Head, Risk Management at Chicason Group

Chicason Group is a home grown and technology driven conglomerate, with vibrant member companies and affiliated businesses that epitomize the African enterprise spirit with diverse interests in Oil & Gas Trading, Oil & Gas Exploration, Manufacturing, Mining, Real Estate, Project Management, Agriculture, travel/tourism, Health care and Construction in Africa. Founded in 1981, Chicason Group has over the past 36 years built its reputation on the foundation of integrity, commitment, team work and providing great value through great people culture. The Group has throughout the years grown into a strong player in its markets and has continued to demonstrate exceptional performance through excellent products and service delivery to our clientele and forming strategic trade relationships with numerous highly reputable companies across the globe.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Risk Management

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Job Level: Managerial

Job Summary

• Develop and implements a robust risk management framework and action plan to minimize and eliminate identified or potential risk to the Group’s business and growth plans
• Defines/updates policies and procedures governing enterprise risk management, monitoring various departments operations to ensure compliance and promote operational efficiency.
• Conduct research to access business risks and liaises with the head of departments to identify potential risks to success outlining findings and making recommendations on risk mitigating strategies.
• Develops, monitors, and test risk management tools.
• Reviews internal (infrastructure, personnel, process, technology) and external (economic, natural, political, competition) factors in operating environment to ascertain potential risk to Groups business operations and growth plans.
• Makes recommendations to reduce/control risk ensuring adequate controls are put in place.
• Maintains reports of risk portfolio performance variances and trends with analysis for recommended adjustments to controls and models.
• Oversees and monitors the periodic review of the operational processes Group wide to ascertain weakness, and risk management gaps and proffer improvement solutions.
• Develops risk mitigation strategies for identified operational, business, financial and people risks.
• Provides guidance to head of business units/functions and managers in integration of enterprise risk management with other business planning and management activities.
• Review and reports on the Group’s compliance with industry/statutory laws and regulations responds to ad hoc risk issues at all levels of the organization.
• Conduct risk management awareness and build a risk management culture.

Requirements

• First Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or any related numerate discipline and MBA.
• Relevant professional certificate in risk management from GARP, CRMCP.
• Relevant professional certificate e.g. ICAN.
• Minimum of 10yrs cognate in risk management function, 5 out of which must have been at a managerial position.

Application Closing Date
30th September, 2021.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Position applied for as the subject of the email.

Note: Only candidates who meet the requirements listed above will be shortlisted and contacted for interviews.