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As a Risk Analyst, your role will be crucial in establishing strong relationships with stakeholders, offering expert guidance on risk profiles, and creating action plans to mitigate identified risks.

The rest of the responsibilities include:

• Providing advice to stakeholders regarding risk profiles and escalating issues when necessary
• Contributing to a culture that fosters positive relationships and delivers exceptional client service
• Identifying changing client needs and incorporating feedback into enhancing business processes and systems
• Applying technical and business insights during interviews to review business processes in alignment with the risk plan
• Collaborating with relevant stakeholders to develop effective remedial action plans
• Preparing risk reports that highlight areas of concern, opportunities, and subjects requiring further investigation

What you bring:

• Degree in Risk Management or an Insurance, Financial Services or Banking environment
• 3-4 years of experience with exposure to risk management
• Knowledge of Risk Management, Governance, Regulations, and Legislation
• Familiarity with quantitative finance and accounting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Resilience in handling challenges and setbacks
• Excellent interpersonal skills for building relationships
• Proficient in relationship management
• Strong analytical skills for assessing risks and developing

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• As a System Owner for Integrations & Back Office, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our client's software platform. You will take ownership of integrations with various entities such as banks, mobile networks, credit bureaus, SMS and email providers, as well as accounting systems. Your role will also extend to managing back office functions including employer databases and insurance processes. You will define the system vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business goals while collaborating with stakeholders to gather and prioritise system requirements. Your leadership will be crucial in driving the system development process from ideation to launch.
• Own Unifi’s integrations with banks, mobile networks, credit bureau, SMS and email providers, accounting systems.
• Manage back office functions like employer database, insurance processes.
• Define and communicate the system vision, strategy, and roadmap in alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and prioritise system requirements.
• Lead the system development process from ideation to launch.
• Ensure user adoption across teams within the organisation.
• Monitor key performance indicators to measure the success of the systems.
• Drive continuous improvement and deliver system changes.
• Perform root cause analysis on issues experienced and drive solutions to resolve them.
• Act as the primary point of contact for all system-related matters.
• As an ideal candidate for the System Owner Integrations & Back Office position, you bring along an appropriate degree in IT or Engineering coupled with at least 5 years of experience working in a software product-focused role within financial services. Your expertise includes a minimum of 3 years SQL experience and a proven track record of successfully delivering and managing complex systems. Your ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements will be crucial in this role. You possess excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Your passion for building products that solve real user problems and deliver exceptional value is evident. A willingness to work in the developing world context and the ability to travel across Africa are also required.
• Appropriate degree (e.g. IT or Engineering)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a software product-focused role in financial services
• Minimum of 3 years SQL experience
• Proven track record of successfully delivering and managing complex systems
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Passion for building products that solve real user problems and deliver exceptional value
• Willingness to work in the developing world context
• Ability to travel across Africa