Britam June 2015 Jobs in Kenya:Financial Risk Manager

Job purpose

Monitors, manages and reports on financial risk within the Group and Business units
Key responsibilities

• Assist the Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer in developing consistent integrated financial risk metrics (including but not limited to market, credit and liquidity risk).
• Develop financial risk management tools and practices to analyse and report on financial market risks and to manage risks according to the enterprise risk management framework and relevant policies.
• Ensure compliance with Britam’s financial risk management policies, limits, and strategies as set out in the appetite statement.
• Oversee or monitor all financial risk management activities of the organization.
• Develop staff training programs that build financial risk awareness within the Group
• Participate in the development of the common processes, practices, tools and risk metrics to reduce risk exposure.
• Develop appropriate and comprehensive risk reports to be reviewed by the Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
• Compile and communicate financial risk management policies and best practices
• Perform any other duties as may be assigned from time to time

Working relationships

• The Business Financial Risk Manager will be:
• Accountable to the Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer
• Directly responsible for staff working under this position
• Required to liaise and work closely with the Department Managers and Unit Managers in country businesses as may be necessary.

External working relationships

• Required to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with third party service providers to ensure quality and cost effective services are provided to Britam

Knowledge, experience and qualifications required

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, business administration or related field
• Professional certifications in Financial Risk Management required.
• 7 - 10 years’ experience in risk management 3 – 4 years of which should be in a supervisory position

Competencies

• Technical and functional competencies
• Compliance reviews
• Business continuity
• Risk assessment techniques
• Risk response strategies
• Risk management policies
• Scenario planning and sensitivity analysis
• Trend analysis on risk variables
• Risk mitigation strategies and indicators

Core competencies

• Communication skills
• Building Relationships
• Focuses on the Customers
• Develops Self
• Solves Problems
• Develops Others
• Manages Quality and Risk
• Managing Change and Ambiguity
• Managing and Executing Strategy

Closing Date:

Friday, June 26, 2015

Key Skills/Specialization:

A bachelor's degree in Finance
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