Saving Manager

About the role

World Vision is recruiting a Saving Manager for its Head Office in Tanzania. The post covers the institution's savings mobilization strategy, deposit portfolio management and product development, and is offered on a local fixed-term contract.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement the savings mobilization strategy, translating deposit targets into branch, regional and individual targets and growing deposits from individuals, micro and small enterprises, groups and institutions.
• Grow total deposits, average balances and active accounts, retain depositors and re-activate dormant accounts, while monitoring deposit costs and working with Finance and Treasury on liquidity and funding.
• Collaborate on savings products, promote affordable solutions for low-income households, rural communities, women, youth and microentrepreneurs, and support digital savings channels.
• Support branches with action plans, coach branch managers and frontline teams, and run corrective action plans for underperforming branches.
• Build relationships with key depositors, business customers, community groups and strategic partners, and embed ethical selling and transparent communication.
• Produce periodic savings reports, dashboards and forecasts, and present performance updates to senior management.
• Ensure compliance with banking laws, KYC, AML/CFT, customer due diligence and data protection, and work with Risk, Compliance and Operations on control weaknesses.
• Lead and build the capacity of branch and sales teams, set performance expectations and coach staff.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant experience in banking, microfinance, deposit mobilization, business development, sales or relationship management, including two years in a supervisory role.
• Experience in strategic planning, budgeting, operations, deposit product and systems development, and risk management.
• Knowledge of micro, small and medium enterprise market segments in Tanzania.
• Desired: local language skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently and as part of a team, and commitment to the social mission of microfinance.

Required skills

• Strong leadership, people management and communication skills.
• Analytical skills and financial analysis, with the ability to present financial information to specialists and non-specialists.
• Understanding of financial and banking software, preferably T24.