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Job ID: 7536
Division: Group Risk
Position Category: Risk Management

Division Proposition
Effective risk management is fundamental to the business activities of the Standard Bank Group (group). While we remain committed to increasing shareholder value by developing and growing our business within our broad determined risk appetite, we are mindful of achieving this objective in line with the interests of all stakeholders.

Position Description
Purpose of Job
  • To oversee all the major risk types in the Group and ensure the entrenchment of enterprise-wide risk management philosophy in the day-to- day activities of the Group. This will involve the implementation of risk management frameworks, standards, underlying policies and procedures in the Bank and all its subsidiaries;
  • To effectively identify, monitor, control and report all compliance, operational, market and credit risk exposures and other related risks of the Group; to ensure that effective controls are in place to mitigate and prevent the occurrence of identified risk incidents;
  • To guide senior management in fulfilling their risk management responsibilities and bring a risk-focused view to strategic planning, budgeting and other activities of the Group.

Required Skills and Qualifications
Knowledge
  • B.Sc in any quantitative field preferably in first class or second class upper division
    Masters degree/professional qualification is an added advantage
  • Knowledge of money market, fx and bond markets, credit analysis, CBN rules and regulations on financial instruments and limits, financial markets, economics and statistics
  • Technical skills include computer literacy (Microsoft Office Suite), accounting, modeling, process dynamics, analytics and risk management ability
Experience
  • Minimum of 15 – 18 years post qualification experience, 10 of which, at least must have been spent in the banking industry. The person is expected to have worked successfully in at least 3 major areas of the banking industry such as treasury, credit, global market operations, finance, audit, asset management or risk management.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are totally opposed to discrimination in any form. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all employees regardless of race, sex, colour, nationality, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital / partnership status, religion, age or disability.
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