Job Description

The Land and Agricultural Development Bank of South Africa (Land Bank) is South Africaxe2x80x99s only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bankxe2x80x99s sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• The Credit Manager is responsible for the overall applications receivable from Commercial Development and Business Banking (CDBB) portfolio assigned to their defined region as it relates to credit assessment function and credit risk management of new business, existing business and restructured accounts.
• Manage the end to end credit process of Commercial Development and Business Banking clients in order to enable Land Bank to provide sustainable financing to Commercial Development and Business Banking farmers.
• Collectively approve loans and credit limits under delegated authority within the Commercial Credit Committee (CCC) structure and review transactions for recommendation within delegated authority mandate.
• Find innovative credit solutions for Commercial Development and Business Banking clients in order to ensure that credit risks in this target market are adequately assessed, mitigated and controlled.
• Co-ordinate Commercial Credit Committee (CCC) , Credit Adjudication Committee (CAC) and Pricing Committee meetings; manage committee processes and policies, and act as an information and reference point for the Chairman and other committee members.
• Manage, control and authorise tasks performed by subordinates ( output of the Credit Analysts and Credit Administrators)
• Effectively liaise and communicate with the relevant stakeholders within the Land Bank to action performance gaps and variances in the credit evaluation process.
• Actively provide input in the review and or improvement of the Credit Policy and Procedures in order to enhance and ensure that the legal and business requirements are met.
• Management of the records ( minutes, agendas, decision forms, registers, ratings and declarations) and safe keeping of all CRMC, CCC, CAC and Pricing committee meetings attended

Land Bank