Jobs at H. Pierson Associates (Banking)

H. Pierson Associates is recruiting for one of its client – a leading bank in Nigeria with good branch network and diverse customer base. They are currently recruiting for the following position: Corporate Banking (Telecoms), Senior Management

Major Responsibilities:

• Identification and evaluation of Telecoms’ project finance opportunities
• Responsible for analyzing all Telecom service providers to enable the development of suitable banking solutions.
• Initiation of innovative marketing approaches and strategies for customer acquisition and retention
• Market bank’s existing products and services to the telecom industry
• Managing existing relationships while developing new ones
• Evolve products and services for client satisfaction and bank’s revenue maximization

Person Specifications:

• University First Degree or equivalent (minimum of second class lower), additional qualifications will be an added advantage
• At least 7-10 years experience in banking with at least 6 years at the Telecoms Desk of a reputable bank
• Strong analytical, numerical, and leadership skills
• Sound credit analysis and appraisal skills
• Strong business generation, marketing and cross-selling ability
• Sound Knowledge of project finance skills
• Good relationship management/presentation/writing/negotiation skills
• Previous experience in a Telecommunications company will be an added advantage
• Evidence of sound product/market competencies
  

Credit Risk: DGM – GM (Credit Analysis, Credit Control, Credit Administration, Credit Policy, Portfolio Management)
Job Specifications:

• Oversees the bank’s Corporate, Commercial, and Retail Credit Risk Management function
• Manage the bank’s Selection, Underwriting, Operations and Concentration risks in line with policy
• Coordinate credit capacity and culture building among lenders across all levels
• Review the risk acceptance criteria for credit proposals and ensure sound quality control
• Develop loan portfolio monitoring and management strategy
• Develop and review the bank’s credit process in line with best practice

Person Specification:

• Strong competence in credit risk management
• General understanding and involvement in credit risk software application
• 10 – 14 years in the banking industry especially in Credit Risk and Relationship Management
• Knowledge of Basel II and Risk-Based-Supervision (RBS)
• Good first degree in Economics, Business Administration, Finance or any related discipline
• An MBA, ACA or other professional qualifications will be an added advantage

 ERM Middle Management – Senior Management.
Job Specifications:

• Assist in the implementation of Best-practices in Enterprise-wide Risk Management
• Assist the Head, ERM in implementing Basel II and Risk-Based-Supervision (RBS) for the bank
• Support in firm-wide risk capital management and reporting
• Support Risk Management Software Selection and Integration monitoring
• Support ERM and Basel II implementation monitoring and progress reporting

Person Specifications:

• Sound understanding of Banking Business
• Excellent Leadership skills
• Minimum of 6-7 years banking experience in Operations, Relationship Management and Risk Management
• Sound Knowledge of Basel II and Global Best Practices in Risk Management
• Good first degree in Economics, Business Administration, Finance or any related discipline
• Proven Project Management skills

Risk Analytics & Modelling (Banking)

Job Specifications:

• Assist and support the development of Risk Measurement techniques
• Implementation of Credit Risk, Pricing & Profitability Models
• Development of Credit Models for PD, LGD and EAD
• Development of Retail Scorecards and Retail Portfolio Risk Model
• Corporate Credit Risk Rating Model Development and Calibration
• Development of the rating models for corporate (including derivatives impact on credit risk, qualitative part, final model, calibration),
• Conduct Independent Validation of scoring and rating models in accordance with Basel II
• Development of Risk Model Governance Structure and Policies
• Designing model validation procedures and methodologies
• Leading workshops and trainings from scorecard`s development and validation,
• Act as subject-matter experts in Foundation and Advanced IRB implementation
• Development of stress-tests methodology
• Risk aggregation and capital allocation
• Apply Risk modeling tools towards evaluating exposures
• Develop tools for capital efficiency measurement such as RAROC, EVA, EVE, etc

Person Specifications:

• Minimum of 8–10 years banking experience covering combinations of business line management, banking operations, process management and Information Technology audit.
• Excellent Statistical Knowledge.
• Strong analytical skills to identify patterns of incidents and causes.
• Tenacity and intellectual curiosity to identify the root causes of incidents.
• Good writing and presentation skills
• Ability to use process mapping tools
• Strong Team Work Skills
• Strong Problem-solving Skills
• Proven Business analysis skills
• Good computer application skills in Microsoft word, Power Point,  Microsoft Excel, etc

Method Of Application:

Kindly email your CV to ham@hpierson.com

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