Senior Risk Officer at Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc(GTCO)

Job Summary

He/She will be directly responsible for overseeing the risk management function to identify, measure, assess and mitigate internal and external risks that may hinder the Group from achieving its strategic objectives.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

•  Develop and renew policies in a timely manner
• Oversees the identification and risk mitigation procedures in the Group.
• Provides guidance to ensure that adequate risk management policies are designed, and well implemented by subsidiaries
• Oversee monitoring of macro-economic activities that may affect the Group’s business activities, to proactively identify and assess the impact of risks inherent in the Group’s business operations
• Supervises the collation of risk data across the Group to aid reporting to Management and the Board. This is done weekly, monthly and quarterly. This covers credit risk, market risk, operational risk and other critical risk areas.
• Develop and implement a standardised risk management framework for the Group.
• Monitor the compliance of all Business Units /subsidiaries to set limits in line with the approved Risk Acceptance Criteria.
• Aggregate and consolidate reports from all Business Units and subsidiaries on the various Risk areas to guide internal strategic decisions
• Monitor and conduct Operational Risk activities within the company

Skilled Required

• Good understanding and knowledge of the relevant risk management policies in the Group.
• Good knowledge of banking and general financial markets regulatory environment.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong problem solving, decision making and research skills
• Ability to pay attention to details.
• Good investigative skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite