NMB Bank Plc has published 11 vacancy listings covering commercial banking, credit analysis, legal services, project management, relationship management, mortgage financing, credit operations, model-risk governance and risk analytics. The recruitment includes opportunities at the Head Office and Head Office, Hq, as well as commercial relationship-management positions assigned to the Northern, Central and Western zones.

The positions require candidates from fields such as accounting, finance, law, information technology, project management, economics, business administration, statistics, data science, risk management and related disciplines. Experience requirements generally range from three to four years, with several roles requiring specialized exposure to banking, credit, relationship management, legal practice, project delivery, quantitative analytics or clinical-style governance of models and risk controls.

Vacancies included

1. Client Analyst; Commercial – Origination
2. Legal Counsel
3. Project Manager (Fixed Term – 2 Years)
4. Relationship Manager; Commercial — Northern Zone
5. Relationship Manager; Commercial — Central Zone
6. Relationship Manager; Commercial — Western Zone
7. Relationship Manager; Mass Liabilities
8. Relationship Manager; Mortgage Financing
9. Senior Credit Operations Officer– Wholesale, Syndication and SMEs
10. Specialist; Model Risk, Governance & Control
11. Specialist; Risk MI & Analytics

The Legal Counsel vacancy has two positions, while each of the other listings has one position. The recruitment therefore represents 12 available positions across 11 vacancy listings.

Client Analyst; Commercial – Origination

Number of positions: 1
Opening date: 24-Jul-2026
Closing date: 07-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Client Analyst; Commercial – Origination will evaluate and manage counterparty credit risk within Business Banking Commercial lending. The position supports sound credit decisions, portfolio quality, structured trade finance and lending solutions.

Main responsibilities

The successful applicant will:

• Evaluate credit applications at the customer interface and provide timely recommendations.
• Identify credit and risk-management requirements during deal negotiation.
• Use industry-risk analysis to assess threats affecting current and prospective clients.
• Prepare Business Engagement Requests for appetite testing by Credit and Credco.
• Present and defend credit judgements and proposals.
• Assess risk in relation to profitability and the financial viability of business proposals.
• Support development of suitable credit solutions and facilities.
• Apply risk-based pricing tools during credit appraisal.
• Recommend financial and non-financial covenants.
• Monitor portfolio quality, facility conditions, excesses and arrears.
• Plan and conduct annual borrower and portfolio reviews.
• Review financial information, risk-grading calculations and pricing data.
• Ensure compliance with legal, regulatory and internal credit requirements.
• Build effective working relationships with analysts, relationship teams and senior managers.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should have:

• Knowledge of Business Banking Commercial operations.
• Strong financial-analysis and credit-evaluation ability.
• Understanding of key financial indicators.
• Ability to assess integrated solutions and exercise sound judgement.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
• High accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or a related field.
• At least three years of experience in banking or financial services.
• At least two years of experience in credit origination or credit evaluation.
• Experience in project structuring, financial modelling, validation and financial-statement review.

ACCA, CPA and postgraduate qualifications will be added advantages.

Legal Counsel

Number of positions: 2
Location: Head Office
Opening date: 29-Jul-2026
Closing date: 12-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Legal Counsel will provide legal support on credit-related matters by drafting and reviewing documentation, preparing legal opinions and advising business units on lending and regulatory risks.

Main responsibilities

The role covers:

• Drafting and reviewing security documents and lending contracts.
• Coordinating registration and perfection of securities.
• Maintaining records and tracking registered securities.
• Providing legal opinions to branches, business units and credit committees.
• Advising on lending, security and regulatory risks.
• Supporting high-value transactions and compliance matters.
• Safeguarding and retrieving security documents.
• Liaising with branches, external counsel and relevant departments.
• Facilitating discharge or transfer of securities after loan settlement.
• Preparing legal, compliance and documentation reports.
• Supporting audits and regulatory inspections.
• Preparing court pleadings and representing the bank before courts and tribunals.
• Monitoring changes in laws, regulations and banking legal practice.
• Supporting legal projects assigned by the Head of Legal or the Directorate.

