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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Collaborate with department managers to identify and assess risks, crafting tailored risk management initiatives.• Provide guidance to ensure effective implementation of risk management strategies.• Build project risk management tools to streamline risk identification and mitigation processes.• Regularly review and assess risk management processes for enhancement opportunities.

Kingston, Jamaica

Spearheaded the development and implementation of the company's Enterprise Risk Management Framework, ensuring seamless regulatory compliance and strategic alignment.• Formulated comprehensive risk appetite statements, key risk indicators, and monitoring thresholds for over 50 high-priority risks, bolstering proactive risk management.• Devised and executed robust mitigation strategies while maintaining vigilant risk monitoring and reporting mechanisms. Innovatively leveraged efficient tools, markedly reducing report preparation time and enhancing monitoring frequency.• Designed and executed extract-transform-load processes for analytic data tables, augmenting data-driven decision-making efficacy at the Senior Management and Board levels.• Nurtured and guided a team of risk management professionals, fostering their professional growth and ensuring optimal performance.• Provided invaluable risk management insights to support product development and major projects, optimizing outcomes and ensuring resilience against potential risks.• Pioneered a Financial Modeler program, enriching staff capabilities in data-driven modeling and enhancing organizational decision-making prowess.• Steered the Senior Financial Risk Manager desk during a transitional period, overseeing rigorous financial risk monitoring, analysis, and meticulous preparation of management and board reports.

Kingston, Jamaica

Managed non-financial risk management operations adeptly in the absence of the Head of Non-Financial Risk for nine months, effectively executing all associated functions during the vacancy.• Directed the Enterprise Risk Assessment initiative for the Group and its subsidiaries, furnishing invaluable insights for risk-informed decision-making, pivotal to strategic achievements.• Designed sophisticated models to proactively monitor critical financial risks and conducted in-depth analysis of data to identify trends and patterns within a USD $1 billion investment portfolio, ensuring optimal risk mitigation and portfolio performance.• Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration to successfully implement comprehensive risk management strategies, fostering synergy and maximizing organizational resilience against potential risks.

Kingston, Jamaica

Led end-to-end ERM engagements for diverse financial groups, devising and implementing strategies to identify, assess, and mitigate risks across their operations.• Spearheaded Business Continuity Planning initiatives for clients, ensuring continuity of critical operations in the face of disruptions.• Developed and executed Internal Audit plans for financial institutions and manufacturing companies, ensuring adherence to industry regulations and best practices.• Efficiently managed engagement budgets, consistently completing projects under budget constraints while maximizing value for clients

Kingston, Jamaica

Supported Senior Risk Management Consultants in delivering impactful ERM, BCP, and Internal Audit engagements, contributing to enhanced risk mitigation and operational resilience for clients.• Conducted comprehensive risk assessments and analysis, pinpointing areas of vulnerability and providing actionable recommendations for risk mitigation, resulting in strengthened risk management frameworks and reduced exposure to potential threats.• Conducted rigorous control testing to assess the effectiveness of internal controls, identifying areas for improvement and ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.• Developed efficient tools for clients to track audit resolutions and report risks, improving operational efficiency and enabling informed decision-making while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Kingston, Jamaica

St. John'S, Antigua

• Researches, analyses and compiles data on financial information, providing sound recommendations and accurate risk assessment to Management, in developing and executing profitable banking proposals, which addresses the customers’ financial needs and concerns, and manages risk within the context of ECCB’s Guidelines and ACB’s strategic policy and objectives.• Consults with and advises operating units, management, on all Risk related issues.• Coordinates the Bank’s business continuity programmes and policies in conjunction with departmental representatives and external service providers.• Conducts risk assessment for new products to be offered by the Bank;• Assists with overseeing all risk-taking activities, including reviewing transactions and models to ensure that they are being conducted within an appropriate risk control framework.• Assist with the documentation and implementation of an Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the group.• Assist with the preparation of risk management policies such as the Operational Risk Management Policy• Develop and execute various initiatives aimed at building a sound risk culture across the group• Provides guidance and training to the wider team on risk management related topics.

Kingston, Jamaica

• Evaluate the assets and liabilities of the Banking, Investments and Insurance divisions to determine the market risk exposure (particularly interest rate, foreign exchange, counterparty, credit, and liquidity risks).• Prepare timely and accurate risk management reports to support the financial risk decision-making and monitoring at the board and management levels. These include, but are not limited to, liquidity gapping, stop loss monitoring, duration analysis and balance sheet management through repricing gapping.• Assist with writing various policies to manage the different risk exposures of the group.• Assist with the monitoring of the group’s key risks across all risk types.• Assist with the enterprise risk management process of the group.• Assesses and risk scores of the group’s counterparties.• Responsible for the daily monitoring of internal policy limits for Treasury, FX Trading and Bond Trading, ensuring that the Trader adhered to the agreed investment guidelines.

Kingston, Jamaica

Kingston, Jamaica

1.Evaluate the assets and liabilities of the Banking and Investments divisionto determine the market risk exposure (particularly interest rate, foreign exchange,counterparty, repricing and liquidity risks).2. Prepare timely and accurate risk management reports to support themarket risk decision-making and monitoring. These include, but are not limited to,liquidity gapping, stop loss monitoring, duration analysis and balance sheetmanagement through repricing gapping.3. Assist with the assessmemt of the group's counterparties to determine risk exposure limits.4. Assist with the group's risk identification and categorization process.5. Monitor the daily internal policy limits for Treasury, FX Trading and Bond Trading,ensuring that the Trader adheres to the agreed investment guidelines.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Enterprise Risk Management, Distinction

Bachelor'S Degree, Actuarial Science, Second Class Honours

Introduction To Risk Management, A