Business Origination Manager (Food and Agriculture)

Equity Bank is one of the region’s leading banks whose purpose is to transform the lives and livelihoods of the people of Africa socially and economically by availing them modern and inclusive financial services that maximize their opportunities. With a strong footprint in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, South Sudan and DRC Congo, Equity Bank is now home to over 12 million customers - the largest customer base in Africa. Currently the Bank is seeking additional talent to serve in the below role: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...