Risk Analyst at FSDH Merchant Bank Limited

Job Summary

• The Risk and Financial analyst is responsible for providing support to the CRO and Risk Manager as they provide risk oversight to the subsidiaries of the Group.
• The Group follows a three lines of defense approach and you will be accountable for supporting and providing oversight to Management in their 1st line of defense role as well as contributing to a strong 2nd line of defense.
• An Analyst requires the skills and experience to engage with stakeholders at all levels and produce a consistently high standard of work.

Reponsibilities:

• Carry out quantitative risk and financial analysis, prepare reports and make recommendations to functional management.
• Assist in the identification, assessment, mitigation and governance of risk.
• Identify and carry out analysis around key exposures within the Group including: Market risk, investment risk, operational risk -Work with management to calculate the risk associated with specific transactions and make recommendations to mitigate or control risk
• Provide periodic and ad-hoc risk and financial reports to Management and the Board on an ad-hoc, monthly and quarterly basis.
• Be / Become a deep expert in the business and operations of the organization and its individual areas

Requirements

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in a quantitative discipline / one requiring a high level of numeracy. a Masters degree is an added advantage
• Working towards a professional qualifications in accounting, investments or risk management.
• Minimum of 3 years experience ideally in risk management.

Skills

• Accounting
• Financial Analysis
• Communication Skills
• Research and Reporting Skills