Credit Risk Management Officer at Stanbic IBTC Bank

Stanbic IBTC Bank is a leading African banking group focused on emerging markets globally. It has been a mainstay of South Africa's financial system for 150 years, and now spans 16 countries across the African continent.

Client satisfaction is absolutely central to our continued growth and success, and our Corporate Coverage division drives and protects this essential business function within Standard Bank. As a motivated and talented Client Coverage Manager. We want you to work closely with our key clients, helping them to optimise financial performance through the full range of standard bank services and products

We are recruiting to fill the following position:

Job Title: Credit Risk Management Officer

Job ID: 12567
Location: Nigeria
Division: Group Risk Management

Position Description

• To carry out credit procedures, maintain a tight control over all aspects of advance administration, with the primary objective to contain credit risk within acceptable parameters.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that accounts identified as problematic are placed on the watch list and re-risk graded to reflect their current irregular status. Ensure that covenants and approval conditions for facilities are recorded, diarised and followed up effectively.
• Ensure call-over of loading tickets used in booking previous day transactions is done and ready before 2.00 pm the following day.
• Liaise with approved Estate Surveyors and ensure that turnaround time on Property Valuation does not exceed three days.
• Ensure reconciliation of the Valuation SRA account is ready by the third working day of a new month
• Manage and ensure the proper monitoring and reconciliation of the following GLs:

1. VAF receivables account 990908NGN3002000 /839705921 reconciliation
2. Initial deposit account, PB, BB & CIB fee accounts, Early Rebate Penalty and Late Charges account reconciliation
3. Insurance Suspense Account reconciliation
4. Documents Awaiting Suspense reconciliation
5. Extensions Suspense reconciliation
6. Debit Order Suspense reconciliation
7. Maturity Deals Report auctioning
8. Unearned Income account reconciliation
9. Earned Income account reconciliation
10. VAF Book Balance (Segmented & Consolidated) reconciliation
11. VAF Income Account (Segmented & Consolidated) reconciliation

• Ensure reconciliation of the LC Commitment GL is ready by the 3rd working day of a new month
• Identify irregular accounts and liaise with respective branches to ensure that remedial action is taken to regularize the exposures or escalate them to respective evaluation Manager or Manager, Credit Risk Management who will escalate them further to higher authority
• Maintain a diary system to ensure timely follow up and ensure that corrective action is taken and the account rectified as indicated.
• Ensure that irregular accounts are downgraded as per policy and facilitate hand over to R & R post 30 days in arrears.
• Communicate with branches to ensure regularization of accounts.
• Ensure that accounts identified as problematic are placed on the watch list.
• Monthly reporting of accounts to be placed on Watch-list to Team Leader, Credit Risk Management.
• Updating Covenant tracker – Monthly for all accounts.
• Any other responsibility assigned by the Team Leader.

Key performance measures

Risk Management

• Maintain a high quality-lending book, through the judicious and effective management thereof.
• Customer service / performance measurement
• Add value to PBB Banking by delivering a prompt, efficient and professional risk management service.

Key Dimensions of the job

Daily

• Daily capturing and monitoring of covenants
• Ensuring proper actioning of credit reports.
• Ensuring the proper monitoring of excesses
• Updating the diary system to which facilitates appropriate follow-ups.

Weekly

• Ensuring weekly reports are actioned accordingly.

Monthly

• Timely submission of reports/returns to Finance and SAC
• Timely submission of Damage control report.
• Follow up on outstanding audit issues

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years Banking experience, particularly credit risk management.
• Analytical with a tolerance for high volumes and problem absorption whilst detailed oriented.
• Excellent oral & written communication skills.
• Correspondence to be articulated in a logical and well-structured manner.
• Must be able to convey facts, ideas and opinions clearly.
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office Suite especially MS Excel.
• Analytical skills with ability to analyze large data.
• Attention to detail. Thorough, particular and accurate in nature.
• Initiative: Identification of possible outcomes and taking preventative measures.
• Resilience: Ability to stand ground when being challenged.
• Integrity: Maintaining a high level of trust.
• Good organizational skills to achieve required work flow.
• People management skills and great team player.

Application Closing Date
10th March, 2014

Method Of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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