Head - Risk, System & Internal Control Department at Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions Limited

Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions Limited - Since the commencement of our operations in the late 1950’s, Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions has evolved into a strong player with a robust clientele consisting of leading Nigerian corporates and subsidiaries of multinationals. We serve as an intermediary between our clients and their shareholders by providing a complete range of share registration and data management services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head - Risk, System & Internal Control Department

Location: Yaba, Lagos
Mode of Work: 100% Onsite

Job Objective

• To ensure adequate control on IT operational processes, monitor and control access to information assets, to ensure adequate controls and prevent unintentional and intentional errors in financial reporting, processes and business operations.
• To identify, measure, manage and report risks.
• Helping to develop processes to better evaluate business-specific risk monitoring important as well as critical risk issues.
• Conducting risk and compliance assessments.

Responsibilities

• Compile Database Access control requirements, procedures, and monitoring compliance with them.
• Support Internal Auditors, Internal Control and Financial Control Team with theirdaily review on Accounts/Transactions.
• Create Schedule Jobs for monitoring GRDS’s daily processes using Oracle and ACL.
• Develop Scripts/SQL queries for generating EOD/EOM/EOY reports.
• Application Testing, API Testing (Swagger, Postman, Azure Microservices etc.)
• Daily Application Server checks for unapproved Changes and its potential impact on security, capacity, release management and service continuity plans.
• Ensuring that controls are implemented to mitigate market, credit, operational and other variants of risk that the institution may be exposed to.
• Coordinate with business units to implement controls considered adequate to mitigate risk.
• Coordinate with business units in the implementation of Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and preparation of a risk register that covers all risks that the institution is exposed to.
• Follow up with the business units on outstanding action items regarding controls noted during the RCSA and in the risk register.
• Monitor key risk indicators for all business units and prepare quarterly report. 
• Establish procedures for timely identification of emerging risks that may affect the business.
• Be part of the process for internal control reviews across the business units, operations units and branches.
• Actively seek standardization and automation, apply and implement best practices for managing systems controls and deploy innovative technology where possible to enhance and continuously improve the design and operating effectiveness of the controls, documentation assessment and review procedures.
• Actively engage with external consultants during Enterprise-Wide Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing VAPT and other IT audit engagements.
• Performing risk assessment: Analyzing current risks and identifying potential risks that are affecting the company.
• Ensure that controls that meet business requirements are embedded at all levels of System Development/Acquisition Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Ensure that changes within the organization are controlled to meet the business requirements of the organization.
• Ensure segregation of duties in all business systems and IT infrastructure by enforcing maker checker controls for greater accountability.
• Coordinate and collaborate with various departments within the organization to formulate, implement and disseminate company-wide policies and standards ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of information assets.
• Any other duties as required by the Head, Risk and Internal Control.

Skills & Qualifications

• Minimum of B.Sc. from a recognized university (MBA or MSc will be an added
• advantage).
• A minimum of ten (10) years cognate experience in the financial industry (work experience in the Capital Market is an added advantage).
• A recognized professional certification in Accounting and Internal Auditing such as ICAN, ACCA, ISACA & CISA.
• Experience in a management role.
• Exposure to complexities in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and finance business processes.
• Analytical with auditing and investigation skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong policy and regulatory interpretation skills and implementation capability
• Attentiveness to details.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategy into actionable plans.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@gtlregistrars.com using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.