MSC Career Jobs – Manager Risk at The Microfinance Support Centre Limited

Job Title: Manager Risk
Organisation: The Microfinance Support
Centre Limited (MSC)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Director Credit and
Operations
About MSC:
The Microfinance Support Centre
Limited (MSC) is an institution fully owned by the Government of Uganda (GOU).
MSC was incorporated in 2001 as a company limited by guarantee, as part of
GOU’s effort to promote access to affordable financial services for increased
employment and wealth. MSC offers affordable credit through its network of 13
regional offices spread throughout the country. MSC has so far served clients
in 110 districts in Uganda. MSC gives priority financing to support the
agricultural production value chain namely; production, value addition and
marketing. Besides credit, MSC provides capacity building to its clients
including SACCOs, Cooperative Unions, MFIs and SMEs to enable them manage their
organisations sustainably.
Job Summary: The Manager Risk will be
responsible for ensuring a risk free portfolio through initiating,
implementing, reviewing and evaluating risk policies and procedures and best
practices.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Develop
    and implement the required ICT policies and procedures of the Company.
  • Periodically
    review all loan documentations and procedures to ensure compliance with
    loan approval policies before disbursement to minimize cases of credit
    risk.
  • Plan,
    budget and implement the risk management programs to ensure a risk free
    credit environment.
  • Generate timely
    monthly portfolio aging report from the system and follow up with the
    relevant zones and make appropriate recommendations.
  • Process cases,
    of loan rescheduling with the various approving levels.
  • Prepare
    & submit monthly unit performance reports with proposals on loan risk
    management initiatives to Senior Management Team for consideration.
  • Work in
    liaison with Legal, handle cases of fraud among clients and loan default
    after the zones have presented these files to the Risk Manager’s office.
  • In line
    with the MSC loan write off policies, prepare papers for loan write off
    for presentation to SMT and finally to the Board.
  • Liaise
    and provide support to Zonal offices including client in Management of
    credit risk.
  • Generally
    ensure compliance to loan/credit policies, procedures & best practices
    during initiation, review, processing and loan follow up.
  • Manage
    performance of staff under his or her supervision and ensure achievement
    of targets.
Key Performance Indicators:
  • Planning
    and designing of organisational wide risk management strategy
  • Implementation
    of the risk management process/plan for the organization
  • Company
    risk training, audits, and reporting
  • Management,
    performance and development of all staff in the unit.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:  
  • The
    applicant must hold a good business related degree from a recognized
    institution.
  • Possession
    of a post graduate diploma in Microfinance or risk management or any
    business related course is a must.
  • A masters
    degree in Business Administration or microfinance will be of added
    advantage
  • A minimum
    of five years’ experience in a recognized micro finance institution or
    commercial bank, with at least two years’ experience at Branch Manager
    Level or other acceptable supervisory capacity.
  • Prior experience
    in risk management exposure or debt collection will be an added advantage.
  • Comprehensive
    appreciation of the credit underwriting process.
  • Creativity,
    innovativeness and dynamism
  • Excellent
    interpersonal and Leadership
  • Possess
    the ability to meet deadlines with minimal supervision
  • Very
    strong assertive behaviour, a creative, innovative & self motivated
    person.
  • High business
    focus, straight thinker with the flexibility and creativity to achieve
    results in risk management.
Age: between 30 and 45 years.
How to Apply:  
All suitably qualified candidates should
send their applications with detailed Curriculum Vitae together with copies of
certified academic certificates with at least three professional referees one
of whom should be their current Supervisors. All applications should in
properly sealed envelopes should be submitted to the address given below
clearly stating the job title applied for on the top right corner. E-mail
applications will only be received on condition that after being short listed,
the candidates must produce certified copies of academic transcripts and
certificates.
The Executive Director,
The Microfinance Support Centre
Limited,
Plot 46, Windsor Crescent- off Acacia
Avenue
P.O. Box 33711 Kampala. Uganda
E-mail: msc@msc.co.ug
Deadline: 21st February, 2014 by 5PM
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