Knowledge and skills

Candidates should demonstrate:

• Knowledge of banking, commercial and corporate law.
• Understanding of lending transactions, security creation and regulatory requirements.
• Ability to draft and interpret lending-related legal documents.
• Ability to identify legal risks and recommend practical mitigation measures.
• Commercially sound legal judgement.
• Strong stakeholder-management, communication and organizational skills.
• Integrity, professionalism, confidentiality and independence.
• Ability to adopt and use new technologies effectively.

Qualifications and experience

Applicants must have:

• A Bachelor Degree in Law (LL.B).
• Current enrolment as an Advocate.
• At least three years of experience in a commercial legal environment.

A master’s degree in law or business studies will be an added advantage.

Project Manager (Fixed Term – 2 Years)

Number of positions: 1
Location: Head Office, Hq
Contract period: Fixed term of two years
Opening date: 31-Jul-2026
Closing date: 14-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Project Manager (Fixed Term – 2 Years) will lead bank digitization, operational-efficiency, Robotic Process Automation and business-process re-engineering projects. The position is responsible for delivering assigned initiatives within approved scope, schedule, budget, quality standards and acceptance criteria.

Main responsibilities

The Project Manager will:

• Initiate and plan digitization, automation and process-improvement projects.
• Define scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, dependencies, resources and risks.
• Manage projects from approval through delivery, implementation and closure.
• Coordinate activities across business, technology, operations, finance, risk, compliance, procurement and external vendors.
• Track milestones and resolve or escalate delivery constraints.
• Facilitate requirements gathering, process mapping and solution-design reviews.
• Establish project-governance routines and prepare status reports.
• Monitor project risks, assumptions, dependencies and issues.
• Maintain quality control over documentation, testing evidence and approvals.
• Coordinate System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, pilot activities and defect resolution.
• Manage implementation readiness, go-live, stabilization and handover.
• Support change-impact assessments, communication, training and user adoption.
• Track project benefits such as cost reduction, efficiency, improved controls and customer experience.
• Monitor project budgets, resources, vendors and contractual deliverables.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should have:

• Strong project-management and governance knowledge.
• Understanding of banking operations and digital banking processes.
• Knowledge of RPA, workflow automation and business-process re-engineering.
• Ability to define plans, risks, budgets, resources and milestones.
• Experience coordinating testing and implementation readiness.
• Understanding of banking regulations, information security, privacy and operational risk.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, presentation and report-writing skills.
• Analytical, organizational and problem-solving ability.
• Knowledge of change management, benefits tracking and transition to business-as-usual operations.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Information and Communication Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Project Management or a related field.
• A recognized project-management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, AgilePM, Scrum or an equivalent.
• At least four years of experience managing medium-to-large ICT implementation projects.
• Experience delivering digitization, RPA, workflow automation, records digitization or process-re-engineering projects.
• Experience with project planning, governance, testing, go-live, stabilization and closure.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams, budgets, risks, vendors and change requests.

Training or certification in business analysis, Lean Six Sigma, process improvement, change management, digital transformation or RPA will be an added advantage. Banking certification or professional banking training will also be advantageous.

Relationship Manager; Commercial — Northern Zone

Number of positions: 1
Location: Northern Zone
Opening date: 20-Jul-2026
Closing date: 03-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Relationship Manager; Commercial for the Northern Zone will manage and grow a portfolio of commercial clients across assets and liabilities. The position focuses on tailored financial solutions, client relationships, portfolio quality, profitability and regulatory compliance.

