Banking Careers: Ecobank Relationship Manager Vacancies
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- Hiring Entity: Ecobank Zimbabwe (The Pan African Bank)
- Position: Relationship Managers
- Departments: 1. Corporate & Investment Banking | 2. Commercial Banking
- Primary Deliverables: Portfolio growth, liability (deposit) mobilization, and asset generation
- Risk Mandates: Portfolio NPL capped below 3%, Operational Losses capped below 0.3%
- Application Deadline: 4 June 2026 (11:59 p.m.)
Ecobank, the leading Pan-African banking conglomerate, has issued a call for applications from suitably qualified and experienced banking professionals to fill multiple Ecobank Relationship Manager vacancies within its registered commercial banking operations in Zimbabwe. The institution is looking to recruit results-driven professionals for two core transactional divisions: Corporate & Investment Banking and Commercial Banking.
The selected Ecobank Relationship Manager will assume full ownership of high-value client portfolios, driving aggressive customer acquisition, liability mobilization, and multi-product cross-selling initiatives to maximize the bank’s total wallet share and sustainable profitability.
Key Responsibilities and Portfolio Deliverables
The role of an Ecobank Relationship Manager combines active commercial business development with strict portfolio credit risk monitoring.
1. Sales Execution and Wallet Share Growth
- Financial Target Delivery: Meeting and exceeding set institutional targets for low-cost deposits, risk assets, structured transactions, and overall net banking revenues.
- Asset & Liability Mobilization: Executing tactical customer engagement strategies to drive consistent growth in the bank’s loan portfolios (assets) and core deposits (liabilities).
- Cross-Sell Optimization: Analyzing existing client operating models to systematically improve the customer product cross-sell ratio through trade finance, cash management, and digital banking deployments.
2. Portfolio Management and Risk Control
- Credit Compliance: Maintaining total alignment with Corporate Banking Credit Policies and Procedures, ensuring clean maintenance of physical and digital credit files.
- Risk Threshold Compliance: Enforcing underwriting and monitoring rigor to ensure the assigned portfolio’s Non-Performing Loans (NPL) do not exceed a strict 3% ceiling.
- Loss Mitigation: Managing operational risks during client on-boarding and daily transaction clearing to keep overall operational losses below a maximum threshold of 0.3%.
- Financial Tracking: Maintaining accurate, real-time portfolio performance metrics, including comprehensive sales trackers, provisions, and income pipelines.
3. Regulatory Compliance and Client Care
- Controls & KYC: Verifying continuous customer compliance with operational standards, Credit Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements, and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) statutory protocols.
- Resolution Ownership: Serving as the principal point of contact for corporate client grievances, leading internal resolution workflows in tandem with credit and financial analysts.
- Policy Advisory: Actively updating high-net-worth clients on emerging updates across external banking regulations and internal central bank operational policies.
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Essential Qualifications and Experience Criteria
The human resource evaluation committee targets corporate banking professionals who combine strong credit assessment capabilities with high-level negotiation traits for consideration for the Ecobank Relationship Manager.
| Evaluation Category | Institutional Selection Standard |
| Academic Background | Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Banking, Economics, Business Administration, or a closely related financial discipline. |
| Account Relationship | Proven track record in corporate or commercial account relationship management within a tier-1 commercial banking environment. |
| Risk & Credit Mastery | Deep operational familiarity with credit underwriting cycles, loan structuring, and formal risk evaluation procedures. |
| Leadership Traits | Strong supervisory skills, client management capacity, and the ability to provide portfolio cover for peer relationship managers. |
Application Guidelines and Submission Protocol
Ecobank Zimbabwe is a registered commercial bank and a member of the Deposit Protection Corporation (DPC). It operates as an equal opportunity employer committed to cultivating a high-performing and inclusive financial services team.
Required Submission Dossier:
- Applicants for the Ecobank Relationship Manager vacancy must submit a detailed, tailored Cover Letter clarifying your departmental preference (Corporate & Investment Banking or Commercial Banking).
- A comprehensive, updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) explicitly itemizing past portfolio sizes, managed deposit bases, and historical NPL performance.
- Relevant copies of certified academic and professional certifications.
Submission E-mail Address: All Ecobank Relationship Manager vacancy applications elements must be fully compiled into a single digital profile and sent via email to:
Important Deadline Notice: To be considered for the Ecobank Relationship Manager ensure that your complete digital dossier is successfully captured by the human resources mail server no later than 11:59 p.m. on 4 June 2026. Late submissions or applications lacking detailed portfolio performance track records will be automatically filtered out of the active selection pool. Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for technical banking panels and credit competence assessments.
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