• Application Deadline:
• Position: Financial Risk Analyst


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience 3 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Data Science / Research  , Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

In this role, you’ll be required to support the financial risk management (FRM) team, financial reporting, and credit risk teams with data-driven analysis to help make strategic credit and deposits products decisions.

Responsibilities

• Monitor performance of the credit portfolio to optimize profitability and reach growth targets


• Collaborate with the portfolio management team, decision science, product, engineering and treasury teams to propose experiments and policy changes.


• Conduct ad-hoc analysis to identify underlying explanations for changes in credit portfolio performance, propose solutions and evaluate expected portfolio impacts.


• Manage the company’s IFRS 9 ECL models, and computations monthly on tools like SAS and R.

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience


• Fluent in SQL and Excel. Proficient in R/Python/SAS, or similar statistical analysis tool, is a plus


• Previous experience in analytics and/or quantitative modelling, using large datasets

This job is perfect for you if you

• Enjoy adding structure and developing approaches to ambiguous problems


• Are a self-starter, take initiative, work collaboratively and can self-manage in ambiguity


• Have excellent verbal and written communication skills


• Are numbers-savvy, find it interesting working with programming tools and are very detail-oriented

You will not enjoy this job if you

• Work best in structured, hierarchical settings


• Have strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills


• Are enthusiastic about working across cultures