Jobs in Africa : Risk Manager Global Markets

Department:

People & Change Ghana

Job type:

Permanent

Closing date:

06-Feb-15

Location:

Accra

Reference Number:

130-PEO00358

The Company

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Roles & Responsibilities

Accountable for the support, implementation and management of the risk function for a specific business unit in order to minimize losses. Specific roles include;

Manage costs / expenses within approved budget to achieve cost efficiencies
Establish a sound risk management culture through awareness of campaigns to influence behaviour and drive the importance of compliance
Cultivate and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including end-users, SME's, project managers and senior staff members.
Maintenance of expert knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and provision of proactive advice and solutions to relevant stakeholders
Translate strategies into actionable goals and execute relevant projects / initiatives aligned to strategic objectives with specific performance measures and control systems to track progress.
Comply with governance in terms of legislative and audit requirements.
Implement business performance and risk management frameworks and relevant risk methodologies.
Reconcile and report on monthly risk loss.
Manage operational risk on a day to day basis which includes monitoring and reporting.
This should include measures and procedures for: understanding key processes, risk identification, risk analysis and assessment responding to risks identified and assessed adequate information and communication and monitoring of risk management activities.
Ensure that necessary action is implemented to reduce the operational risk to an acceptable level.
Manage and ensure compliance to the Basel II accord.
Benchmark current practices against the risk management framework and adjust practices as and when necessary.
Identify and implement risk management initiatives and compile risk mitigation plans in order to proactively action identified risks.
Provide qualitative risk status reporting.