Group Head, Private Banking (Merchant Bank)

Lagos Full-time Undisclosed
Job Description
• *Company Description**

Henriken Consulting Client is a leading financial service partner that helps build enduring legacies for sustainable wealth creation in Africa. Having established a 30-year record of achievements in banking across Africa and beyond, our client founders established a Pan-African platform focused on building a better financial future for Africa. Today, our client businesses are entrusted with our over $1billion of clients’ assets and are recognized as Nigeria's fastest growing investment managers. Our client's purpose is to create a prosperous future for their clients.
• *Role Description**

This is a full-time on-site role for a Group Head, Private Banking at our client office, located in Lagos.
The Group

Head will oversee the private banking unit, develop and maintain strong business relationships with high-net-worth individuals, lead a team of banking professionals, and manage financial portfolios. The role also involves devising strategic initiatives to drive customer engagement, ensuring seamless service delivery, and achieving financial goals.
• *Role Responsibilities Include**



Develop and lead implementation of the Private Banking business strategy.
• Develop and manage the Bank’s private client relationship management strategy to increase profitability.
• Determine client experience strategies by providing timely information and advice to address their financial needs
• Guide team members on best practices to handle High Net Worth clients to ensure optimal level of service
• Oversee client acceptance, Know Your Customer (KYC) and onboarding procedures including handling client documents
• Drive strategies for cross-selling and up-selling of products and services
• Lead the development of customer-centric metrics and customer management.
• Improve business activities, processes, and results through quality customer management.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and support in developing frameworks for data collection, assessing, understanding, and integrating primary quantitative and qualitative customer data
• Provide key consumer behavior insights based on research outcomes
• Propose learning and develops initiatives to mitigate performance gaps and adapt to changes and developments in the business environment
• Evaluate and implement the right product, client, and channel mix that creates efficiencies and growth.
• Prepare market outlook for various financial instruments for periodic client reviews.
• Analyze and provide insights into complex situations that require organization-wide support to solve.
• Drive organizational relationships with product specialists and other internal stakeholders to customize product solutions for clients
• Oversee the collation of market and industry business intelligence to support effective decision making
• Make investment recommendations on organization based on detailed company analysis covering corporate profile, products & services, cost drivers, financial ratios (including comparisons over time and comparisons with competitors
• Stay abreast of market trends, customer needs, and competitor initiatives and devise strategies to optimally utilize market opportunities



Ensure team members are trained and in compliance with internal and external regulatory requirements
• *Qualifications**
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field and a relevant professional certification
• Minimum 10 years of working experience in banking or a related industry
• Previous experience in Asset & Wealth Management or Private Banking is an advantage
• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment
• High analytical abilities and experience in solving complex and high-profile issues
• Sound knowledge of customer profiling and risk assessments
• An ability to ‘think outside the box’ and look for creative solutions
• Strong drive for continuous improvement.
• Ability to develop quality customer satisfaction and retention, through the provision of a full spectrum of financial services to customers and contributing substantially to the overall liquidity and profitability of the bank.
• Ability to deliver excellent relationship management as well as consistent and memorable customer experience.
• An inquiring mind to investigate client issues
• Sound communication skills – with ability to communicate both internally and externally
• Account Management
• Relationship Management
• Business Environment Analysis
• *Key Performance Indicators**
• Banking Efficiency Ratio
• New (Deposit) Accounts opened over a period of time
• Deposit Processing Error Rate
• Wire Transfer Cycle Time (Incoming and Outgoing)
• Active Mobile Banking Users as Percentag
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Job Snapshot
  • Posted: Apr 07, 2026
  • Job Type: Full-time
  • Location: Lagos
  • Source: External