Senior Risk Analyst at Deloitte Nigeria

Deloitte is the largest private professional services network in the world. Everyday, approximately 286,200 professionals in more than 150 countries demonstrate their commitment to making an impact that matters. Our West Africa practice serves multinationals, large national enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector across Nigeria and Ghana.

In Nigeria, Deloitte is one of the leading professional services firms, specializing in providing Audit, Tax, Consulting, Risk Advisory and Financial Advisory services. We serve clients in a variety of industries from financial services, consumer, telecommunications, media & technology, energy resources & Industrial and government and public services.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Risk Analyst

Location: Eti-Osa, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Processing of Client Acceptance and Continuance which include “Know Your Client” (KYC); “Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money Laundering” (AC/AML) checks.
• To ensure that all client acceptance and continuance checks are completed accurately.
• To ensure that all client acceptance and continuance checks meet the requirements in respect of layout and neatness.
• To ensure that all client acceptance and continuance checks have sufficient, relevant and reliable information to be able to conclude on them.
• Ensure all correspondence are attached to cases.
• Regular communication with management when problem areas are identified, and keep management updated
• Performing reviews of client acceptance and continuance checks - ensuring that any client risk factors are detected.
• Review the research and analyze data on client acceptance and continuance checks/entities as performed by the Risk Analysts
• Resolve any possible errors/ inaccurate data made during the analyzing and research process or any other issues, with the Risk Analysts.
• Apply critical thinking in evaluation.
• Highlighting issues on cases not detected by engagement team (e.g. business relationships, other potential conflicting situations)
• Assist with additional tasks that may be delegated in an efficient, appropriate and effective manner.

Requirements

• Possess a Bachelor’s Degree (B.A., B.Eng./B. Tech., etc.) or Higher National Diploma (HND) in any relevant discipline with a minimum of Second Class Lower/Lower Credit division.
• Have a minimum of credit in five WASSCE / GCE / NECO Ordinary Level subjects or acceptable equivalent examination, including Mathematics and English Language in one sitting only.
• 3 - 5 years experience within Internal Audit, Risk and/or Compliance function.
• Good understanding of risk and independence aspects affecting the audit environment.
• Knowledge of risk and independence aspects affecting the audit environment (“conflict of interest”/” potential conflicts”).
• Knowledge of “Know Your Client (“KYC”) and Anti-Corruption/ Anti-Money Laundering risk aspects.
• Working experience in a role with exposure to risk management / due diligence. 
• Knowledge of the regulatory bodies applicable to the audit environment.
• Hands-on independence/risk management experience and a good understanding of independence/risk management in a professional services environment and the application of risk management methodologies would be an advantage.
• Some quality management experience in a professional services environment.
• Proficiency in the use of MS-office tools i.e. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Experience in the Phoenix (Microsoft Client Relationship Management (CRM) System) would be an advantage.

Application Closing Date
23rd May, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online