers.
Posting of Profit and Loss Accounts, Bills payable accounts, Cables and Telegrams.
To maintain and improve Banker / Customer relations.
Performs telling duties such as:-
Receiving deposits which may consist of cash, cheques, postal and
money orders,
Counting cash deposited and ensures that it is correctly entered on the deposit slips.
Scrutinizing cheques and postal and money orders deposited in order to ensure that the customer has a title to the instrument.
Receiving and registering Foreign Bills, Payment Procedures and notification to customer's drawer banks.
Carrying out the duties of establishing Letter of Credits guarantees and Indemnities and security bonds.
Be conversant with recent exchange control regulations in connection with Import / Export Business.
Handling purchase of Foreign Currencies, cheques, drafts and
Travelers' cheques from customers at the applicable buying rate.
Accepting Tanzania shillings for the sale of Foreign in the form of
Mail Transfers, Telegraphic Transfer and Drafts.
Buying sufficient stock of Foreign Currency notes and coins to meet normal requirements.
Keeping sufficient stock of Foreign Currency notes and coins to meet normal requirements.
Undertaking internal transfer of cash form.
Preparing of final statement of the total receipts and payments of cash by the branch.
Carrying out calculations intended to arrive at the overall cash position of the branch and arranging to keep just sufficient cash in the branch to meet normal requirements.
Performs any other duties as may be assigned by supervisor

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Applications should include the following:
Typed letter of application hand-signed by the applicant Detailed CV
Photocopies of relevant Certificates
Two recent passport size photographs of the applicant
Name of at least two referees with complete contact details including office and residential address, postal address, fax number, telephone/ mobile telephone numbers and e-mail address and nature of relationship. .

Applications should be addressed to:
The Chief Executive Officer,
Twiga Bancorp Limited,
P.O.Box 10119
Dar es Salaam.
Physical address: Samora avenue, Dar es Salaam