Unit Head, Integrated Risk Management

Head, Integrated Risk Management

JOB PURPOSE

• Partnering with Group’s Risk to ensure successful execution of projects, creatively solving problems and addressing new challenges as they arise.
• Overseeing the technology operations and evaluating them according to established goals
• Devising and establishing IT policies and systems to support the implementation of strategies set by upper management
• Analysing the business requirements of all departments to determine their technology needs
• Engaging in solution identification and implementation to bring more value to the business. This requires strategic planning, market intelligence, best practices and structured approach, project management skills in the pursuance of initiatives implementation.
• Supporting and focused on any IT system related to provide the IT services – become the main single point of contact to front business.
• Inspiring and approachable leadership for overall stakeholder management; from the internal team up to senior management-level in managing the expectations of business within operations functions

EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of experience in Strategic Planning, People and/or Resource Management and Planning, Technical Project Delivery and Management, and Solution Architecture and Design.

CERTIFICATIONS/REGULATORY CERTIFICATIONS

• Preferably any certification relating to Program / Project Management, Agile or Scrum and/or ITIL.
• Any certification in Banking Risk is an added advantage.

JOB SPECIFIC SKILLS & COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Strong analytical and implementation skills, demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple tasks and drive change across a complex organization and multiple stakeholders.
• Good understanding of Banking Risk industry leading trends and issues
• Sound knowledge in local laws and regulations pertaining to Banking Risk
• A team player with a positive attitude, professionalism and a strong work ethic with high level of integrity and ethics
• Ability to identify patterns or connections between situations that are not obviously related and to identify key or underlying issues in complex situations.
• Basic to intermediate knowledge of banking facilities and industry regulations
• Strong communication skills both oral and written
• The ability to work independently and with minimum supervision
• Successful implementation and/or management of Banking Risk systems in financial institution and/or large complex organization

MUST HAVES

• Strong IT implementation experience and good understanding of Banking Risk – Credit Risk, Liquidity Risk, Financial Risk & Ops Risk. Technical Delivery, Solution Architecture and Design, Strategic Planning, and integration of multiple systems.
• Experience managing Tier 1 applications systems. Experience in MFRS9, EGC, etc would be added advantage.