# Credit Risk Specialist – Assessment & Validation

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Company: DFCU Bank

Category: Banking & Financial Services

Location: Uganda, Kampala

Work type: Full-time

Work arrangement: On-site

Published: 2026-07-27

Expires: 2026-07-30

## Job Description

Qualifications

- An undergraduate Degree in mathematics, statistics or quantitative economics.

- CFA qualification will be an added advantage.

- Knowledge of data analysis and validation tools.

- Knowledge of data modelling, data cleansing, and data enrichment techniques.

- In possession of formal research training.

- 4 years’ working experience in a financial institution.

- Highly numerate and analytical.

- Statistical modelling, interpretation and translation.

- Risk management and commercial grounding.

- Capacity to develop and document procedures and workflows.

- Knowledge on macro-economic and sector performance tools.
Responsibilities

- Be responsible for the collation, analysis and publication of the Key Credit Risk and Performance Indicators and perform monthly trend analysis.

- Proactive assessment of Industry/ Sector performance and risk to guide prioritization of business efforts.

- Conduct Macro economic analysis and forecasting and advise the bank on possible impact to performance.

- Participate in conducting of periodic Credit stress tests and scenario analysis, assessing the impact of the Bank’s credit portfolio and making appropriate recommendations to senior management for action.

- Design relevant reporting tools and templates.

- Timely preparation of comprehensive and reliable credit risk reports on a monthly and quarterly basis.

- Review the Bank’s credit analytics to enhance its accuracy and support in the review, understanding and management of model risk to mitigate losses arising from errors.

- Assess the quality of the overall loan portfolio through trends and other analytical risk indicators, to improve credit collections and recoveries

## Requirements

Education: Bachelor's degree
Experience: 3 years
Languages: English

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