Manager Risques et Performance
FONSIS
Dakar, Senegal · West Africa
Role type
Legal, Risk & Compliance
Experience
Mid-level
Language
French and English
Deadline
Before 30 Oct 2026, 18:00 GMT
Summary
The Fonds Intergénérationnel managed by FONSIS invests part of Senegal’s oil and gas revenues to build financial assets for future generations. Reporting to the FIG Executive Director, the Risk and Performance Manager will establish and run the fund’s portfolio-risk and performance-monitoring framework. The work covers investment risks, stress testing, attribution of returns and oversight of delegated managers across the portfolio. The manager will assess adherence to investment mandates and limits, contribute to valuations and allocation reviews, and deliver analysis to governing bodies. This is an investment-fund risk and performance role with responsibility for improving the underlying tools and methods.
Key responsibilities
Implement the fund’s risk framework and monitor approved investment constraints and exposure limits.
Identify and assess market, credit, liquidity, operational, financial and ESG risks.
Perform sensitivity analysis, stress tests and risk scenarios and recommend portfolio-risk improvements.
Measure investment and total-portfolio performance, attributing returns by asset class, manager and strategy.
Track returns, risk and value creation and contribute to valuations and strategic allocation reviews.
Evaluate delegated managers, mandate compliance and performance; recommend whether mandates should continue or change.
Prepare risk and performance dashboards for executive management and governance bodies.
Improve risk policies, procedures, analytical tools and performance-measurement methods.
Key requirements
At least eight years in risk management, asset management or performance analysis.
Experience at an investment, sovereign or pension fund, asset manager, investment bank, international financial institution or specialist firm.
Bac+5 in Finance, Risk Management, Financial Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, Financial Engineering or another relevant discipline.
Excellent command of financial-risk methods and knowledge of asset classes and instruments.
Ability to interpret performance and risk indicators and understand asset-allocation models.
Strong quantitative analysis, modelling and data-analysis skills.
Knowledge of ESG and governance practices, with independent judgement and professional confidentiality.
Excellent written and spoken French and English and strong analytical drafting skills.
Send a CV and cover letter to careers@fonsis.org, using the exact job title as the email subject, before 30 October 2026 at 18:00 GMT.