1.Credit Risk Manager
Job Vacancy: Credit Risk Manager
Opening date: November 18, 2021
Closing date: November 26, 2021
About Ecobank Rwanda Plc
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is a full-service bank that joined the Rwandan market in 2007 with the aim of providing a broad range of products and Services to Consumer, Commercial and Corporates business segments.
The bank’s vision is to build a world-class bank and contribute to the economic development and financial integration of Rwanda and the region by providing customers with convenient and reliable financial products and services.
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an affiliate under Ecobank Group and operates in Central East and Southern African (CESA) region.
In order to respond to our growing market with the required human capital, we are currently looking for experienced professional in the following area
Role Title: Credit Risk Manager
Reporting: Head of Credit
I. JOB PURPOSE:
The Job has been designed by the management for the purpose of managing the credit risks for the overall bank’s credit portfolio in partnership with Head Credit. The purposes/main accountabilities for this role are in the following tasks:
- Works with other stakeholders to establish an appropriate strategy and enabling policies in support of the business strategy for all lending products;
- Works with other stakeholders to set up/upgrade the risk infrastructure (people, systems, etc.…);
- Supporting appropriate policies for different customer segments, allowing the sales team to enter approved target market segments;
- Review credit products and make appropriate recommendations where product is leading to high losses;
- In partnership with the business, take the responsibility for the credit performance;
- Provide hands-on training to the risk management and business teams;
- Work with the stakeholders to deliver the results within the risk governance framework;
- Work with the Group/Regional Credit, Group Commercial and Consumer credit, and /or Local Board to obtain approvals beyond the approved authority levels of the Country Credit Committee (BCC).
II. KEY RESULTS AREAS (KRA) AND ACTIVITIES
The main focus of credit risk review, approval, and control activities are as follows:
- KRA-1/ Target market and business strategy definition in conjunction with Business departments Heads, Head of Credit and Managing Director;
- KRA-2/ Together with business, development, review, and approval of product programs;
- KRA-3/ Reviews/approvals of credit facilities (PPs and CA packages) recommended by different business segments within the spirit of the GCPPM as well as in line with the approved PPs;
- KRA-4/Monitoring of credit facilities and program limits to ensure that they are observed and excesses are promptly addressed (including TODs and PDOs reviews);
- KRA-5/ Setting and monitoring of risk concentration limits;
- KRA-6/Supervision of credit administration and remedial units together with the units’ heads;
- KRA-7/Provision of risk management trainings within the country;
- KRA-8/Correction action on all Risk issues raised by the regulator, the internal auditors, the external auditors as well as the Group auditors.
- KRA-9/Maintain a good quality and well balanced and diversified Credit Portfolio
- KRA-10/Provide Credit Training and support to Credit Officers and Relationship Officers
- KRA-11/Monitor Projects financed by the banks together with Business Units
- KRA-12/Coordinate the process of Credit RCSAs
- KRA-13/Coordinate the management of E&S risks and provide related training to credit and relationship officers
- KRA-14/ Quality of leadership experienced throughout the unit and how effectively that translates into a conducive work environment and employee satisfaction
- KRA-15/ Ensure all policies of the Bank as well as laws and regulations relating to the Bank’s lending activities are observed
- KRA-16/Manage the credit Appraisal and approval system, ensuring that appropriate reviews of credit proposals are undertaken on a timely basis.
- NPL Targets
- Portfolio at risk targets
- NPL coverage Targets
- Achieve satisfactory audit ratings
- Credit Risk analysis and approval standards or benchmarks
- All credit files (PPs and CA packages) to be approved within the agreed SLA.
- Annual reviews/approvals of the Product Programs (PPs) every year.
IV. JOB CONTEXT
External relationship
- The regulator, Central Bank of Rwanda (BNR);
- External auditors;
- Credit Reference Bureau (CRB)
Internal relationship
- All business segments/departments: Corporate Bank, Commercial and Consumer Bank;
- Audit, Compliance, Internal control, Treasury, Legal, Operations, and Finance departments;
- Managing Director;
- Group/Regional Risk Management
V. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS & EXPERIENCE:
Educational Qualifications:
Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Management, Economics and/or Finance, Professional courses in Banking, MBA
Experience:
- 6-10-year experience in the banking sector, managerial experience also required.
- Four years’ experience in credit risk management in the Banking sector
Language:
- English
- French
Behaviour skills and technical skills
- Provide leadership and capacity development for the Risk Management department;
- Maintain productive working relationships with the line managers in the business development/Risk;
- To demonstrate ability in quantitative analysis;
- Working knowledge of credit risk, lending, and collections;
- Thorough understanding of credit scoring validation techniques;
- Detailed oriented with an eye for precision;
- Prior joining the position the employee must have a satisfactory evaluation marks and not blacklisted anywhere
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an equal opportunities company and females’ candidates are encouraged to apply, If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please write in confidence quoting the position on the subject matter
How to apply: Interested candidates should send their application file (CV, Academic certificate, and cover letter) via the “Apply for this job” button not later than November 26, 2021
Only those who strictly meet the criteria should apply for this position
Due to expected high volume of applications we cannot respond to all applications and will only be contacting shortlisted applicants.
