Senior Country Risk Officer

Produce sovereign and country risk profiles, ratings and loss-given-default assessments.

Analyse debt sustainability, sovereign lending capacity and macroeconomic, political and regulatory developments.

Monitor country limits, concentration risks, watch lists and early-warning signals across the portfolio.

Develop country risk models and scorecards and conduct stress tests and scenario analysis.

Provide transaction-level country-risk due diligence and recommend mitigants and structuring considerations.

Maintain policies and methodologies and prepare thematic reports, dashboards and governance briefings.

Postgraduate degree in Economics, Development Studies, Finance, Risk Management or a related field.

At least ten years providing sovereign and country risk analysis within a development-finance context.

Expertise in macroeconomic, political and sovereign risk, debt sustainability, credit frameworks and sovereign lending capacity.

Proficiency in probability-of-default scoring, loss-given-default modelling and quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Knowledge of African infrastructure finance, lending processes, regional policy and institutional frameworks, with strong research and problem-solving skills.

Proficiency in MS Office and analytical modelling software; a master’s degree, French fluency, risk-based economic models and conference presentation experience are desirable.