Risk Officer at Interswitch Group

Interswitch is an Africa-focused integrated digital payments and commerce company that facilitates the electronic circulation of money as well as the exchange of value between individuals and organisations on a timely and consistent basis. We started operations in 2002 as a transaction switching and electronic payments processing, and have progressively evolved into an integrated payment services company, building and managing payment infrastructure as well as delivering innovative payment products and transactional services throughout the African continent. At Interswitch, we offer unique career opportunities for individuals capable of playing key roles and adding value in an innovative and fun environment.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Risk Officer

Location: Lagos
Department: Risk Management Group
Job Type: Permanent

Job Description

• Support in the implementation and maintenance of the enterprise risk management framework across the enterprise.
• Provide support and facilitate risk awareness and assessment sessions, and support in maintaining risk registers, development of KRIs, risk policies, processes, and other risk related issues in line with business, industry and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

• Supports the risk governance processes covering the control environment (risk assessments, risk committees, risk acceptances, risk registers, risk remediation action tracking
• Supports in the development and implementation of Risk Policies and Processes
• Conducts risk assessment: On business functions and initiatives; ensures concerns raised are owned and addressed before Go-Live; On Product risk assessment on new and existing products and services; and On Third-party service providers
• Conducts research on emerging risks as related to the People, Technology, Process, and the Business Environment
• Develops risk awareness presentation and supports in delivering risk awareness to promote and raise risk management culture in the organization
• Understands and implements risk assessment methodologies to assess Process, People, Technology, and the Business environment as applicable to the industry and adopted standards such as PCI DSS, ISO Standards
• Measure, track, and report on Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) and other Business risk indicators
• Develops and performs risk’s Key Performance Indicators analytics for monitoring
• Supports Line Manager to coordinate departmental and other ad-hoc reports

Requirements

• First Degree in Numerate or Business Discipline
• Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience in Risk Management, Technology Risk Management in Technology, Financial or Payment industries
• ISO 31000, CRISC, or relevant certifications

Application Closing Date
22nd October, 2021.