A Leading Company wishes to recruit suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Position: Manager Risk Management
Job Rank: Senior Manager or Higher
Job Objective/Purpose:
- Identify and evaluate any and all types of risks, internal or external, that the Organization faces
- Once the risk is identified designing and (working with the relevant HoD) implementing relevant mitigation procedures so as to reduce the risk to acceptable levels
- Carry out risk mitigation audits so as to ensure that the mitigation method and procedures are indeed lowering the identified risk to acceptable levels
- Maintaining a detailed Risk Register and report writing
- Act as Secretary to the Board Risk Committee
Department: Risk Management
Location: Abuja
Working Relationships:
Internal: Across all Departments, including all Branches, from the most senior person in the Company all the way down to the most junior
External: Liaison with Regulatory authorities. Any other Organization which has relevance to Risk Management
Job Duties/Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
- Identify and evaluate the likelihood of internal and external risks that the Organization faces
- Conducting detailed risk assessment audits on all Operational units
- Carrying out risk mitigation audits
- Implementing measures to mitigate risks, transfer risk or finance risks
- Monitoring and reviewing processes to ensure risk and compliance measures are in place.
- To improve the risk rating for Risk Management Department by implementing the appropriate risk framework
- Writing and presenting detailed weekly reports to Management on newly identified risks and other action list items
- Preparing monthly reports to Regulators on top 20 risks identified and the mitigants thereof
- Preparing quarterly report to Board Risk Committee and Secretary to the Board, take draft minutes
- Updating the Risk Register with five new risks each month
- Writing and presenting monthly reports to the Monthly Performance Review Meeting
- Design processes, policies and procedures to identify and manage threats to the Organization
- Strategically generating and introducing a range of control measures monitoring and evaluating the success of these measures
- Risk reporting and documentation to all stakeholders.
Key Performance Indicators:
- Early identification of any/all risks, irrespective if faced by the Company or by any of the funds
- Assistance, a leading manner, with identification of mitigants to reduce such risks to acceptable level, working in conjunction with the relevant HoD
- Ensuring implementation of all mitigants and consequently auditing such mitigants as to ensure efficiency
- Reporting to all relevant parties
Man Specifications
Education Qualification:
- Possess a minimum of first degree or its equivalent with a merit grade in Accounting or Risk Management
- A further qualification, for example, an MBA would be highly beneficial.
Professional Qualifications:
- Registered with Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ACA)
- Registered with Risk Management Association of Nigeria (with record of active participation)
Experience:
- A minimum of 10 years post qualification experience in a challenging environment, of which at least 6 years has to be in the financial service industry, 4 years as a senior management position
- Excellent financial accounting expertise would be highly beneficial.
Age Bracket: 35 to 45 years
Key Competencies Requirements
Technical:
- Broad financial management and reporting expertise
- Experience working in a team- oriented, multi -cultural professional environment
- Demonstrated capacity to lead and advice on Risk relevant issues
Functional:
- Enthusiasm and ability to demonstrate knowledge in a practical manner
- Analytical and problem solving skills
- A logical mind
- Highly numerate
- Ability to interface at all levels of the Organization
- Ability to learn new skills and technologies fast
- Careers motivation and wiliness to continue to further your knowledge and skills
- Ability /awareness of current issues affecting the Pension industry specifically and the Nigeria economy generally.
Managerial:
- Ability to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues, senior management, Board of Directors
- Clear track record at this level
- Strong proven ability and initiative in anticipating business needs and finding solutions. In other words, clear evidence of a pro-active nature rather than re-active
- Effective advisory skills, both written as well as verbal
Behavioral:
- Ability to work under stress, good conduct and sincerity
- Attention to detail, specifically also whilst under pressure as dead line approaches
- Excellent interpersonal behavioral, and communication skills
Work Cycle (Hours/Days)
Monday-Friday: 8:00am to 5:00pm
Physical Requirements:
Gender: Dictated by experience suitability of candidate
Location: Abuja, but must have ability to travel
Remuneration: Attractive and Competitive
Method of Application:
Qualified and interested candidates should send their comprehensive CVs stating their contact information on or before 25th November 2011 to leadingcompany2011@yahoo.com
