Chief Risk Officer – Standard Bank Holdings

in order to continue our focus on accelerated delivery to clients. Africa’s leading bank wishes to strengthen its senior leadership structure.

Chief Risk Officer

Role Description

The role reports to the Chief Executive and provides strategic vision to assist the business to embed risk management practices and leverage its benefits to enhance business performance. Also, to enable the business to balance risk and reward. Embed enterprise risk management practices and foster and grow a risk management culture in the business. To support business line executives in ensuring that their specific risks are effectively managed as close to the source as possible.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the bank’s overall risk management vision, strategy and policy
• Oversee the management of credit risk for the business line
• Oversee the management of operational risk for the business line
• Drive the management of country, market, funding, liquidity and other risks
• Lead the risk management team in the business line

Qualifications and experience

The ideal candidate should hold a Post Graduate Diploma in Mathematical Science /Business Commerce. MBA. or related fields. CA qualification is an added advantage combined with a minimum of 10 years’ extensive experience in enterprise risk management (preferably in a financial services organization), lending processes and managing credit risk for individual customers and exposure for corporate and sovereign lending.

If you are looking for an exciting opportunity where you will drive Namibia’s growth, then it s time you join us on our journey.

In return. Standard Bank Holdings will reward you with competitive remuneration and a dynamic supportive culture where we encourage our people to mature and progress with extensive learning and development opportunities.

With Standard Bank Holdings you will enjoy a challenging, stimulating and highly rewarding career in a working environment that is fast-paced, exciting and empowering.