Alan & Grant - Our work is focused on creating innovative HR and Organizational Development Solutions aimed at Performance Improvement & Business Growth. We currently serve clients across various sectors of the Economy from locations in Jos, Port Harcourt and Lagos.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Risk Manager
Location: Lagos
Industry: Financial Services
Job Summary
The Risk Manager will play a critical role in establishing the framework for evaluating and monitoring the Enterprise Risk management techniques in Alpha Morgan.
Key deliverables include providing a holistic view of the key risks that affect the businesses and identify business opportunities.
Collaborating with all departments to identify, assess and implement robust risk mitigation strategies.
Support in streamlining various business processes and establish more effective internal controls to drive profit maximization and reduction of costs
Facilitate the standardization and uniformity of the business processes.
Promote a risk-aware culture.
Duties and Responsibilities
Design and implement an overall risk management process for the organization, which includes an analysis of the financial and non-financial impact on the company if a risk crystalizes.
Identify potential regulatory and non-regulatory risks through thorough and ongoing risk assessments with relevant internal stakeholders
Liaise with the business to identify Company/team specific risks to maintain & update the Business Risk Assessment.
Evaluate identified risks against a variety of information & factors (e.g. documents /statistics /reports /trends) to provide commentary and recommendations about how to mitigate these risks;
Drive service levels from the Risk & Compliance function to ensure that the operational risk needs of the business are serviced appropriately, through maintenance/reporting and controls of key areas;
Establish a comprehensive enterprise risk management framework across all jurisdictions.
Identify and manage the Company’s operational risk priorities
Ensure the risk priorities are effectively addressed through a regular testing program of the standard policies, procedures, systems, and controls.
Initiate action to address any gaps or deficiencies identified during the remediation process
Provide insightful, quality reporting to internal Boards, Committees, and other key stakeholders to support risk processes.
Manage the completion of the Annual Risk & Compliance Staff Declaration
Contribute to Risk Committee meetings on current risk issues and developments.
Maintain an open and productive relationship with the Company's insurers
Overseeing and testing the Group Business Continuity Plan.
Develop, monitor, and maintain a Group Risk register for the Board
Update the Board on recent developments around global risk management practices
Conducting policy, process, and compliance reviews, which may include liaising with internal/external auditors
Evaluate employees' risk awareness and provide support and training within the company where necessary.
Draft the Risk management plan, risk training strategy, and the continuous awareness program.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Social sciences, an IT course or a related field.
A relevant Risk Management qualification (E.g., Professional Risk Manager - PRM) is an advantage.
Minimum of 7 years of Risk Management experience in a managerial/supervisory position.
Experience with auditing and reporting procedures.
Sound knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Integrated Framework, Fraud and Anti-money laundering Frameworks.
Strong experience in the analysis of business metrics and the formulation of Key Risk and Performance Indicators.
Technically strong with good IT ability.
Excellent relationship management skills - proven experience of building internal & external relationships, through strong interpersonal and team working skills.