Main responsibilities

The role includes:

• Managing relationships with existing and prospective commercial clients.
• Identifying financial needs and providing lending, investment and transactional solutions.
• Growing deposits and the asset book.
• Sourcing clients and developing business pipelines.
• Appraising credit applications.
• Structuring commercially viable financial solutions.
• Managing asset and liability quality.
• Monitoring portfolio-at-risk and non-performing loans.
• Supporting branch and relationship-management teams.
• Coaching teams on client management, credit quality and deposit mobilization.
• Monitoring market trends and competitor products.
• Managing budgets, sales targets and business pipelines.
• Ensuring compliance with regulation and internal policy.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should demonstrate:

• Knowledge of banking customers, products and market segments.
• Understanding of Bank of Tanzania regulations and internal policies.
• Credit-analysis and relationship-management skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and Access.
• Strong English and Kiswahili communication.
• Leadership, coaching, sales and negotiation ability.
• Capacity to work effectively under pressure.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in economics, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing Statistics, Research or a related field.
• Experience in credit assessment and management.
• At least four years of experience in Business Banking or Relationship Management within Emerging Corporates or Commercial banking.

Postgraduate education in business studies or banking and professional banking certifications will be added advantages.

The stated closing date for this listing is 03-Aug-2026. Applicants and publishers should confirm the vacancy’s status on the official portal before treating it as open.

Relationship Manager; Commercial — Central Zone

Number of positions: 1
Location: Central Zone
Opening date: 20-Jul-2026
Closing date: 03-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Relationship Manager; Commercial assigned to the Central Zone will manage and expand a commercial-banking portfolio while providing lending, investment and transactional solutions to clients.

Main responsibilities

The position covers:

• Building relationships with commercial clients and prospects.
• Identifying client needs and recommending suitable banking products.
• Growing deposits, assets and cross-selling opportunities.
• Appraising credit applications.
• Structuring solutions that balance profitability and risk.
• Monitoring portfolio quality, including PAR and NPL performance.
• Supporting branch and relationship-management teams.
• Coaching staff on portfolio growth and credit quality.
• Monitoring markets and competitor offerings.
• Managing sales targets, budgets and client pipelines.
• Working with credit, risk, operations and legal stakeholders.
• Ensuring adherence to regulation and internal policy.

Knowledge and skills

The listing requires:

• Commercial-banking and customer-segment knowledge.
• Credit-analysis skills.
• Understanding of banking products, lending policies and procedures.
• Microsoft Excel, Word and Access proficiency.
• Strong English and Kiswahili communication.
• Leadership, coaching, team-building, sales and negotiation skills.
• Ability to prioritize work in a high-pressure environment.

Qualifications and experience

Applicants should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in economics, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing Statistics, Research or a related discipline.
• Credit-assessment and credit-management experience.
• At least four years of Business Banking or Relationship Management experience in Emerging Corporates or Commercial banking.

Postgraduate business or banking education and banking certifications will be added advantages.

The official closing date is 03-Aug-2026. The current availability of this listing should be checked on the official careers portal.

Relationship Manager; Commercial — Western Zone

Number of positions: 1
Location: Western Zone
Opening date: 20-Jul-2026
Closing date: 03-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Relationship Manager; Commercial for the Western Zone will be responsible for commercial-client acquisition, portfolio growth, tailored financial solutions, risk management and relationship development.

Main responsibilities

The successful applicant will:

• Manage existing and prospective commercial clients.
• Identify needs and provide relevant lending, investment and transactional services.
• Grow deposits, assets and cross-selling opportunities.
• Develop new-client pipelines.
• Appraise and recommend credit applications.
• Structure financial solutions.
• Manage portfolio profitability and quality.
• Monitor portfolio-at-risk and non-performing-loan levels.
• Coach branch and relationship-management teams.
• Monitor market and competitor activity.
• Develop budgets, sales targets and pipelines.
• Collaborate with credit, risk, legal and operational teams.
• Maintain compliance and ethical standards.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should have:

• Knowledge of banking products, customer segments and relevant policies.
• Understanding of Bank of Tanzania regulations.
• Credit-analysis and customer-relationship skills.
• Proficiency in standard Microsoft applications.
• Strong English and Kiswahili communication.
• Leadership, business-management, negotiation and sales ability.
• Strong prioritization and execution skills.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in economics, Business Administration, Finance, Marketing Statistics, Research or a related field.
• Experience in credit assessment and management.
• At least four years of Business Banking or Relationship Management experience in Emerging Corporates or Commercial banking.

