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Job Title:     Senior Manager- Risk
Management

Organisation: Future
Options Consulting Ltd

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to:
Head Of Risk Management

About US:

Future Options
Consulting Ltd is an online recruitment services which now seeks to recruit on
behalf of its valued client, a leading commercial bank operating in Uganda.

Job Summary:   The Senior Manager- Risk Management will
support the Head of Risk Management to enhance and integrate the function for
Bank-wide Risk Management, to build capacity and the ability to identify,
measure, monitor and control the underlying risks – mainly Strategic, Credit,
Liquidity, Interest Rate, Price, Foreign Exchange Rate, Operational,
Reputational and Regulatory – that the Group will continue to face.

Key Duties and Responsibilities: 

•                    
Establish
comprehensive Risk Management Programs and to embed sound risk management
programme by putting in place an effective 
Country Risk Management framework through;

•                    
Active
Senior Management oversight.

•                    
Adequate
Policies Procedures and Limits

•                    
Adequate
Risk Monitoring and Management Information Systems (MIS)

•                    
Adequate
Internal Controls

•                    
To
establish a comprehensive and sound Risk Management culture

•                    
To
participate in the formulation and review of of bank wide policies and
procedures

•                    
To
monitor the prevailing trend and quality of the credit portfolio through
various management report such as Arrears and NPA Accounts Reports,

•                    
Tasked
with monitoring of credit risk so as to ascertain the overall health of each
asset and overall portfolio and confirm that exposures are in line with the
bank’s policy guidelines so as to ensure the quality of the  credit portfolio

•                    
Ensure
that the process of disbursement and custody of security documentation is in
line with Policies and procedures and compliant with the Credit disbursement
checklist.

•                    
Identify
Market risk factors (equity, interest rate, currency, and commodity) and
develop approaches of strategies to address them.

•                    
Monitoring
of the ALM risks and review of the Liquidity Ratio, Rate sensitivity gaps,
currency-wise gap analysis, net margins, Value at Risk (VaR), trading
activities and impact analysis in a worst case scenario to test the Bank’s
resilience

•                    
Perform
any other duties assigned by management from time to time

Qualifications, Skills and Experience: 

•                    
The
ideal candidate must hold a University graduate with an honours Bachelor’s
Degree in Business plus professional qualification in Risk Management or
similar field would be desirable.

•                    
Possession
of good analytical skills

•                    
Excellent
knowledge of Microsoft Office application.

•                    
At least
eight years of banking experience, with at least 3 years at a managerial level

•                    
Demonstrated
leadership skills with good command of oral and written knowledge of English.

Personal Competencies

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A
structured approach to dealing with complex and variable work environments in
an independent manner.

•                    
Ability
to balance opposing business requirements.

•                    
Ability
to balance long term and short term requirements independently

•                    
Strong
evaluation, communication and reporting skills

•                    
Able to
provide advice and cause/effect evaluation to support business decision making

•                    
Independent
and logical thinker, yet an achiever and implementer

•                    
Leads by
example

•                    
Good at
managing large volumes of information and can add value through management
reporting

How to Apply:

All interested
candidates are invited to send their applications enclosing curriculum vitae,
copies of academic and professional certificates along with the names and
contacts of three referees. Applications should be sent by post, courier, hand
delivery or e-mail to the address given below; The Director, Executive
Recruitment, Future Options Consulting Ltd, 4th Floor, DTB Centre, Kampala
Road, P.O. Box: 34934, Kampala, Uganda. Phone: +256-414-231204/206, Email:
hr@futureoptionsug.com

Deadline: 6^th May 2019

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