Advisor to the Vice President And Chief Risk Officer

Job description / Role

Organisation Unit: Office of the Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer
Reports to: Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer (VP-CRO)

The Office of the Vice-President and Chief Risk Officer, under the VP-CRO, is functionally responsible for assisting the VP-CRO to achieve corporate, strategic, operational and other objectives, in all areas of work under the Vice-Presidency viz. Strategy, Policies, Partnerships, Risk, Budget Control, ESG and Procurement functions.

The Advisor, reporting directly to the VP-CRO, serves as a principal resource, providing inputs on all areas of work and matters handled within the Vice Presidency to support informed decision-making and execution. The Advisor also plays a key liaison role with all internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

Review, analysis and high-level advisory:
• Review complex proposals, and offer comprehensive recommendations that consider multiple stakeholder perspectives, including inputs from specialists within and outside NDB
• Critically analyse and provide recommendations on the agenda papers of various committees of the Bank put up to the VP-CRO for decisioning
• Provide independent research, analysis, insights and recommendations on key strategic and operational issues, including emerging trends, opportunities and challenges.

Co-ordination and Stakeholder management:
• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders, departments and divisions, as well as with external stakeholders viz. senior officials from member countries, development finance institutions, and multilateral organizations
• Support the Vice President in high-level meetings with government officials, financial institutions, development partners, and other strategic stakeholders

Support team and project management:
• Provide oversight and quality assurance for key documents and outputs under the Vice-Presidency
• Motivate/challenge team members to improve operational efficiency, pursue innovative approaches and enhance good governance across work areas
• Lead special projects, initiatives and any other assignments as delegated by the Vice President

• Master’s degree or equivalent from a reputed university, with a minimum of 10 years of experience and a proven track record in leadership roles within government, multilateral institutions or major financial organisations as well as experience in policy development, executive-level advising, interdepartmental coordination, stakeholder management and administrative tasks; or a Bachelor’s degree from a reputed university, with a minimum of 12 years of experience and a proven track record in leadership roles within government, multilateral institutions or major financial organisations as well as experience in policy development, executive-level advising, interdepartmental coordination, stakeholder management and administrative tasks
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential

About the Company

The New Development Bank (NDB) is a multilateral development bank (MDB) established by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) with the objective of financing infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies and developing countries. NDB’s work complements the efforts of multilateral and regional financial institutions, toward global growth and development.

Our work is centered around maximizing the impact of development in a fast, flexible and efficient manner. To catalyze the kind of development we envisage, we are always keen to listen, learn and collaborate with other MDBs, governments, financial institutions and social organizations.

To fulfill its purpose, the Bank supports public or private projects through loans, guarantees, equity participation and other financial instruments.

Our headquarters is in Shanghai, China. The geographic distribution of NDB’s operations is becoming increasingly balanced as the Bank develops its capacity to identify and prepare projects in all member countries. The first regional office of NDB – the Africa Regional Centre (ARC) – was opened in Johannesburg, South Africa, in August 2017. In July 2019, NDB began to build the Americas Regional Office team, based in São Paulo, Brazil, with a sub-office in Brasília. NDB and the Government of Russia signed the Agreement on the Hosting of the NDB Eurasian Regional Centre in Moscow, Russia on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS Summit in Brasília in November 2019.