Risk and Performance Manager

Education / Qualifications

The Fonds Souverain d’Investissements Stratégiques (FONSIS) is the financial arm of the State of Senegal for strategic investments. Its mission is to contribute to the structural transformation of the Senegalese economy through the mobilization of capital, the development of strategic projects and the management of value-creating investments.

Other information

As part of this mission, FONSIS manages the Senegal Intergenerational Fund (FIG), created to preserve and enhance, for the benefit of future generations, a portion of revenues from the exploitation of oil and gas resources, through the constitution and management of a diversified and efficient asset portfolio. As part of the operationalization of the FIG and the progressive deployment of its investment strategy, FONSIS recruits a Risk and Performance Manager. Main duty Under the supervision of the Executive Director of the FIG, the Risk and Performance Manager is responsible for developing and implementing the Fund’s risk management and performance monitoring system. It ensures compliance with the Investment Policy, risk limits and international best practices in portfolio management. It monitors investment performance, produces reports for governance bodies and contributes to the continuous improvement of the FIG’s risk management system.

Responsibilities

Risk management

• Implement the risk management framework of the FIG, in accordance with the Investment Policy and the guidance of governance bodies;
• Identify, measure, track and analyze financial, market, credit, liquidity, operational and ESG risks of the portfolio;
• Ensure compliance with approved risk limits and investment constraints;
• Conduct sensitivity analyses, stress tests and risk scenarios;
• Make recommendations to strengthen portfolio risk management. Monitoring of performance
• Measure and analyze the performance of investments and the overall portfolio of the FIG;
• Perform performance attribution analyses by asset class, manager or investment strategy;
• Track performance, risk and value creation indicators;
• Contribute to portfolio valuation exercises;

Location

• Participate in periodic reviews of performance and strategic allocation. Follow-up of delegated managers
• Monitor the performance of delegated managers;
• Monitor compliance with management mandates, investment policies and risk limits;
• Participate in periodic evaluations of external managers;
• Make recommendations regarding the maintenance, renewal or evolution of mandates. Reporting and Governance
• Ensure compliance with the Investment Policy, Investment Doctrine and approved risk limits;
• Produce dashboards and reports for the CEO, the Executive Director;
• Prepare risk and performance analyses presented to governance bodies;
• Contribute to portfolio strategic review exercises;
• Participate in the improvement of risk management and performance measurement policies, procedures, tools and methodology.

Candidate profile

Experience

• Minimum eight (8) years of relevant professional experience in risk management, asset management or performance analysis;
• Experience gained in an investment fund, sovereign wealth fund, pension fund, management company, investment bank, international financial institution or specialized firm. Technical skills
• Excellent knowledge of financial risk management techniques;
• Good knowledge of different asset classes and financial instruments;
• Control of performance and risk indicators;
• Good understanding of asset allocation models;
• Strong quantitative and analytical capabilities;
• Good command of data modeling and analysis tools;
• Good knowledge of ESG issues and best governance practices. Personal qualities
• Strong capacity for analysis and synthesis;
• Rigor and sense of organization;
• Spirit of initiative and autonomy;
• Critical spirit and independence of judgment;
• Excellent writing skills;
• Sense of confidentiality and ethics;
• Ability to interact with high-level interlocutors. Education
• Diploma Bac+5 in Finance, Risk Management, Financial Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Financial Engineering or any other relevant discipline. Languages Excellent command of French and English, both written and spoken. You will be in an environment where you will be empowered and autonomous, to make your mark on the investments that are transforming Senegal.

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