Regional Manager – Islamic Banking

Role Overview

• Build, manage, and grow a portfolio of Islamic Banking clients.
• Act as a trusted support to clients on Islamic Banking solutions, structures, and value propositions.
• Drive acquisition of new Islamic Banking clients through proactive pipeline management, referrals, and targeted market engagement.
• Maintain high standards of client service, responsiveness, and execution discipline.
• Work closely with credit, risk & operations to ensure products are executed efficiently and compliantly.
• Support client education and awareness on Islamic Banking principles and offerings.
• Act as the first line of defence for Shari’ah compliance in all client engagements in your region.
• Ensure that no Islamic Banking product is marketed, structured, or executed without the appropriate Shari’ah approval in your region.
• Identify, manage, and escalate potential Shari’ah, conduct, credit, or reputational risks timeously.
• Partner with business units (Personal, Business Banking, and Corporate Banking) to embed Islamic Banking within mainstream client coverage.
• Work in alignment with the Absa Islamic Banking commercialization strategy to ensure alignment to Group strategy, product standards, Shari’ah governance, and balance sheet objectives.
• Collaborate with Group functions including Segments, Product, Credit, Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Operations to support end-to-end deal execution.
• Engage relevant community, industry, and institutional stakeholders to strengthen Absa’s Islamic Banking presence in the region
• Achieve agreed financial and non-financial targets, including transactional customer growth, asset growth, deposit mobilization, and revenue.
• Maintain accurate pipeline, portfolio, and performance reporting.
• Provide market insights and feedback to support clients & stakeholders in the region
• Ensure full compliance with Absa policies, regulatory requirements, and the Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate risks relevant to the role, including Shari’ah, credit, conduct, AML, and reputational risk.
• Ensure appropriate client due diligence, ongoing monitoring, and documentation standards are maintained.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• Islamic Finance qualification (e.g. IFQ, CIFP, AAOIFI-aligned certification).
• 5–7 years’ experience in relationship management, business banking, corporate banking, Personal Banking (required)
• Demonstrable exposure to Islamic Banking or Islamic finance products (required).
• Strong understanding of credit processes, risk management, and banking products (required)

Benefits

• Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.
• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Professional development opportunities