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Senior IT Specialist and Risk Officer - Department Credit Risk Management Division

  • Grade: PL-5
  • Position N°: NA
  • Reference: ADB/12/096
  • Publication date: 03/05/2012
  • Closing date: 04/06/2012

Objectives

Within the global mandate of developing and promulgating financial policies and guidelines for the African Development Bank and reporting on compliance thereof, the Credit Risk Management Division’s role is to assess and monitor the risk profile of the Bank’s sovereign and non-sovereign portfolio.

Duties and responsibilities

Under the technical supervision of the Chief Risk Infrastructure Officer and the general supervision of the Division Manager, you will perform the following:

  • Maintain the Credit Risk applications and support to users of Credit Risk systems: develop ad hoc applications when necessary, monitor the day-to-day use of PRR and other Credit Risk tools, provide support on key systems used in the Division
  • Liaise with the IT Department and suppliers of Credit Risk systems: ensure adequate technical support on Credit Risk systems, interact with IT Department to evaluate hardware and software requirements, work with specialists of software suppliers to ensure adequate programming, configuration and maintenance
  • Provide technical support for the implementation of Credit Risk systems: produce software requirements specifications in collaboration with IT Department, participate in the implementation of Credit systems, analyse client server systems, design application software to support Credit Risk Officers recommendations
  • Other duties: define and document security and disaster recovery requirements for Credit Risk Management activities; provide budget figures for Credit Risk Infrastructure information service; prepare technical and user documentation, and other related reports

Selection Criteria

  • At least a Master’s degree or its equivalent in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, and/or Finance/Banking
  • At least five (5) years of relevant experience related to information systems analysis and programming, Banking and Risk Management
  • Strong programming and data base management skills
  • Very good understanding and knowledge of development of systems and applications related to Credit Risk Management
  • Ability to work within Visual Studio development environment
  • Strong knowledge of Credit Risk Management concepts
  • Ability to stay abreast of IT developments for Credit Risk information systems
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and/or French, with a working knowledge of the other language
  • Competence in the use of Bank standard software (Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint).

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  • Submitted by: Mohamed Youssouf, Division Manager, CHRM.1
  • Approved by: Gemina Archer-Davies, Director, CHRM