Operational Risk Analyst at Rand Merchant Bank (RMB)

Rand Merchant Bank (RMB), a division of FirstRand Bank Limited, is a leading African corporate and investment bank and part of one of the largest financial services groups in Africa. We offer our clients innovative, value-added advisory, funding, trading, corporate banking and principal investing solutions.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Operational Risk Analyst

REF: RMBN/ORA/112021
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full-time
Level: Mid-Senior

Role Purpose

• The RMB Nigeria Risk and Compliance Department is responsible for the end-to-end management and oversight of all categories of risk and governance in RMB Nigeria.
• The risk function within the entity is not only an oversight function but is expected to get involved in the day to day functional reporting and management processes insofar as there are no conflicts of interest.
• This creates the opportunity for broad based integration into the business.

Responsibilities
The successful candidate will primarily be focused on providing operational support to the ORM in ensuring the overall operational risk objectives are met. This will include:

KRIs:

• Monitor entity-wide compliance in terms of capture and approvals by due dates and escalate gaps appropriately to the ORM
• Monitor and ensure all KRI breaches have requisite action plans in place
• Support the ORM with organizing KRI setting or review sessions with businesses.

PRCIA:

• Support the ORM with organizing PRICA setting or review sessions with businesses
• Monitor PRICA review calendar and prompt both the ORM and Businesses for reviews coming due Reporting
• Prepare operational risk reports as may be assigned by the ORM or CRO
• Ensure items that needed to be loaded on open pages such as loss events and PRCIA are promptly updated.

Others:

• Take on assignments as directed by the ORM or CRO
• Participate in governance meetings for OpRisk
• Log all operational risk incidents on OpenPages
• Ensure all OpRisk event logs are reviewed and approved within stipulated timeframes
• Provide general administrative support in all OpRisk departmental activities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Candidates should have a relevant Graduate degree and at least 2 - 5 years of work experience preferably having worked as an entry-level professional in investment banking, accounting, audit, management consulting, or related fields, and who is interested in working in a small team environment with a high degree of client contact.
• Experience in MS-Excel financial modeling, including detailed income statement forecasting and scenario analysis, capital structure modeling and M&A modeling.
• Candidates should be self-motivated to take on multiple tasks, should enjoy working in a constantly changing environment, have strong attention to detail, interact well with others and enjoy working within a team-based environment.

Competencies:

• Post-graduate studies / qualifications in banking, finance / financial markets
• Ability to assess financial risk.

Human Relations Profile:

• Strong character & integrity are paramount
• Self-confidence, with a pleasant personality
• Well organized / good time management capabilities / disciplined / detail orientated
• Self-starter able to work with minimal supervision
• Strong work ethic and ability to operate in a fast-growing environment
• Flexible when necessary and ability to work effectively under pressure
• Team oriented.

Application Closing Date
26th November, 2021.