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2.Datawarehouse Support/ Administration Officer
Ecobank Rwanda Plc.
P.O. BOX: 3268 Kigali – Rwanda
External recruitment Advert
Job Vacancy: Datawarehouse Support/ Administration Officer
Opening date: November 18, 2021
Closing date: November 26, 2021
About Ecobank Rwanda Plc
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is a full-service bank that joined the Rwandan market in 2007 with the aim of providing a broad range of products and Services to Consumer, Commercial and Corporates business segments.
The bank’s vision is to build a world-class bank and contribute to the economic development and financial integration of Rwanda and the region by providing customers with convenient and reliable financial products and services.
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an affiliate under Ecobank Group and operates in Central East and Southern African (CESA) region.
In order to respond to our growing market with the required human capital, we are currently looking for experienced professional in the following area
Role Title: Datawarehouse Support/ Administration Officer
Reporting: Head Technology
- JOB PURPOSE:
Provide development of new templates, enhancement, and support of the existing Datawarehouse templates. Ensure Datawarehouse platform is always availability and perform the backups
- JOB CONTEXT:
To ensure daily and monthly submission of DWH templates on time and comply with all Datawarehouse requirements
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Applications support
- Provide all required assistance including enhancement of Electronic Datawarehouse templates
- Responsible for daily/Monthly Electronic Datawarehouse submission
- Support and develop/enhance applications as per Bank requirements
- Provide basic training to all staff on applications
- Provide all required technical requirement in process automation
Backups and restoration
- Ensure regular backups for Datawarehouse has been taken successfully and kept in offsite location as per approved backup and restore procedure.
- Monitor and ensure data replication of local application from Primary to Disaster Recovery Site.
- Liaise with Group Support team for any data replication issue on time and ensure timely recovery of data replication.
- Monitor database and backup space to avoid backup failures.
Reporting
- Check, review and submit daily and monthly BNR Data Warehouse data.
- Support users to validate BNR data warehouse data before submission
- Backend extraction of Core Banking data when requested by users.
- Work closely with Group Support to integrate Core Banking and other related application reports in Business Object reporting tool
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS & EXPERIENCE:
Experience & Qualifications
- Have at least Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or in any another related field
- Have minimum Oracle Certified Associate (OCA) and MS SQL Certified Professional
- Have at least 2 years of managing and supporting on core banking application such us Flexcube, T24, Finacle, Delta, Rubikon, etc…
Skills, Capabilities & Personal attributes
- Have very strong sql queries writing skills
- Have very strong skills in Programming languages, such as Java,JavaScript, Python,C++ e.t.c
- Have Very Strong skills in SQL Server DB/SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT)
- Have Strong knowledge in PL/SQL (combination of SQL along with the procedural features of programming languages)
- Have excellent understating of banking operations skills (customer onboarding, accounts management, products feature)
- Have object-oriented programming skills
- Have good understanding of servers operating systems administration (MS windows servers and Lunix)
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an equal opportunities company and females’ candidates are encouraged to apply, If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please write in confidence quoting the position on the subject matter
How to apply: Interested candidates should send their application file (CV, Academic certificate, and cover letter) via the “Apply for this job” button not later than November 26, 2021
Only those who strictly meet the criteria should apply for this position
Due to expected high volume of applications we cannot respond to all applications and will only be contacting shortlisted applicants.
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3.Business Continuity Management (BCM) Coordinator
Ecobank Rwanda Plc.
P.O. BOX: 3268 Kigali – Rwanda
External recruitment Advert
Job Vacancy: Business Continuity Management (BCM) Coordinator
Opening date: November 18, 2021
Closing date: November 26, 2021
About Ecobank Rwanda Plc
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is a full-service bank that joined the Rwandan market in 2007 with the aim of providing a broad range of products and Services to Consumer, Commercial and Corporates business segments.
The bank’s vision is to build a world-class bank and contribute to the economic development and financial integration of Rwanda and the region by providing customers with convenient and reliable financial products and services.
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an affiliate under Ecobank Group and operates in Central East and Southern African (CESA) region.
In order to respond to our growing market with the required human capital, we are currently looking for experienced professional in the following area
Role Title: Business Continuity Management (BCM) Coordinator
Reporting: Country Risk Manager
I. JOB PURPOSE:
In consultation with Group BCM, ensure all the required BCM plans for the affiliate are completed and up to date, the required testing and exercises are completed to schedule and also act as the point of contact for the affiliate for BCM.
II. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
- focuses on ensuring continuity in business processes before, during, and after a disaster. All business continuity plans should be executed as a team, with individuals from all departments of the business pitching in to get the business up and running again after a disaster.
