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Job Summary

Job Title:
Senior Credit Risk Manager
Employer:
DFCU Bank
Location:
Kampala
Country:
Uganda
Contract Type:
Full-time
Job Category:
Number of Positions:
Deadline:
Friday, 17 April 2026

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DFCU Bank is a leading financial institution in Uganda dedicated to transforming lives and businesses through innovative financial solutions that drive economic growth and financial inclusion. Established in 1964 as the Development Finance Company of Uganda, the bank has grown from a development finance institution into a full-fledged commercial bank, with a significant milestone being its acquisition of Crane Bank in 2017. Recognized for its strong financial performance, customer service excellence, and digital banking innovations, dfcu Bank has received multiple industry awards and remains a trusted partner for individuals, SMEs, and corporate clients. The bank fosters a dynamic and inclusive work culture that emphasizes integrity, customer focus, innovation, teamwork, and excellence, offering employees professional growth, career advancement opportunities, and competitive benefits. With a strong presence across Uganda through an extensive network of branches, ATMs, and digital banking services, dfcu Bank continuously invests in technology to enhance accessibility and efficiency. Committed to corporate social responsibility, the bank actively supports financial literacy programs, women empowerment initiatives, environmental sustainability efforts, and youth entrepreneurship. Headquartered at 26 Kyadondo Road, Kampala, Uganda, dfcu Bank remains a key driver of financial empowerment and economic development in the country.

Full-time

Deadline: 

17 Apr 2026

Senior Credit Risk Manager Job at DFCU Bank

DFCU Bank

Job Description

Reporting to the Head of Credit Risk Management, the role holder will be responsible for proactively manage and enhance the bank’s credit risk by continuously reviewing and improving lending policies, processes, and products, ensuring effective risk identification, mitigation, and compliance with industry best practice and regulatory standards, ultimately strengthening portfolio stability, safeguarding financial assets, and supporting the bank’s long-term growth and profitability.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

  • Benchmark and align Credit related policies, procedures, product papers, systems, and tools with the bank’s risk appetite, regulatory guidelines, and industry best practices.
  • Facilitate key stakeholder engagements in the development of the Credit Risk Appetite and ensure the monitoring, reporting and effective management of breaches.
  • Prepare comprehensive and reliable credit risk reports on a monthly and quarterly basis with the Credit Review Committee, Management Risk (RISCO) and Board Risk Committees.
  • Oversees the effective execution of the monthly Credit Risk Forum in alignment with Operational Risk guidelines, and delivers robust risk analyses, insights, and reports to the Credit function to support informed, risk‑based decision‑making across the portfolio.
  • Conduct periodic credit risk readiness and control anticipation reviews to assess whether the Bank’s credit risk policies, controls, processes and governance structures are fit for purpose to support upcoming business strategies, product changes, regulatory developments and growth plans before risks crystallize.
  • Conduct periodic assessments of emerging risks from the macro environment, external events, and internal bank activities, providing timely recommendations for process improvements, policy adjustments, and product enhancements to strengthen risk mitigation and portfolio resilience.
  • Review and verify the outcomes of credit risk scenarios/stress tests to confirm their accuracy and relevance for portfolio management.
  • Conduct periodic Hind sighting reviews on past credit decisions and portfolio trends, using insights to improve policies, processes, and strategies.
  • Review proposals for new and existing products submitted by the Business for approval, ensuring all risk dynamics are properly addressed and controlled.
  • Conduct periodic reviews of workplace schemes, focusing on eligibility criteria, underwriting, limit utilization, and portfolio quality to enhance portfolio stability and safeguard against potential losses.
  • Provide independent oversight, governance and assurance over credit risk–related incidents, ensuring that all material credit risk events are promptly identified, properly classified, investigated, remediated and escalated, in order to prevent recurrence, protect asset quality and strengthen the Bank’s credit risk control environment.
  • Facilitate the Credit Risk Control Self-Assessment process to ensure risk mitigants are in place and adhered to.
  • Deliver regular training on credit risk management, leveraging lessons learned to foster a risk-aware culture.
  • Support the digitization of core credit processes to enhance efficiency, standardization, and risk management.
  • Oversee the identification, tracking, escalation and closure of all credit risk–related issues arising from internal assurance reviews, audits, regulatory examinations, incident investigations and governance forums, ensuring that such issues are appropriately prioritized, remediated and resolved in a timely manner to strengthen the Bank’s credit risk control environment and prevent recurrence.
  • Perform other tasks as may be assigned by Head Credit Risk Management or Chief Risk Officer.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

See all details of the qualifications, competencies and education for this role under the "How to Apply" section below.

INVITATION

If you believe you meet the requirements as noted above, please use the link below to apply;

careers.dfcugroup.com

Once there, click on “Career Opportunities” to get started. (We recommend using Google Chrome for the best experience.)

Deadline: Friday 17th April 2026

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

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