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| African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) |
AJIRA TANZANIA 2020 / NAFASI ZA KAZI 2020
African Trade Insurance Agency (“ATI”)
The African Trade Insurance Agency (“ATI”) is a pan-African multilateral financial institution established in 2001 by African States. ATI was originally launched with the technical and financial support from the World Bank Group and has had more recent support from the African Development Bank. ATI has grown into a market leader for risk mitigation in Africa, establishing itself as Africa’s primary trade and investment insurer and one of Africa’s largest Development Finance Institutions with an outstanding portfolio exceeding US$6bn at year end 2019.
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The African Trade Insurance Agency (“ATI”) is a pan-African multilateral financial institution established in 2001 by African States. ATI was originally launched with the technical and financial support from the World Bank Group and has had more recent support from the African Development Bank. ATI has grown into a market leader for risk mitigation in Africa, establishing itself as Africa’s primary trade and investment insurer and one of Africa’s largest Development Finance Institutions with an outstanding portfolio exceeding US$6bn at year end 2019.
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ATI
provides political and credit risk insurance to companies, investors
and lenders doing business in Africa. For over a decade, ATI has
maintained an A rating for Financial Strength and Counterparty Credit by
Standard & Poor’s, and in 2019 obtained a second A3/Stable rating
from Moody’s. ATI’s membership includes African Member States as well as
a number of corporate and institutional shareholders. Besides its head
office in Nairobi, ATI currently has offices in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire,
Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
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Position: Credit Analyst
Main Functions and Responsibilities
Under the oversight of the Senior Credit Analyst and overall supervision of Chief Risk Officer, your functions and duties shall be as follows:
For a given set of countries, analyse and monitor the general economic and political environment insofar it affects the creditworthiness of companies, including:
- Key sectors of the economy and their performance
- Quality and availability of information on companies
- The regulatory environment i.e. government regulations and policies towards commercial entities
- The legal environment i.e. security perfection, bankruptcy and legal ways for debt collection
Review and update (as may be required from time to time) the organisation’s credit information database and obligor underwriting system
Evaluate and understand risks associated with individual applications for insurance, the underlying project, parent support policies, quality of management and strategy and recommend appropriate risk mitigation measures
Ensure compliance with ATI’s policies, including the provisions of the operations manual and ensure that ATI’s policy breaches are properly authorised at the correct senior approving level
Have contacts with key clients, banks and obligors in order to develop both general intelligence on a given sector or region and specific information about private obligors and public buyers
Evaluate and document the soundness of the credit management policies of lenders and traders;
Contribute to debt collection and risk mitigation actions
Contribute to corporate communication exercises, workshops and conferences
Travel on regular basis to meet information sources, clients, banks, buyers and other business partners
Perform such other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time
The position will be based in Kenya, with the possibility of relocation to another African country.
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Qualifications & Attributes
Strong credit experience, preferably with an African bank of credit institution
Fluent in English and, preference will be given to candidates with additional fluency in French or Portuguese
A minimum of 5 years banking and credit experience in one of the following regions: Francophone East, Central or West Africa
Good personal network in that region (banking and corporate)
Master’s Degree in Business/Economics, or equivalent through experience
Excellent communication and presentation skills
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How to Apply:
Please submit the following to recruitment@ati-aca.org
- An Application Letter (cover letter)
- CV including details of your current remuneration package along with details of three referees
- Personal History Form.PDF
Please note that once your application is submitted, ATI will only contact short-listed candidates. ATI does not accept unsolicited job applications.
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