# Business Origination Manager Job Equity Bank, Nairobi, Kenya Canonical URL: https://primejobalerts.com/jobs/business-origination-manager-job-equity-bank-nairobi-kenya Company: Equity Bank, Nairobi, Kenya Category: Banking & Financial Services Location: Kenya Work type: Full-time Work arrangement: On-site Published: 2026-07-25 Expires: 2026-09-10 ## Job Description ### Job Purpose The purpose of the role is to undertake the initial review, structuring, and packaging of SME and Corporate F&A credit facilities, ensuring full compliance with credit policy and completeness of appraisal documentation prior to onward submission to the Credit Risk Department for independent review and approval. ### Key Responsibilities - Prepare, review, and analyse Food & Agriculture (F&A) credit proposals for presentation to EXCO, ensuring sound financial analysis, risk assessment, and alignment with credit policy. - Present F&A business cases to the Credit Risk Department and, where required, to relevant Credit Committees to support informed credit decision-making. - Contribute to the development, review, and enhancement of F&A risk policies, ensuring responsiveness to evolving industry and regulatory dynamics. - Develop, maintain, and continuously review F&A business templates to standardize credit appraisal and approval processes. - Establish, maintain, and periodically review F&A client profiling criteria to guide risk segmentation and portfolio quality management. - Design and update F&A business review matrices across key agricultural and food value chains to support consistent risk evaluation. - Provide advisory support on F&A industry trends, subsector dynamics, and emerging risk considerations to inform strategic credit decisions. - Regularly review the F&A business portfolio, including conducting stress testing based on prevailing and emerging industry and macroeconomic risk factors. - Develop, implement, and keep updated F&A Environmental and Social (E&S) compliance policies in line with regulatory and sustainability requirements. - Build capability across the business by training branch staff and providing ongoing support in the resolution of credit risk–related issues as they arise. Qualifications ### Education and Qualification - Holder Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in agriculture related courses such as Agricultural Economics, - Agribusiness, Food sciences, Technology, agriculture finance or related field. - AKIB/ACIB/CPA/ACCA/Credit Management or CFA would be an added advantage - Competence in the use of standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Sector analysis tools, etc.) - Minimum of eight (8) years’ progressive experience in the Food & Agriculture sector, with at least five (5) years in technical credit analysis within a banking or financial services environment. - Proven experience in assessing client financial needs and structuring well-articulated credit proposals aligned to business and risk requirements. - Strong capability in analyzing financial statements and translating them into standardized credit appraisal formats and systems. - Demonstrated ability to evaluate industry dynamics and macroeconomic factors and apply these insights to credit decision-making. - Experience in identifying capability gaps within SME and Corporate banking teams, with a track record of training, mentoring, and coaching staff to enhance performance. - Up-to-date knowledge of Food & Agriculture sector trends, with the ability to continuously refine analytical tools, frameworks, and credit assessment approaches. ### Key Skills and Competencies - Deep expertise in debt structuring and syndications - Strong credit judgment and risk awareness - Leadership and people development capability - Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills - Strategic mindset with strong execution discipline - Commercially astute and client-centric - High integrity and governance focus - Resilient, decisive, and results-oriented ### How to Apply Click here to apply ## Apply Use the canonical Prime Job Alerts page for full application instructions and source verification.