Postgraduate business or banking education and professional banking certifications will be added advantages.

The stated deadline is 03-Aug-2026. Applicants should verify the listing’s current status through the official NMB Bank careers portal.

Relationship Manager; Mass Liabilities

Number of positions: 1
Location: Head Office, Hq
Opening date: 20-Jul-2026
Closing date: 03-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Relationship Manager; Mass Liabilities will manage key stakeholder relationships in the liability segment. The position aims to acquire and retain customers by providing solutions suited to mass-market segments such as youth, groups, employees and pensioners.

Main responsibilities

The role includes:

• Coordinating branch-network strategies for mass-market customer segments.
• Driving growth in mass deposits.
• Developing sales strategies and strengthening the liability-products sales culture.
• Supporting product improvement and process digitization.
• Providing customized collection, payment, payroll and internet-banking solutions.
• Ensuring compliance with statutory, regulatory and internal requirements.
• Monitoring portfolio revenue and volume.
• Reviewing deposit performance and branch targets.
• Coaching relationship officers and branch sales teams.
• Building internal and external stakeholder networks.
• Managing customer queries, complaints and correspondence.
• Preparing budgets and product projections.
• Generating leads for Personal Banking products.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should demonstrate:

• Advanced Excel analytics and reporting knowledge.
• Familiarity with business-intelligence tools, preferably SAP Business Intelligence, Web Intelligence or Crystal Reports.
• Understanding of liability products and Retail Banking.
• Knowledge of mass-market dynamics and Tanzanian banking operations.
• Ability to assess financial trends and manage portfolios.
• Strong change-management, presentation, communication, sales and negotiation skills.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in business-related studies.
• At least four years of banking-operations experience.
• At least three years in Relationship Management or Sales.
• A strong acquisition or networking background.
• Experience working with NGOs, financial-inclusion projects or business development.

The listing’s stated deadline is 03-Aug-2026. Its current application status should be confirmed on the official portal.

Relationship Manager; Mortgage Financing

Number of positions: 1
Location: Head Office
Opening date: 30-Jul-2026
Closing date: 13-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Relationship Manager; Mortgage Financing will grow the bank’s mortgage-financing portfolio, manage relationships with key stakeholders, train the sales force and develop strategies for expanding mortgage business across the branch network.

Main responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Drive mortgage sales across the branch network.
• Review mortgage credit applications above Relationship Officer limits.
• Promote mortgage business to branch teams and managers.
• Train and coach sales teams.
• Monitor branch mortgage performance.
• Review customer feedback, market intelligence and product performance.
• Recommend product changes or relaunches where appropriate.
• Support customer satisfaction through accurate mortgage advice.
• Act as a change agent for relationship teams.
• Build relationships with real-estate developers and other stakeholders.
• Promote compliance with credit policy and internal procedures.
• Monitor mortgage-market trends and changes in customer needs.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should have:

• Microsoft Office literacy.
• Knowledge of market trends and mortgage regulations.
• Strong communication, presentation and listening skills.
• Problem-solving ability.
• Understanding of banking products and financial markets.
• Ability to explain complex information clearly.
• Sales, negotiation, credit-analysis and relationship-management skills.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in business-related studies.
• At least four years of banking-operations experience.
• At least three years in Relationship Management or Portfolio Management.

