Chief Risk Officer: Everyday Banking
CurrentResponsible for end-to-end Credit Risk management across all the Retail Unsecured Products (Personal Loans, Credit Card, Overdrafts, Transactional Banking) for Absa Bank. This Includes:- Underwriting (new acquisitions, limit increases, affordability, pricing, referral and decline rules)- Existing Customer Management (high risk account management, credit limit decreases, over-limit strategies)- Portfolio Analytics (risk appetite setting, profitability, economic and regulatory… Show more Responsible for end-to-end Credit Risk management across all the Retail Unsecured Products (Personal Loans, Credit Card, Overdrafts, Transactional Banking) for Absa Bank. This Includes:- Underwriting (new acquisitions, limit increases, affordability, pricing, referral and decline rules)- Existing Customer Management (high risk account management, credit limit decreases, over-limit strategies)- Portfolio Analytics (risk appetite setting, profitability, economic and regulatory capital, payments)- Collections and Recoveries (pre-legal, legal and off balance sheet strategies)- Debt Review (Debt Counselling, Debt Administration, Forbearance and Debt Relief)- Governance, Policy and MI (including BCBS239)- Enablement and Capabilities (credit changes, credit technology, credit bureau relationships)Provide independent and objective end-to-end business risk oversight to the Retail Unsecured Business as 2LoD, including Fraud Risk and Payment Risk for Absa Bank in line with the Operational Risk Management Framework: This includes:- Provide check and challenge during the Product development process to ensure that all risks have been considered and sufficiently addressed.- Oversee and perform (where appropriate) deep dive- and lessons learnt exercises for material risks, including the review, challenge and tracking / escalation of findings. Review major remediation plans for adequacy, completeness and progress.- Operational Risk policy and standard conformance testing- CPA / RCSA / MCA review and oversight at product level- Fraud management oversight- External scanning of emerging risks and best practice- Independent assurance testing and deep dives- Challenge business risk profiles to help ensure risk is managed in line with approved risk appetite.- Enable management to monitor the effectiveness of the control environment and to take action to further mitigate operational risk where required. Show less