Risk Analyst at Micro Finance Zambia

Job Description

Job Purpose

To Consolidate and evaluate financial data and information, economic conditions, opportunities and products to determine the level of risk to enable informed management decisions.

Job Responsibilities

Able to aggregate and analyse financial data and reports
Monitoring, closure and reporting of risk and control issues.
Collaborate with other team members to effectively analyse and present data.
Able to conduct risk awareness and training for staff on risk and internal policies.
Ratio analysis and reporting.
Management of incident reporting.
Verification and monitoring of internal controls according to risk review programme.
Liaising with risk champions on risk matters and business continuity initiatives.
Work with various functional players to ascertain the risk associated with transactions and products.
Predict the current trends in the business market and suggest suitable strategies.
Conduct adequacy control reviews.
Incident Review and problem management.
Abreast of regulations and external factors to the business.
Submission of regulatory reports and ensuring timely reporting.

Skills

Strong analytical skills and reporting;
Credit Risk
Good audit, risk or compliance background;
Good knowledge of analytical and financial models;
Good understanding of regulations and risks in the financial sector;
Critical thinking skills, multi-tasking and problem solving;
Ability to maintain good high level communication and reporting.

Requirements:

Grade 12 School Certificate.
At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role.
A Professional Qualification or Bachelor’s Degree from a reputable University.
Must be a member of a professional body.
Must have strong leadership and interpersonal abilities, good interpretational skills and be able to work under pressure.
Ability to work with audit and reporting systems will be an added advantage.

Interested Applicants who meet the job requirements should e-mail their CV’s to [email protected] Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Be sure to include the job applied for in the subject field.