Organization Context
Aditya Birla Capital Limited ("NBFC") is registered with RBI as a Systematically Important Non-Deposit accepting Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC). ABCL is one of the top private diversified NBFCs in India. As of 31-Sep’25, ABCL has a pan-India presence with a lending book of approx. Rs. 139,500 Crores.
ABCL offers end-to-end lending solutions to a diverse set of customers - Retail, HNI, MSMEs, and Mid & Large Corporates through secured as well as unsecured loan products. The diverse range of lending products includes Retail Small Ticket Secured and Unsecured Loans, Unsecured Personal Loans, Unsecured Business Loans, Health & Education Loans, Digital B2B2C and B2B2B Small Ticket Loans, Small Business Secured Loans, Loans Against Property (LAP), Lease Rental Discounting (LRD), Construction Finance (to Real Estate Developers), SME Loans, Capital Markets Loans (Loan Against Shares), Supply Chain Finance, Mid and Large Corporate Loans, and Infrastructure Finance loans. ABCL also has a Wealth Management division.
ABCL is rated “AAA” by India Ratings, ICRA and CARE (reaffirmed in 2020). ABCL secured the ABG Business Excellence Award in 2017 (Silver), and 2015 (Bronze), and multiple other Awards on forums like CII.
Business Context
Gold Loans is a key secured lending product with high volume, fast turnaround expectations and requires strict discipline in risk, valuation, purity testing, and customer trust management.
Job Context:
The Branch Manager executes gold loan business at the branch level, ensuring revenue, portfolio quality, and operational governance. The role balances growth, yield optimization, and compliance while managing a small but high?impact team and ensuring branch-level risk controls
Key Challenges:
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Achieving aggressive customer acquisition, disbursement and tonnage growth in competitive local markets.
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Maintaining strict LTV adherence, gold purity compliance, and accurate valuation amid gold price fluctuations.
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Ensuring timely closure of spurious/bentex cases and minimizing auction-to-book ratio.
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Driving collection resolutions for 0–30 DPD while preventing slippages.
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Ensuring branch audit scores >90% with zero tolerance deviations.
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Delivering consistent customer experience in high-sensitivity product category (emotional asset).
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Motivating and developing frontline staff for continuous sales and service productivity