Senior Manager - Credit Risk

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global professional services firm is recruiting for a Senior Manager in Financial Services Risk Management. The role involves leading a team to develop credit risk models and providing strategic insights across various client engagements while fostering a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Benefits

Access to industry experts

Continuous professional development programs

Flexible work environment

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Career progression support

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years relevant working experience.
• Advanced knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Sound understanding of quantitative methods for financial risk management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to develop and validate credit risk models.
• Engage with clients to solve complex financial risk problems.
• Develop sustainable client relationships and new business opportunities.

Skills

Strong analytical skills

Statistical aptitude

Project management skills

Innovative thinking

Education

Relevant Masters or Honours degree in quantitative field

Tools

MS Office

SAS programming

Job description

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We are currently recruiting for a Senior Manager within our Financial Services Risk Management – Quantitative Advisory Services (QAS) team. The role will focus on the credit risk competency. This includes credit risk modelling, credit risk model validation and the development of advanced analytical solutions for credit decisioning.

The practice focusses on financial services across banking, insurance, and corporate treasuries.

Your key responsibilities

The successful applicant will help develop and lead a team which can offer our clients advice and hands on assistance with issues such as:

• Development and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, ECL) under IFRS 9
• Credit impairment assessment and due diligence reviews
• Development and validation of Basel internal rating-based models
• Designing and reviewing credit risk decisioning and pricing models
• Building predictive models, ML algorithms and advanced analytics solutions for clients
• Creating visualisations of data and generating in-depth insights
• Developing thought leadership material on relevant industry topics

Client responsibilities

• Participate in and as required, lead FS Risk client engagements
• Develop long-term, sustainable relationships with key client stakeholders in line with our go to market strategies and individual market development initiatives
• Develop client solutions based on a deep understanding and knowledge of clients’ business needs
• Develop informed views for clients on the implications of current and anticipated industry issues
• Generate new business sales through proactively managing key accounts, identifying new client opportunities, and playing a significant role in developing and driving sales campaigns/solutions

People responsibilities

• Live the EY values
• Act as a thought leader in the field of credit risk
• Lead engagement teams and accounts
• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching and mentoring all junior levels of staff
• Provide learning and growth opportunities to staff and encourage the potential within all staff to take on challenging opportunities
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for junior levels of staff
• Contribute to people initiatives including recruiting, retaining and training FS Risk professionals
• Maintain an educational program to continually develop your own personal skills

Qualifications and experience required

• Relevant Masters (MComm / MSc /MPhil) or Honours degree in quantitative field like computer science, engineering, actuarial, statistics, mathematics, or related field
• Sound understanding of quantitative methods and the application of these to financial risk management
• Advanced knowledge of statistical and machine learning techniques (e.g. regression, decision trees, clustering, neural networks, etc.)
• A minimum of 8 years relevant working experience

Otherskills and attributes for success

• Strong analytical skills and statistical aptitude in a modelling environment
• Proficient in MS Office
• Knowledge of SAS programming is preferable
• Experience in the development, review and validation of credit risk models (PD, LGD, EAD, ECL) under IFRS 9 and Basel internal rating-based models is a plus
• Innovative, creative thinking and problem-solving skills
• Robust project management skills
• Solid presentation skills and confidence to be client-facing
• Effective time management
• Initiative and enthusiasm
• Ability to work under pressure Flexibility to accept change and adapt

What working at EY offers

• Work for a globally integrated firm of actuarial and quantitative professionals across more than 150 countries, enabling optimised and consistent views across the globe.
• Work with and have access to industry experts, whilst gaining exposure across multiple engagements and clients in the financial services sector.
• Develop both your technical expertise and other skills such as project and stakeholder management.
• Further your continuous professional development through our in-house learning platforms as well as our external learning FS Risk study policy.
• Work in a company culture that values diversity and inclusiveness, flexibility, employee wellness and corporate social responsibility.
• Receive ongoing mentoring, support and guidance to optimise your professional growth and progress your career at EY.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we hire and develop the most passionate people in their field to help build a better working world. This starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. So that whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime

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EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients.

EY refers to the global organization, and may refer to one or more, of the member firms of Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of which is a separate legal entity. Ernst & Young Global Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, does not provide services to clients.

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