Credit Risk Manager at Bank of Africa Kenya Limited

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• Job Type Full Time
• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate
• Experience 5 - 7 years
• Location Nairobi
• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit
• Implement and continuously enhance the Credit Risk Management Framework, policies, methodologies and guidelines.
• Ensure credit risk practices remain aligned with the Risk Appetite Framework, regulatory requirements and applicable standards.
• Provide independent risk challenge to Business and Credit functions and monitor compliance with approved policies, limits, delegated authorities and risk appetite.
• Provide credit risk input on new products, sectors and business initiatives, ensuring risks are appropriately identified and mitigated
• Lead the preparation and oversight of the Bank’s IFRS 9 ECL assessment, including staging, PD, LGD, EAD, forward-looking scenarios and management overlays.
• Review and challenge the accuracy, appropriateness and performance of credit risk models, assumptions, data and ECL outputs.
• Monitor credit risk trends, model performance and portfolio deterioration, assessing implications for ECL, provisioning, Cost of Risk, profitability and capital.
• Coordinate with Finance, Credit and relevant functions on ECL assessments, model validation and enhancement.
• Provide actionable credit risk analytics and insights to support management decision-making.
• Monitor the overall credit portfolio, including asset quality, portfolio performance, concentrations, NPLs, PAR, Cost of Risk, provisioning, migration and delinquency trends.
• Maintain and enhance the early warning framework, monitoring watchlist, vulnerable and migrating exposures and ensuring timely escalation of emerging risks.
• Conduct portfolio reviews and deep dives into high-risk sectors, products, customer segments and material exposures, recommending appropriate risk mitigation.
• Analyse impairment, recoveries, restructurings and write-offs, and assess the adequacy of provisions for deteriorating exposures.
• Collaborate with Credit Monitoring, Portfolio Quality, Recoveries and Business to drive timely remedial action.
• Provide independent review and challenge of material credit proposals, renewals, restructurings and exceptions, including assessment of customer financial capacity, repayment ability and key risk assumptions.
• Assess the adequacy of risk mitigants, collateral, guarantees and other credit enhancements.
• Provide an independent credit risk view on material transactions and escalate exposures that fall outside approved risk appetite, limits or policy parameters.
• Lead credit risk stress testing and scenario analysis, including development of relevant economic, sector and borrower-specific scenarios.
• Assess the impact of adverse scenarios on asset quality, ECL/provisions, capital adequacy, profitability and risk appetite.
• Provide credit risk inputs to ICAAP and enterprise-wide stress testing, and recommend appropriate management actions arising from stress-test results.
• Prepare credit risk reports and dashboards for Management Credit Risk Committees, ALCO, BRMC and the Board, highlighting portfolio trends, emerging risks, breaches and required actions.
• Ensure regulatory and internal credit risk reporting meets CBK requirements and support regulatory inspections and supervisory reviews.
• Coordinate responses to audit and regulatory findings, monitor agreed remediation actions and ensure timely closure.
• Promote a strong credit risk culture and provide technical guidance and advisory support to Business, Credit, Finance, Treasury and other functions.
• Provide credit risk awareness and training to strengthen risk understanding and sound credit risk practices across the Bank.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Professional qualification such as CFA, CPA, ACCA, FRM, or equivalent is an added advantage
• Minimum 5 – 7 years’ relevant experience in banking, with significant experience in credit risk management.
• Experience in IFRS 9 / Expected Credit Loss, stress testing and credit risk analytics is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience in credit portfolio management, credit analysis, risk assessment and credit monitoring.
• Experience in a second-line risk management environment is highly desirable.
• Experience preparing reports for senior management, risk committees and/or Board committees.
• Good understanding of the Kenyan banking regulatory and prudential environment.
• Job Type Full Time • Qualification BA/BSc/HND , Professional Certificate • Experience 5 - 7 years • Location Nairobi • Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit • Implement and continuously enhance the Credit Risk Management Framework, policies, methodologies and guidelines. • Ensure credit risk practices remain aligned with the Risk Appetite Framework, regulatory requirements and applicable standards. • Provide independent risk challenge to Business and Credit functions and monitor compliance with approved policies, limits, delegated authorities and risk appetite. • Provide credit risk input on new products, sectors and business initiatives, ensuring risks are appropriately identified and mitigated • Lead the preparation and oversight of the Bank’s IFRS 9 ECL assessment, including staging, PD, LGD, EAD, forward-looking scenarios and management overlays. • Review and challenge the accuracy, appropriateness and performance of credit risk models, assumptions, data and ECL outputs. • Monitor credit risk trends, model performance and portfolio deterioration, assessing implications for ECL, provisioning, Cost of Risk, profitability and capital. • Coordinate with Finance, Credit and relevant functions on ECL assessments, model validation and enhancement. • Provide actionable credit risk analytics and insights to support management decision-making. • Monitor the overall credit portfolio, including asset quality, portfolio performance, concentrations, NPLs, PAR, Cost of Risk, provisioning, migration and delinquency trends. • Maintain and enhance the early warning framework, monitoring watchlist, vulnerable and migrating exposures and ensuring timely escalation of emerging risks. • Conduct portfolio reviews and deep dives into high-risk sectors, products, customer segments and material exposures, recommending appropriate risk mitigation. • Analyse impairment, recoveries, restructurings and write-offs, and assess the adequacy of provisions for deteriorating exposures. • Collaborate with Credit Monitoring, Portfolio Quality, Recoveries and Business to drive timely remedial action. • Provide independent review and challenge of material credit proposals, renewals, restructurings and exceptions, including assessment of customer financial capacity, repayment ability and key risk assumptions. • Assess the adequacy of risk mitigants, collateral, guarantees and other credit enhancements. • Provide an independent credit risk view on material transactions and escalate exposures that fall outside approved risk appetite, limits or policy parameters. • Lead credit risk stress testing and scenario analysis, including development of relevant economic, sector and borrower-specific scenarios. • Assess the impact of adverse scenarios on asset quality, ECL/provisions, capital adequacy, profitability and risk appetite. • Provide credit risk inputs to ICAAP and enterprise-wide stress testing, and recommend appropriate management actions arising from stress-test results. • Prepare credit risk reports and dashboards for Management Credit Risk Committees, ALCO, BRMC and the Board, highlighting portfolio trends, emerging risks, breaches and required actions. • Ensure regulatory and internal credit risk reporting meets CBK requirements and support regulatory inspections and supervisory reviews. • Coordinate responses to audit and regulatory findings, monitor agreed remediation actions and ensure timely closure. • Promote a strong credit risk culture and provide technical guidance and advisory support to Business, Credit, Finance, Treasury and other functions. • Provide credit risk awareness and training to strengthen risk understanding and sound credit risk practices across the Bank. • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Business Administration or a related discipline. • Professional qualification such as CFA, CPA, ACCA, FRM, or equivalent is an added advantage • Minimum 5 – 7 years’ relevant experience in banking, with significant experience in credit risk management. • Experience in IFRS 9 / Expected Credit Loss, stress testing and credit risk analytics is desirable. • Demonstrable experience in credit portfolio management, credit analysis, risk assessment and credit monitoring. • Experience in a second-line risk management environment is highly desirable. • Experience preparing reports for senior management, risk committees and/or Board committees. • Good understanding of the Kenyan banking regulatory and prudential environment.

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