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Job Title:       Risk
Analyst – Financial Risk

Organization: Finance
Trust Bank (FTB)

Duty Station: Kampala,
Uganda

Reports to: Risk Manager

About US:

Finance Trust Bank (FTB) was licensed as a Tier 1 Commercial
Bank on 11th November, 2013, taking over the financial services business of
Uganda Finance Trust Limited (MDI). Today Finance Trust Bank is a fully fledged
commercial bank serving a clientele of over 400,000 depositors and over 23,000
borrowers, through a network of 35 branches country wide. The bank offers a
variety of Products and services including; Savings, Current accounts, Loans,
Money transfer services and Bills payments to its target market which comprises
of micro, small and medium entrepreneurs, salary earners and youth.

Job Summary:  The Risk Analyst – Financial Risk will be analyzing, monitoring and reporting on
the status of the internal control processes of the Bank and ensuring that the
Bank is identifying and managing potential and existing credit and market risks
in a timely and appropriate manner.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

·       
Bank-wide analysis of the Key Risk Indicators
for credit and market risk.

·       
Monitor the bank’s credit portfolio to ensure an
appropriate level of concentration per sector, product, gender, geography,
large exposures and insider lending.

·       
Carry out credit and market stress tests and
identify mitigations to minimize risks in a timely manner.

·       
Evaluate the soundness of credit approval
decisions (including counterparty) through review of both funded and non-funded
facilities to establish authenticity & completeness of credit proposal
documents in line with bank’s underwriting standards.

·       
Monitor, analyze and report credit and market
risk trends to facilitate development of appropriate mitigation measures.

·       
Analyze the Bank’s market and credit portfolios
to assess the value at risk measurement as per the risk management framework.

·       
Continuous review and Analysis of the Net Open
Positions to ensure that the institution remains compliant with the internal
and regulatory limits.

·       
Review and analyze daily deal summary reports
for timely remediation strategies.

·       
Implement, monitor and report breaches, if any
in the counterparty limits and dealer mandates.

·       
Review and recommend the FX Exposure, trading
and counterparty limits for Board Approval from time to time.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

·       
The applicant for the Finance Trust Bank (FTB)
Risk Analyst – Financial Risk job placement must hold a Second class upper
Bachelor’s degree in Statistics, Economics, Actuarial Science, Mathematics or
any related field from a recognized university.

·       
At least one year of work experience in
Microfinance and commercial Banking business environment.

·       
Certification in Risk Management is an added
advantage.

·       
Ability to manipulate, analyze, summarize and
present data/results.

·       
Proficiency in Ms. Excel to maintain, improve
and develop reporting tools.

·       
The ideal candidate is curious, detail-oriented,
self-starter and communicates easily and openly.

·       
Strong work ethic and commitment.

·       
Experience as a Credit Officer will be an added
advantage

·       
Excellent communication and stakeholder
management skills.

·       
Good personal presentation skills.

·       
Business analysis skills.

·       
Ability to work under pressure in order to meet
deadlines.

·       
Good teamwork skills.

·       
Flexibility to travel upcountry.

How to Apply:

All suitably qualified candidates should address their
application to Head, Human Resource, Finance Trust Bank, Plot 115 & 121,
Katwe. P.O. Box 6972, Kampala, Uganda, and email it, as well as photocopies of
academic testimonials, and a CV to jobs@financetrust.co.ug. The CV should
include telephone contacts and email addresses of three referees, one of who
should be the most recent employer.

Deadline: 10th
February 2020.

NB: Only shortlisted
candidates will be contacted on Tel. Numbers 0312 222600 or 0414 341275 ONLY.
Please note: As per Bank procedures, no job offers are made online.

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