GRAND Financial Services Limited is a consulting company that brings together a number of experts in various fields of business. It was established with the aim of providing support to companies, government and non-governmental organizations in the form of business consulting and innovation support.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Investment Risk Analyst
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- An opportunity has arisen for an Investment Risk Analyst, to join Grand FSL to perform investment risk oversight on our fixed income funds.
- Areas of risk concern will be market risk, credit risk, operational risk and liquidity risk related.
Key Responsibilities
- Make recommendations to reduce or control risk, which may involve an insurance strategy thereby liaise with underwriters and insurers
- Forecast and monitor market trends
- Consider proposed business decisions
- Conduct research to assess the severity of risk
- Present ideas via reports and presentations, outline findings and make recommendations for improvements
- Purchase insurance
- Carry out quantitative analysis
- Use financial packages and software, including portfolio management software
- Study government legislation, which may affect a company, and advise on compliance
- Protect the organization’s assets and public image
- Develop contingency plans to deal with emergencies
Skills:
- Strong numeracy, analytical and strategy skills
- Good research skills
- Planning, organizational skills and problem-solving ability
- IT competence and computer literacy
- Negotiation skills
- Written and oral communication skills
- Ability to explain complex issues and present technical information clearly
Qualifications
- Minimum of B.Sc in Risk management or any related field such as Finance, Economics, Insurance etc.
- A postgraduate qualification, such as an MSc in financial-related risk management or financial markets is an added advantage.
- Full proficiency with up-to-date data analysis techniques is essential, (Excel, R, SQL)
Application Closing Date
22nd December, 2017.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications and CV's to:
[email protected]