Head Financial Risk Management at Commercial Bank of Africa Ltd (CBA)

Job Responsibilities

• Design and development of effective credit risk management strategy that informs the credit rating models for all products and markets (20%)
• Tooling and enablement to facilitate the execution and maintenance of these credit risk models to optimize profit (20%)
• Performance monitoring and evaluation of the risk models to achieve target credit risk metrics (20%)
• Propose and develop data products which allow others to explore and understand customer data. (20%)
• Coaching and capability development amongst the FRM Analysts. (10%)
• Quality leadership that effectively translates to a favourable environment and employee satisfaction. (10%)

Requirements

• A degree in a numerate subject (e.g. mathematics, statistics, operational research, economics, science, engineering)
• Seven year experience in statistical data analysis in a highly automated environment
• Experience in programming (R/Matlab/Python/VBA)
• Strategic orientation, driven to exceed the expectations of others
• Ability to interpret complex data and make concise recommendations.
• Exceptional communication skills both written and oral, alongside good influencing skills.
• Leadership to nurture and sustain employee satisfaction, and to manage changes.
• Collaborative working, being able to execute complex tasks, transcending brands, and cultures
• Creativity and innovation, developing new insights into situations
• Demonstrated ability to lead programs from ideation to execution.
• Self-motivated, assertive and proactive.
• Teamwork, contributes fully to the team effort with a “hands on”, practical and resourceful approach