Resident Advisor in Financial Sector Supervision, SARTTAC (MCMTA)

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Job Description/Responsibilities

The resident advisor will respond to capacity development and cooperation requests received by SARTTAC from its members and is expected to travel or provide remote assistance to these countries to perform the assigned duties. The advisor is also expected to lead/organize selected training for the member countries at SARTTAC in New Delhi. By elaborating well-prioritized medium-term work programs, s/he will be required to assist SARTTAC members through:

• Managing and delivering TA on financial sector supervision and regulation to SARTTAC member countries, directly and through short-term experts (who would be backstopped by the resident advisor).
• Preparing required documents prior to and after each mission for MCM internal review and approval and ensure transmission of final documents to the relevant country authorities.
• Evaluating the status of financial sector regulation and supervision and making recommendations on improving the regulatory and supervisory framework.
• Advising on, and helping to implement, improvements in systems for licensing and for conducting consolidated onsite and offsite group supervision.
• Advising on, and helping to implement, improvements in the organizational structure for supervision.
• Advising on, and helping to implement, improvements in systems for domestic and cross-border supervisory cooperation and information exchange.
• Advising on, and helping to implement risk-based supervision, including for the nonbank financial sector.
• Providing support to the countries in the region for their implementation plans of the Basel Capital Adequacy Framework and other international standards.
• Preparing specific recommendations on the necessary legislative, regulatory, and operational steps to improve financial sector regulation and supervision.
• Interacting with local supervisors and providing on-the-job training as necessary to help implement measures to strengthen financial sector regulation and supervision.
• Conducting, facilitating, or otherwise participating in in country or regional workshops and seminars/webinars, including collaborating with other resident advisors in SARTTAC.
• Keeping the MCM back-stoppers up to date on major developments.
• Observing the policies and procedures of the IMF, applying the results-based management (RBM) strategic framework in guiding the capacity development activities undertaken. (The RBM framework focuses on performance and achievement of results, supported by the Fund’s Capacity Development Management and Administration Program (CDMAP)).
• Leading annual work planning and budgeting for the capacity development program in SARTTAC on financial sector supervision and regulation and contributing to outreach activities and reports on the Center’s activities.
• Ensuring that any advice provided by the advisor is in line with IMF policies.

Education Qualification/Required Skills & Experience

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate creativity and initiative and have:

• At least seven (7) years of experience working in a financial sector supervisory agency, in-depth understanding of international standards for banking regulation and supervision and experience of their implementation at national level.
• Expertise of technical assistance delivery in this field is an advantage.
• A master’s degree in economics, finance, accounting, or a related area.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with senior policymakers in the region and the donor community, to lead teams of senior experts, to work as part of a team that would include staff at IMF headquarters as well as in SARTTAC, and to handle sensitive issues with discretion in a multicultural environment.
• Very strong verbal and written communication skills in English, including presentational skills in support of training-related activities.
• Good organizational and time management skills in balancing demands from member countries with duties and responsibilities from MCM and SARTTAC.

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