Risk Manager Job Placements – BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd

Job Title: Risk manager

Organisation: BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

 

About US:

BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd launched on 25 April 2019 and attained its current status as a Tier II Credit institution following a successful background as the leading Microfinances services provider in Uganda. The bank operates 32 regulated branches and 131 satellite offices covering 84 districts in Uganda targeting Micro, Small. and Medium Entrepreneurs. BRAC Uganda Bank Ltd promotes financial inclusion by extending financial services to unserved and underserved populations especially women and youth as well as people living in poverty in rural areas. The Bank is operationally and financially self-sustaining with over 231,000 active customers and a loan book in excess of Ushs.175 billion

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate and supervise the planning for risk assessment of any of the bank’s branch, unit or department to Risk Officers in line with the department’s work plan and ensuring that the reviews by risk follow a risk-based approach.
  • Supervise the preparation of process flow charts for key bank activities or processes to enable easy understanding of the bank process and what it does.
  • Understand the functionality of the Risk Self-Assessment methodology and ensure its implementation as one of the Bank’s major risk management tool.
  • Together with Risk register owners, assist in a near “real time” update of the Risk registers ensuring that the risk registers are kept up to date with new risks exposures identified during risk assessment reviews or by internal audit, external audit and Bank of Uganda.
  • Together with Risk register owners, assist in a near “real time” update of the Risk registers ensuring that the risk registers are kept up to date with new risks exposures identified during risk assessment reviews or by internal audit, external audit and Bank of Uganda.
  • Undertake field visits and offsite assessment to identify key risks inherent in the bank’s business processes as well as emerging financial industry risks, suggest mitigation measures and ensure that all areas assigned as per the department work plan are completed within the assigned time line.
  • Prepare risk assessment or assurance reports after each field visit or offsite assessment, ensuring that this follows an agreed reporting writing format and that identified risks are clearly reported and explained
  • Supervise tests/assessments of the bank’s business continuity plan and provide assurance on resilience of the plan to limit losses in the event of severe business disruption
  • Any other duty that may be assigned

 




Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

  • The ideal applicant must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, banking, business administration, accounting or any other relevant business course.

 

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified and interested applicants should email their application letter, Curriculum Vitae, copies of relevant academic documents, IN PDF FILE mentioning the job tittle as the subject matter to recruitment.bracugandabankltd@brac.net

All applications should be addressed to the Head of Human Resource and Training BRAC Uganda Bank Limited.

 

Deadline: 6th July 2022

 

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