Senior Credit Operations Officer– Wholesale, Syndication and SMEs

Number of positions: 1
Location: Head Office
Opening date: 27-Jul-2026
Closing date: 10-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Senior Credit Operations Officer– Wholesale, Syndication and SMEs will support timely and accurate disbursement of secured retail and wholesale loans. The position also supports daily unit operations, dual authorization, compliance and loan-book quality.

Main responsibilities

The role involves:

• Monitoring daily disbursement logs and service-level performance.
• Allocating pending work when the Manager is absent.
• Advising management on efficiency, quality and arrears-related gaps.
• Reviewing drawdown applications before disbursement.
• Creating, extending and amending overdraft limits.
• Providing first-level authorization for core-banking entries.
• Ensuring loans are disbursed within agreed service levels.
• Verifying customer data in core-banking and loan-management systems.
• Reviewing disbursement checklists.
• Posting liquidation amounts received from collection teams.
• Correcting accounts booked incorrectly.
• Reporting suspicious transactions and risk incidents.
• Coaching junior and newly recruited officers.
• Reviewing and capturing approved credit-card limits.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should demonstrate:

• Knowledge of the loan cycle, lending policies and loan products.
• Computer literacy, particularly Microsoft Excel.
• Experience with core-banking systems.
• Data-analysis and time-management skills.
• Teamwork, accuracy, adaptability and attention to detail.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Banking, Finance, Commerce, Accounting, Economics or a related field.
• More than three years of banking experience in wholesale, SME, syndication or retail credit operations.

A master’s degree in business studies, banking certification and experience in loans will be added advantages.

Specialist; Model Risk, Governance & Control

Number of positions: 1
Location: Head Office, Hq
Opening date: 30-Jul-2026
Closing date: 13-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Specialist; Model Risk, Governance & Control will oversee risks arising from credit, market, liquidity, IFRS 9, stress-testing, scoring and other decision models. The position will ensure that models are developed, validated, implemented and used in line with regulation, internal policy and industry practice.

Main responsibilities

The specialist will:

• Operationalize the bank’s model-risk policy.
• Maintain the central inventory of active and proposed models.
• Translate Bank of Tanzania, Basel and IFRS requirements into internal controls and procedures.
• Provide independent oversight throughout the model lifecycle.
• Review stress testing, scenario models and data implementation.
• Develop quantitative methods for assessing model vulnerability and materiality.
• Evaluate model performance, inputs and assumptions.
• Oversee model validation and closure of audit findings.
• Advise business units on model-risk mitigation.
• Provide subject-matter support on policy and regulatory compliance.
• Report model-risk issues and improvement opportunities.
• Conduct training and awareness sessions.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should have:

• Strong understanding of model-risk frameworks.
• Knowledge of banking products, processes and related model risks.
• Model-risk assessment and validation ability.
• Data extraction, cleaning, analysis and interpretation skills.
• Understanding of regulatory expectations and internal controls.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in Excel, Power BI or other data-visualization tools.
• Familiarity with SQL, Python or similar analytical tools as an advantage.
• Ability to assess model limitations and recommend improvements.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Quantitative Finance, Data Science, Data Analytics, Actuarial Science or Risk Management.
• At least three years of relevant experience in model development, validation, monitoring, analytics or quantitative analysis within banking or financial services.
• Understanding of model lifecycle management and governance.
• Experience in data analysis, reporting and quantitative methodologies.
• Experience preparing analytical reports or dashboards.
• Familiarity with banking regulation, Basel, IFRS or asset-liability-management frameworks.

A master’s degree, banking certification and experience with forecasting, predictive analytics or stress testing will be added advantages.

Specialist; Risk MI & Analytics

Number of positions: 1
Location: Head Office, Hq
Opening date: 30-Jul-2026
Closing date: 13-Aug-2026

Role overview

The Specialist; Risk MI & Analytics will convert risk data into actionable management information for executive decision-making across credit, market, operational, technology and liquidity risks.