- Manage the implementation and day-to-day functions related to creating Business Continuity Plans and Procedures, while also managing Disaster Recovery operations within the firm.
- Business Impact Analysis & Business Continuity Risk Assessments – Ensure the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) for all business functions within the affiliate are documented and up to date
- Contingency Planning – Identify potential Business Interruptions, develop safeguards against these interruptions, and implement recovery procedures in the event of a business interruption. Provide documentation and training on Contingency Planning concepts and procedures.
- Disaster Recovery – Safeguard data processing operations by identifying potential problem areas and single points of failure that may result in interruptions to critical data processing operations. Develop and implement Disaster Recovery, Back-up and Recovery, and Disaster Recovery Plans and Procedures.
- Business Recovery – Develop safeguards and Business Recovery Plans and Procedures governing the remote Business Offices and Operations associated with the organization. Ensure that Corporate Asset Protection procedures cover critical Business Resources located at Business Offices.
- Risk Management – Identify and Categorize outage exposures that could cause a business disruption, then obtain Insurance and Vendor agreements to safeguard against a disaster event. Responsible for insuring that Business and Regulatory Requirements are adhered to and that implemented recovery procedures and contracts are cost justifiable.
- Development – Directing or assisting in the development of Business Continuity Plans and Procedures and providing regular status updates to the Business Continuity Steering Committee.
- Change Management – Assessing the Business Continuity implications of proposed technological or organizational changes and coordinating any revisions to existing Business Continuity Plans and Procedures necessitated by such changes.
- Administration – Coordinating routine updates to the detailed information supporting the Business Continuity Procedures (e.g., contact lists, personnel assignments ,vital records management, and inventory lists, off-site back-up schedules, etc.). Coordinating electronic access to, and hard copy distribution of, the Business Continuity Plans and Procedures. Administering contracts and service agreements with Business Continuity service providers.
- Training and Awareness – Ensuring all personnel with specific Business Continuity responsibilities are adequately trained to fulfil their assigned responsibilities. Ensuring all employees maintain their familiarity with the relevant provisions of the Business Continuity Plans.
- Testing and exercising – Ensuring that all technical components of the Business Continuity Plans are successfully tested at least annually, or whenever significant changes are made to those components. Planning and coordinating at least one simulation exercise a year, involving all critical business units. Documenting the results of all tests and exercises and identifying any recommended enhancements to the Business Continuity Plans and Procedures.
- Execution – Providing on-call support for any emergency, which may require activation of all or part of the Business Continuity Plans. In the event that activation is required, serving as liaison between the Crisis Management Team (i.e., senior management) and the Business Continuity Teams (i.e., the teams recovering operations at the alternate facilities and the teams restoring operations at the home facility).
- Ensure that the various BCM strategies and activities are consistent and connected in terms objectives as well as compatibility, and conform to the enterprise BCM strategy and relevant ISO standards
- Align and exchange with corporate BCM to ensure the coherence between corporate, business, and technology BCM strategies
- Support and facilitate the communication amongst all stakeholders in order to drive strategic alignment and consistency of distinct BCMS component parts
- Manage ad-hoc requests from the management with respect to opinion papers, point of view, management presentations, etc.
III. JOB CONTEXT
Business Continuity and Crisis Management
IV. JOB DIMENSION
This role will functionally report into the Group BCM function. The job activities are governed by the Ecobank BCM Policy and Procedures and the local affiliates regulatory requirements.
V. QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS & EXPERIENCE:
- A Bachelors’ degree, preferably in a related Bank / IT field
- 5 years’ experience gained working in either of the following business functions – BCM, Technology, Risk, or Operations
- Understanding of the business and organizational relationships within a Bank.
- Computer literate and comfortable working with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Strong self-starter who has the ability to operate independently.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and decision-making skills.
- Strong verbal / written communications. Must be able to interface and coordinate work efficiently and effectively with business partners in remote locations.
- Strong administrative skills, with effectiveness in developing tasks and managing resources to achieve target dates.
- Must be a leader and a productive team player.
- A thorough grounding in relevant ISO standards including the ISO223xx series (BCM), ISO31000 Risk Management, ISO27001 ICT Security. Formal certification in any of these standards an advantage
- Excellent understanding of the technology landscape and trends within the IT industry. With a profound understanding of how an enterprise BCM system is deployed and managed within an organization.
- Strong organizational and planning skills.
- Outstanding research and analytical abilities.
Ecobank Rwanda Plc is an equal opportunities company and females’ candidates are encouraged to apply, If your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please write in confidence quoting the position on the subject matter
How to apply: Interested candidates should send their application file (CV, Academic certificate, and cover letter) via the “Apply for this job” button not later than November 26, 2021
Only those who strictly meet the criteria should apply for this position
Due to expected high volume of applications we cannot respond to all applications and will only be contacting shortlisted applicants.
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