Client Coverage Specialist at Standard Chartered Bank

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We are recruiting to fill the following position:

Job Title: Client Coverage Specialist

Job ID: 417614
Job Function: Wholesale Banking
Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Effective Management and monitoring of Regulatory issues and/or Credit Risks in the Unit.
• Ensuring a robust functioning of stipulated Business & Credit Risk processes within the Unit i.e. ensure smooth functioning of excess, EAR, ASTAR and other risk monitoring processes.
• In conjunction with the Risk Team, act as OCC rep in various internal/external Audits/Assurance Reviews
• Ensuring that there are no “Surprise” Audit failures within the business.
• Facilitating understanding of relevant business policies/procedures by staff members within the Unit by conducting/arranging necessary Trainings.
• Generating various monitoring reports & ensuring that they are being duly reviewed by Authorized persons within stipulated timelines.
• Timely generation/compilation of high quality MIS reports required periodically/ or as required on an ad-hoc basis for submission to Regulators/Group/Credit/OBUs etc.
• Preparation of other MIS reports including, among others, Quarterly Portfolio Review packs required for internal reviews.
• To ensure that MIS reports are prepared (i) with minimal errors & (ii) with minimal reference to / disruption of work of Credit Analyst / CCM Teams.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Portfolio Monitoring

• Excess Management – To ensure daily review of excess reports, follow-up with CCMs & RM for adequate remedy actions and ensure approvers are notified and required authorizations received where necessary.
• EAR / ASTAR – To ensure EA reports are raised on timely basis by RMs and the ASTAR and EA summary collated on a timely manner for the monthly meeting.
• Ensure that required country triggers are reviewed and updated on monthly basis prior to the monthly EA meeting.
• Review of offering list and escalate lapse to the Head Client Coverage accordingly.

Reports Generation/ Monitoring

• Generate various monitoring reports & circulate these to the CCM Team within stipulated timelines.
• Regularly check the monitoring reports & escalate instances where the reports are not properly commented upon and/or necessary approvals from authorized persons have not been obtained within stipulated timelines.

Audit Coordination

• In conjunction with the risk team, act as OCC rep in various internal/external Audits/Assurance Reviews
• Liaising with various stakeholders within the Unit to ensure that timely & accurate information is provided to internal/external Auditors
• Following up with various stakeholders to ensure that any issues identified by internal/external Auditors are closed within stipulated timelines.

MIS requirements for RBI / Credit / Group / OBU reportings

• To ensure timely generation/compilation of high quality MIS reports required periodically/ or as required on an ad-hoc basis for submission to Regulators/Group/Credit/OBUs etc.
• To ensure that MIS reports are prepared (i) with minimal errors & (ii) with minimal reference to / disruption of work of Credit Analyst / CCM Teams.

Portfolio Review Packs & other MIS

• To ensure timely preparation of other MIS reports including, among others, Quarterly Portfolio Review packs required for internal reviews.
• To ensure that Quarterly Portfolio Review packs & other MIS reports are prepared
• (i) with minimal errors & (ii) with minimal reference to / disruption of work of Credit Analyst / CCM Teams.

Credit’s Stress Tests

• To extract from various internal systems & provide historical data to Credit Analysts /CCM Teams in a user-friendly format to facilitate further analysis for Credit’s Stress Tests.
• The data provided to be error-free & requiring minimal reworking.

Qualifications & Skills

• Minimum of a 2nd Class degree in a relevant course.
• Strong relationship management skills
• Good Communication and Interpersonal skills.
• Role holder is expected to have some knowledge and experience in offering a range of products to meet customers’ needs but is unlikely to have the full knowledge and experience to offer all Consumer banking products

Application Closing Date
12th February, 2014.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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