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Chief Risk Officer

JOB SUMMARY

Company Confidential
Industry Financial Ser...
Category Banking
Location Accra
Job Status Permanent
Salary Attractive/Ne...
Education Bachelor̵...
Experience 5 years
Job Expires Jul 21, 2019
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Job Description

A rapidly growing international Financial Institution in Ghana is hiring a Chief Risk Officer

Employment Type: Permanent/Full Time
 
Job Description: 

  • The Chief Risk officer has oversight responsibility for the operational and credit risk functions of the company, ensuring that the risk appetite set by the Board of Directors is respected.
  • Supervise, coordinate and control the activities of the department and the persons under his/her responsibility
  • Coordinate the elaboration of the institution’s risk: identifying, classifying and rating the risks inherent to the institution as well as the internal control system associated, in collaboration with each department.
  • Develop, maintain and evaluate measures and framework for the conduct of ex post independent controls within the branches and Departments on the key risk areas for the institution and report on different managers’ supervisory control execution
  • Ensure the sensitization and awareness of staff on operational credit risk management, including participating or facilitating training sessions
  • Participate in the review process for new/updated credit related policies, procedure, methodology, product/service development propose changes or exposure from a risk & control perspective.  
  • Participate in the review, modification and control of new/existing staff delegations and user access rights on key IT systems (Orbit, Sage, etc) and maintain the master file of these access rights.
  • Design and develop the framework for the work of the credit risk unit, Business Continuity Planning and crisis management policy and supervise in an on-going manner its implementation (i.e. providing independent opinion on the level of risks incurred to the loan committee members)
  • Coordinate the design, implementation, update and training on the client complaint mechanism (policies, tools, etc.) and whistle blowing policies & procedures.  
  • Collaborate with the Back-Office or operations department to design and monitor the various controls on the operations performed within the key IT systems, via the Data Quality Check tools (DQC)
  • Perform (by self or by assignments to Credit Risk analysts) analysis and monitoring of credit risk and exposure (analysis of the quality of the loan portfolio, ad hoc business sector analysis to monitor compliance with limits set by GM and BoD on exposures and concentration); handles prospective studies on market trends in order to anticipate possible sectors’ trends and their possible impacts on the organization.
  • Develop and regularly update a range of reports on the activities of the unit
  • Prepare and lead the Board and Management Risk Committees, including the preparation of minutes

Required Skills or Experience

Min Education Level:  

  • A minimum first degree in Business Administration, Risk management/Audit or any other relevant Risk management certification.
  • A Masters /any relevant Professional qualification will be an added advantage  

Work Experience:  

  • Minimum ten (10) years working experience in business and risk management in the NBFI or banking industry with minimum of five (5) years relevant experience as a manager or supervisor in a Risk Department.  
  • Good knowledge in all types of risk management in the financial industry

Skills set / Personal Abilities

  • Advanced skills in impact analysis and measurement
  • Excellent critical thinking and solution-oriented
  • Ability to lead staff and be able to develop their skills
  • Self starter and result-oriented person
  • Good summary and analytical skills, Oral and written expression in English
  • Leadership/team building and ability to make right decisions and choices
  • Internal control, risk reporting, operational and credit risk management  
  • Pragmatism and regulatory compliance

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