About the Company:

Housing Finance Bank, is a Commercial Bank and the leading provider of housing finance solutions with a vision to be the preferred consumer and business bank with a focus on housing finance.

Job Summary:

• The role is accountable for developing and implementing policies and procedures that reduce Enterprise and Market Risk for the bank and managing the building of financial models that predict Enterprise & Market Risk exposure to the organization.
• The role holder will be responsible for the oversight and management of the Bank’s interest Rate Risk, Currency/Foreign Exchange Risk, Liquidity Risk, market risk and overall Enterprise Risk.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Monitoring of trading limits.
• Verify daily revaluation rates used for trading.
• Weekly snap check on the Treasury Voice recording system.
• Participate in Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP) and Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process (ICAAP)
• Review of securities trading process.
• Carry out other critical processes snap checks consistent with the approved timetable and workplan.
• Participating in risk appetite assessment and strategic alignment review.
• Participate in formulation and updating of the Bank’s recovery framework.
• Coordinate Business recovery planning activities as per Recovery planning workplan.
• Conduct trainings to create awareness regarding risk identification, controlling, measuring and monitoring in areas of enterprise and market risk.
• Follow up implementation of actions agreed in the departmental Risk Management forums and processes.
• Coordinate activities of risk champions as well as assess their performance on a quarterly basis.
• Undertake Liquidity risk monitoring.
• Initiate the stress testing process of the bank in key risk areas as per workplan.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by management from time to time.
• Financial Responsibility: N/A

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A Business degree in Risk, Finance, Commerce, Business Administration, Economics, Statistics, Management and any relevant field.
• Possession of a Certified Banking qualification or Master’s degree in a relevant field is an added advantage.
• Relevant Practical training in Enterprise and Market risk in the financial services sector.

Skills & Experience

• A minimum of 5 years banking experience with at least 4 of it being in the operations, strategy and Market risk management domain.
• Good understanding of Risk management principles.
• Possess strong problem-solving skills. (hypothesis-driven thinking, analytical, quantitative and conceptual skills)
• Thorough understanding of the evolving practices for the management of enterprise, Market and regulatory requirements.
• Able to source data, perform periodic computations and report on findings.
• Good Knowledge of the bank’s operational policies and procedures.
• Expert Knowledge of process re-engineering and model development required.

Business Behaviours

• The ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in written form in a professional manner is deemed essential.
• Ability to build functioning working relationships across organisational, corporate and cultural boundaries.
• Takes clear accountability and focusses on delivery of corporate goals.
• Team Player
• Provides extraordinary service.
• Must be a person of impeccable integrity

Interested candidates should submit their applications with a recent CV, copies of all academic transcripts, certificates and testimonials, daytime telephone contact, postal and email address and three competent referees to:

Chief Human Resources Officer

Housing Finance Bank,

Investment House

4 Wampewo Avenue, Kololo

Please take note that all applications should be sent by email to Recruitment@housingfinance.co.ug

DO NOT HAND DELIVER YOUR APPLICATION

Any form of canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification.

Guidelines for submitting Documents.

• Ensure that all your documents are scanned and submitted in 1 single batch using the following order:

• Application letter
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Academic Documents and Certificates

• The maximum document size is 10 MB.
• Please indicate the name of the position you are applying for in the subject.
• For regular internal staff to be eligible, you must have held your substantive position for at least two (2) years and have a consistent satisfactory performance with no disciplinary record over the immediate consecutive past two years.