Our client is one of the committed financial services providers in the Ghanaian Banking industry. In order to maintain and consolidate its position, continues growth and delivery of quality services to its customers our clients is seeking outstanding, dynamic and proficient professionals to drive excellence in its, Risk, Corporate, Finance and Operations departments.

Title: Operation Risk Manager
Report to: The Operational Risk

Summary of Job Purpose

The Operational Risk Manager (ORM) will work with the business units to identify; manage and mitigate areas of risk which might arise from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and systems, or from external events. He/She will lead the implementation of operational risk strategy and will thus promote best practices in operational risk culture in the Bank. You will serve as an internal risk consultant responsible for the continual refinement and implementation of operational risk management framework (ORMF).

Key Duties

•   Define, plan, develop and implement a framework, policies and procedures for the management of operational risk across a wide range of activities in the Bank, to reduce operational risk and improve organizational performance.
•   Advise management in setting an operational risk appetite through the provision of regular reports; assessments and monitoring of corrective actions to ensure compliance to risk strategy.
•   Identify, manage, strengthen and alert management on all key inherent risks and assist in designing effective controls to mitigate such risks.
•   Update and maintain all operational risk management systems, models, procedures and tools
•   Responsible for operational risk measurement and capital charge requirements
•   Evaluate the effectiveness of operational risk management to ascertain that legal obligations are met.

Key Performance Measures

•   Financial
•   Customer
•   People
•   Governance, Risk & Control

Qualification Required & Experience

•   A minimum of first Degree in Finance/Banking/Business Administration/Management.
•   Minimum of 5 years working experience particularly in delivering operational risk within a financial service environment.

SPECIFIC SKILLS

•   Strong technical knowledge in evaluation, development and implementation of operational risks strategies.
•   Detailed understanding of quantitative and qualitative risk assessment methodologies.
•   In-depth understanding of the application of Basel II prudential guidelines
•   Able to manage, coach and develop others in multi-cultural environment
•   Outstanding team player, capable of building effective relationships across functional units with engaging personality.
•   Ability to develop and track key risk indicators in a Banking environment, and translate operational processes into control requirements
•   Ability to motivate teams and remain committed to achieve business results
•   Must be able to develop disaster recovery and business continuity plans commensurate with the size and complexity of the Bank’s operations.
•   Sound knowledge of the regulatory requirements, policies and guidelines in bank system infrastructure
•   Expertise in Microsoft office tools(MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Outlook)

CORPORATE/BUSINESS AWARENESS

•   The jobholder should be aware of the workings of multiple departments in the Bank to enable him/her plan organise works of various complexity having the understanding of the objectives and processes of several large business units and will be required to formulate and adjust plans in order to assist in the realisation of both departmental and corporate goals
•   Awareness of the statutory legislations, banking compliance standards and the Bank’s internal processes
•   An excellent knowledge of risk standards, principles and procedures within the Bank’s and the banking industry

CORPORATE/BUSINESS AWARENESS

•   Jobholder is expected to build sustaining relationships with both internal and external stakeholders through a combination of effective interpersonal, relationship building and communication skills in order to achieve the goals of the Risk Department.
•   The jobholder is expected to be empathetic in providing sensitive and in some cases debatable information to both internal and external stakeholders which is of specialised nature.
•   Result-oriented and focused on the performance of duties irrespective of challenges encountered notably in a rapidly evolving risk and organisational culture.
•   Excellent leadership and influencing skills, particularly demonstrating outstanding ability to motivate teams to achieve business results
•   Passion for service excellence in the performance of duties assigned
•   Strong ability to work in multi-cultural environment, manage, develop and coach others
•   Strong communication and probing skills
•   Strong ability to assess and analyse business risks

SCOPE OF THINKING

•   Ability to thoroughly analyse, evaluate, assess impact and interpret highly complex problems and applying complex facts after a comparison of a range of options.
•   Ability to accurately interpret risk findings and decide on suitability mitigation measures
•   Ability to diagnose and analyse issues, assess risks to the business and to take initiative towards the resolution of issues identified in a timely manner
•   Ability to produce innovative solutions to problems.

DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY

•   Role requires ability to assemble relevant data and subject same to in-depth evaluation and risk analysis in order to meet set objectives.
•   Ability to multi-task and maintain sustained concentration to solve complex problems.

AUTONOMY OF DECISION

•   Decisions made by the job holder will be guided by the Bank’s standards, policies as well as external regulatory standards
•   Recognises priorities and weighs up different options to determine potential risk and benefits, prior to making recommendations to the CRO
•   The jobholder can make independent decisions within his/her delegated area of authority.

CORPORATE/BUSINESS AWARENESS

•   Responsible for training, career development and coaching of others
•   Controls moderate resources assigned to the role

IMPACT OF INFLUENCE ON TARGET ACHIEVEMENT

•   The jobholder provides information and advisory to other functional areas of the Bank to achieve overall corporate objectives.

Location: Accra

How To Apply For The Job

Interested applicants should please apply by 29 May 2015 through:

E-mail:- hr@kpmg.com.gh

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KPMG
Marlin House
13 Yiyiwa Drive
Abelenkpe
P.O. Box P 242
Accra

Closing Date: 29 May, 2015