Main responsibilities

The role includes:

• Designing and maintaining risk dashboards, scorecards and committee reports.
• Automating manual reporting processes.
• Monitoring and distributing risk metrics.
• Designing and automating key risk indicators.
• Developing centralized KRI dashboards.
• Creating automated breach alerts and threshold monitoring.
• Maintaining Risk Appetite Statement monitoring.
• Developing incident-aging and trend dashboards.
• Tracking action-closure performance.
• Maintaining Board and EXCO reporting datasets.
• Monitoring reconciliation breaks, income reversals, leakage and suspense-account risks.
• Supporting identification of systemic issues.
• Promoting risk-data integrity and quality standards.
• Working with IT teams to resolve data issues and onboard new data sources.
• Ensuring compliance with data-privacy and internal regulatory requirements.

Knowledge and skills

Applicants should demonstrate:

• Understanding of business operations, products and customer journeys.
• Data-extraction, cleansing, analysis and reporting skills.
• Knowledge of analytics systems and performance-measurement frameworks.
• Ability to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.
• Proficiency in Excel, Power BI or similar tools.
• SQL, Python or other data-analysis skills as an advantage.
• Strong report-writing, presentation and communication skills.
• Ability to manage priorities and work across functions.

Qualifications and experience

Candidates must have:

• A bachelor’s degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Finance, Economics or a related quantitative discipline.
• At least three years of relevant experience in risk management, financial services, telecommunications or data analytics.
• Understanding of data-governance frameworks.
• Experience in data analytics, risk reporting and risk-management tools.
• Experience preparing reports and dashboards.

A master’s degree in business studies and banking certifications will be added advantages.

Application guidance

Applicants should review the vacancy matching their education and professional experience through the official NMB Bank Plc careers portal:

Visit the official NMB Bank careers portal

Candidates should select the correct job title and, where applicable, the correct location. This is particularly important for the three Relationship Manager; Commercial listings, which are separately assigned to the Northern Zone, Central Zone and Western Zone.

Applicants should follow the online portal instructions, provide accurate personal and professional information, and upload the requested supporting documents. Qualifications described as required should not be treated as optional, while postgraduate degrees, certifications and other credentials described as added advantages should be presented as supplementary qualifications.

Application deadlines

The listings have different closing dates:

• Relationship Manager; Commercial — Northern Zone: 03-Aug-2026
• Relationship Manager; Commercial — Central Zone: 03-Aug-2026
• Relationship Manager; Commercial — Western Zone: 03-Aug-2026
• Relationship Manager; Mass Liabilities: 03-Aug-2026
• Client Analyst; Commercial – Origination: 07-Aug-2026
• Senior Credit Operations Officer– Wholesale, Syndication and SMEs: 10-Aug-2026
• Legal Counsel: 12-Aug-2026
• Relationship Manager; Mortgage Financing: 13-Aug-2026
• Specialist; Model Risk, Governance & Control: 13-Aug-2026
• Specialist; Risk MI & Analytics: 13-Aug-2026
• Project Manager (Fixed Term – 2 Years): 14-Aug-2026

The four listings with a closing date of 03-Aug-2026 should be checked directly on the official portal before publication or application because their stated deadline falls on the processing date.

Important notices for applicants

NMB Bank Plc states that it is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity and a gender-balanced workforce. Female candidates and people living with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

The bank does not charge any fee in connection with applications or recruitment. Applicants who receive a request to pay money in relation to recruitment should disregard it. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Reviewing the vacancies before applying

Candidates should compare the responsibilities and mandatory requirements of each vacancy with their qualifications before beginning an application. Roles in legal services, project delivery, model-risk governance and commercial banking contain specialized requirements that should be addressed clearly in the CV and supporting documents.

Applicants should also verify the exact deadline and location on the portal. Those applying for a Relationship Manager; Commercial position should confirm that they have selected the intended zone, while candidates applying for Head Office roles should use the exact official title to avoid submitting an application under the wrong listing.