Islamic Banking Regional Manager at FNB South Africa

Job Description

• To develop a regional strategy that is aligned to Business strategy To lead a sales team to execute on the strategy in order to achieve business objectives across Retail, Commercial, Rest of Africa, Corporate and Institutional for FirstRand Islamic Financial Services To be responsible for the retention and growth of the customer base (market share).

The Ideal candidate must have the following exposure:

• Develop a regional strategy across Retail and Commercial (R&C) aligned to business strategy and ensure execution thereof
• Provide input into Islamic business strategy
• Track, control and influence sales activities with the specific aim to increase Revenue growth for Retail, Commercial, Corporate and Institutional
• Monitor cost activities and collection of revenue and measure cost to income against set targets and place measures in place to address any discrepancies
• Determine targets for revenue growth
• Achieve net profit growth for the region
• Maximise Business Portfolio cross sell opportunities and strengthen client relationships
• Ensure optimal segmentation within region
• Overall responsible for the management and growth of the business across the region
• Contribute to the successful implementation of campaigns by setting standards and supporting execution
• Plan and manage execution of campaigns successfully and on schedule
• Maintain operational accountability for all campaign execution
• Set standards and benchmarks for measuring successful campaign execution
• Provide support at relevant committees and influence approval on Islamic product deals
• Coordinate and facilitate all approved strategic projects
• Comply with governance in terms of Shari’ah principles, legislative and audit requirements
• Identify interconnected problems, determine its impact and use to develop best fit alternatives; driving best practice solutions
• Be aware of, and responsive to local market conditions
• Analyse competitor information to develop a strategic plan to acquire new business
• Improve business decisions by analysing reliable customer data from the Business Intelligence team to identify gaps and opportunities for the sales team to cross sell
• Ensure that sales strategies are aligned across the customer value proposition
• Manage team or teams in areas of responsibility in delivery against performance targets and achievement of wider human capital objectives

​​​​​​​You will be an ideal candidate if you:

• Relevant Degree.
• 5+ year’s relevant Relationship Management experience.
• 5 + years in the financial / banking sector.
• RE5 qualification and KI Individuals
• Must be able to do Supervision
• Have people management skills

End Date: October 17, 2025