job description - Market And Operational Risk Analyst
- Develop and implement an appropriate framework for providing consistent measurement, reporting, and control of risks across the Company’s investment portfolio.
- Perform comprehensive market assessments, including statistical analyses, and provide up-to-date information to guide the Company’s investment decisions.
- Continuously review/assess the risks facing the Company’s investments to proactively establish appropriate mitigating controls and monitoring mechanism/framework.
- Define risk limits/ thresholds for the company’s investment portfolio.
- Escalate/ report on and manage indicators outside thresholds with risk owners.
- Define and continuously review the Company’s investment risk policies, processes, and activities, and make recommendations for improvement.
- Generate regular reports to Executive Management on the risk profiles of the Company’s investments
- Liaise with various job owners within the Company to identify, manage and mitigate risks that might arise from inadequate or failed internal processes, people, and systems or from external events.
- Establish a robust risk assessment and monitoring mechanism to ensure regular reporting and escalation as required.
- Define risk limits/ thresholds and acceptance criteria.
- Champion the institutionalization of operational risk culture within the Company to promote transparency and accountability for inherent risk and controls.
- Identify and alert management on all key residual risks and controls.
- Update and maintain all operational risk management systems, models, procedures, and tools.
- Work closely with Internal Audit and other key control functions for integrated control reviews.
- Perform operational risk analysis and generate regular reports to executive management, covering:
- Operational risk incidents and associated process breakdowns;
- Key risk indicators and root cause for significant deviations etc.
- Monitoring the implementation of action plans to address identified risks.
- Perform other duties as may be delegated by the Head, Risk Management.
Qualification and Experience
- University degree from a reputable institution
- A postgraduate degree (MBA, MSc, MA, etc.) and/ or professional certification (e.g., FRM), will be an added advantage
- 2 - 6 years experience, preferably in a financial institution.
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