Senior Relationship Manager – Corporate Banking (Kuwait Branch)

Doha Bank; Kuwait City; On-site; KWD 18,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Doha Bank in Kuwait City seeks a senior Corporate Banking specialist to drive revenue and market share growth across an assigned portfolio and new clients. You will expertly recommend banking, financial, and risk-related solutions to meet client needs while aligning with regulatory standards.

Key responsibilities include acquiring new clients, managing wallet share, cross-selling products, and ensuring timely KYC/AML compliance, credit reviews, and portfolio monitoring in a dynamic corporate

Qualifications

• University degree in Business, Banking or Finance.
• Master’s degree is a plus.
• 8–12 years in financial services/banking with corporate relationship management.
• Strong understanding of local banking regulations and environment.

Responsibilities

• Acquire new corporate banking clients and service existing ones to grow market share.
• Manage wallet share across products and coordinate with TL/Section Head to increase client value.
• Ensure KYC/AML compliance and timely credit reviews.
• Prepare and review credit applications, translate financials into credit assessments for committees.
• Cross-sell products including trade finance, cash management, structured finance, and treasury services.
• Maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders to meet business needs.

Skills

Relationship management

Corporate banking knowledge

KYC/AML compliance

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/ Banking/ Finance

Master’s degree in Management or related discipline

Job description

Role Objective

The incumbent will achieve the revenue and market share growth objectives through the assigned portfolio and through acquisition of new clients from the Corporate Banking sector. The job holder is expected to be adept with all aspects of banking services and shall suitably recommend banking, financial and risk related solutions to their clients on ongoing basis to ensure incremental market share growth. The incumbent is expected to have a thorough understanding of the local corporate banking sector and update themselves on the latest developments within the sector. The Job holder shall be required to carefully analyze the opportunities and challenges within the sector and communicate to the line management and explore suitable solutions on a regular basis.

Detailed Roles and Responsibilities:

• Keep abreast of the industry or sector, its composition, players and competitive forces within the sector and the latest development within the sector, including regulatory guidelines.
• Establish robust working relationships leading to acquisition of new clients and servicing of existing and new clients across product ranges available in the bank to enhance the market share and revenue growth for the bank.
• Understand the wallet share of each client across product range/service and draw plans in close coordination with the TL/Section Head to increase the wallet share from each client for the bank.
• Develop and maintain robust working relationships with internal/external stakeholders to facilitate and capitalize on functional / operational/ strategic needs.
• Solicit new clients to bank from the corporate banking sector and ensure prompt servicing the existing clients on regular basis.
• Monitor the portfolio on a regular basis to ensure facility renewals, credit ratings, documentations are done on timely basis and KYC and AML requirements are satisfied on an on-going basis.
• Ensure cross sale of products including but not limited to trade finance, cash management, structured finance, corporate finance, treasury related, insurance and retail banking products and track the achievements against the assigned targets.
• Contribute towards the preparation/amendment of policies and procedures within the section, in line with the regulatory/market environments /organizational mandates.
• Work independently with the assigned portfolio of clients to understand their business needs and associated banking needs. Maintain a good working relationship and ensure that their banking needs are being catered to, as per the policies and procedures.
• Handle preparation of credit application for new clients and ensure to review all credit applications from existing clients for annual reviews, one -off requests, facility enhancements etc.
• Work closely with the team to examine the credit applications, including financial statements and translate the financial soundness of these clients onto credit assessments before providing credit recommendations to the Committee.
• Ensure all credit applications duly incorporate the credit ratings, RAROC models, business and revenue model analysis, discussions on financials and risks inherent along with the mitigates.
• Manage daily account-related banking activities of the clients comprising the respective portfolio and provide directions and instructions to the team in this regard.

Educational Qualifications and Experience:

• University graduate with a degree in Business or Banking or Finance or any other related discipline.
• Master’s degree in Management any other related discipline will be an added advantage.
• 08 - 12 years of total experience in financial services/banking industry, entailing responsibilities pertaining to the specific area of discipline.
• Experience in business / relationship management in corporate banking, with strong understanding of the local banking industry.