1. Job Ref Number : FSD/4.04
2. Job Title : Head, Liquidity and Interbank Analysis
Unit
3. Rank : SBOI/II
4. Reports to : Head, Macro Stress Testing and Risk
Modelling Section
5. Job Purpose
• To Monitor Liquidity Risks in the Financial Systems and Prepare
comprehensive periodic reports.
6. Main responsibilities and responsibilities:
• Identify and measure indicators of interbank contagion and liquidity risk.
• Monitor liquidity risk exposure.
• Monitor the interbank activities and exposure levels
• Determine the extent of the banks interconnectivity with financial and non
financial institutions.
• Conduct stress tests on a regular basis for a variety of short-term and
protracted institution-specific and market-wide stress scenarios to identify
sources of potential liquidity strain.
• Monitor a combination of internal reports, prudential reports and market
information.
• Maintain a database on interbank activities and exposures.
• Undertake regular statistical and econometric analysis of contagion in the
financial system
• Write regular reports to aid policy makers make an informed judgement
about the soundness of banks liquidity risk and position.
• Communicate with other supervisors and public authorities, both within and
across national borders, to facilitate effective cooperation regarding the
supervision and oversight of liquidity risk.• Pursue any other duties as assigned by the Section Head, the Director or
Executive Director
7. Main outputs:
• Forecasts of Financial Stability Indicators.
• Simulation and Stress Testing framework.
• Monthly and quarterly analytical reports.
• Micro models and risk profiles
• Up-to-date database of Interbank activities and exposures
8. Person Specifications
Qualifications
• First or Upper Second class Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields:
Commerce, Economics, Statistics, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration,
Econometrics and Mathematics.
• A Master’s degree in one of the following fields; Economics, Statistics, Finance,
Business Administration, Econometrics and Mathematics.
Working experience:
• At least (3) years of relevant working experience in a relevant institution.
• Experience in macroeconomic analysis, financial and statistical modelling,
quantitative analysis and research is an added value
AGE
28 – 35 years
Skill competencies:
• Good analytical and policy oriented report writing.
• Good staff relations and managerial skills.• A thorough understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (Primarily MS Word and MS
Excel)
• Knowledge of financial markets
• Econometrics Packages such as SAS, PcGive, E-Views, Stata, SPSS
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
9. Volume of transactions
• Reports.
10. Classification of Position
i) Nature of work : Technical
ii) Nature of Decisions : Policy oriented and technical.
iii) Interacts with : Head, Macro stress testing and risk
Modelling section
Financial Stability Officers
Application procedure:
All applications should be forwarded electronically using the iRecruitment
Application on the BoU website, www.bou.or.ug under Careers in BoU. Careers in
BoU is located at the top right menu and bottom right menu. Guidelines on
procedures can be accessed using the hyperlink Bank of Uganda iRecruitment
Instructions
· Candidates MUST ensure that they indicate the class of their degree(s) in their
applications.
· Scanned copies of academic and professional credentials and testimonials MUST
be attached to the applications.
· The maximum size of attachments in the online application is 500Kb. Multiple
documents of sizes smaller than 500Kb can be attached.
Candidates will be required to use the standard BoU Curriculum Vitae format
which is available under Careers in BoU. This Curriculum Vitae form after being
filled can then be uploaded onto iRecruitment Oracle when applying for the
advertised position of your choice. Candidates that use a Curriculum Vitae
Format other than the uploaded format shall be disqualified.
· Please note that only shortlisted and successful candidates will be contacted.
· The appointing authority reserves the right to appoint a new employee to a
higher or lower level than advertised as deemed fit.
To reach NOT later than 5:00pm on August 31, 2012
