CA Global Africa recruitment is currently looking for a Manager of the Credit Division, Financial Management with a Bank in Africa.
The Candidate’s responsibilities will include (but are not limited to);
Manage and supervise the Division
The Candidate’s responsibilities will include (but are not limited to);
Manage and supervise the Division
- Plan, organize and coordinate the activities of the Division
- Set the overall objectives, develop work programs and oversee their execution, and ensure that deadlines are met and the highest technical quality of the Division’s output;
- Establish a feedback mechanism and a workflow management and assignments monitoring system in compliance with Bank’s policies, guidelines and procedures in general and Bank’s credit risk management policies, guidelines and procedures in particular.
- Enhance credit risk review process through better coordination between FFMA and other departments.
Lead the review and development of credit risk management policies and guidelines
- Initiate and oversee the review and development of credit risk management policies, guidelines and systems, and credit risk assessment methodologies;
- Propose proactively changes and revisions to the Bank’s credit risk management policies and guidelines to ensure that they remain pertinent and in line with the best practices
Coordinate and supervise the credit risk review of non-sovereign lending transactions and related tasks
- Oversee the credit risk review of non-sovereign lending transactions and assigning a credit rating to them.
- Lead the preparation of summary credit note for Board discussions of credit transactions
- Coordinate the preparation of the quarterly and annual non-sovereign portfolio credit risk review report for presentation to different groups risk oversight organs.
- Monitor compliance credit transactions with prescribed exposure limits and guidelines.
Lead and coordinate the execution of the annual country risk rating exercise and related tasks
- Oversee the execution of the annual country risk rating survey and the preparation of the quarterly sovereign risk reports and other documents for presentation to relevant work groups;
- Mainstream the outcomes of risk review in the design of country assistance strategies, lending program preparation and the processing of specific sovereign and non-sovereign project lending and other investment operations so that the Bank’s financial integrity and viability are well preserved in support of regional countries;
- Coordinate and supervise the review of Country Strategy Paper, Sovereign Lending Operations and related documents
The Candidate must have;
- A minimum of a Master’s degree or equivalent in Risk Management, International Banking or Economics
- At least eight (8) years work experience of which 5 years have been spent in private sector banking or multilateral development banking
- Hands-on experience of credit risk assessment, deal negotiation and structuring in emerging and underdeveloped markets.
- Good knowledge of credit risk management techniques and sophisticated risk mitigation products;
- High degree of personal commitment, interpersonal skills with clear strategic vision and proven communication, leadership, management and supervisory skills;
- Competence in the use of the risk analytics tools, with knowledge in Banking software and systems
- Ability to communicate effectively (verbally and in writing) in English and/or French, with a working knowledge of the other language.
Should you not be contacted within two (2) weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.
