Head - Enterprise Risk Management & Compliance at a Pan-African Group

We are proudly pan-African focused diversified services group operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the USA with service footprints across the entire West Africa sub-region.

In order to meet increasing demands for our services, vacancy now exists for the below senior management position in our Head Office located in Lagos, Nigeria:

Job Title: Head - Enterprise Risk Management & Compliance

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the leadership, innovation, governance and management to identify, evaluate, mitigate and monitor the Group’s operational and strategic risks
• Develop and/or implement Enterprise Risk Management tools, practices and policies to analyze and report enterprise risks and to manage these risks according to established framework
• Align company’s risk management policies and strategies with applicable regulations, rating agency standards and overall governance policy of the Group.
• Establish the Enterprise Risk Management architecture for the company
• Monitor all operational risk management activities of the Group
• Monitor and analyze risks within the Group’s subsidiaries and departments and report on these risks to the Board
• Responsible for insurance and risk management and/or Business Continuity Planning activities of the Group.

General Qualification, Experience, Attributes and Skills Required

• A minimum of Bachelor's degree in Accounting / Finance or other related disciplines with membership of recognized professional bodies within or outside Nigeria
• A minimum of 10-year post qualification experience with at least 5 years as an Internal Auditor/Risk & Compliance Manager in a large company
• Possess intimate knowledge of internal business processes and industry knowledge
• Innovative leadership skills with ability to build internal and external alliances
• Must be a dynamic, proactive, decisive leader and good team player
• Excellent communication and project management skills
• Demonstrated ability to drive performance among all key stakeholders in the Group.
• Ideal candidates will be dynamic, growth-oriented and ready to take advantage of emerging market opportunities.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should email soft copy (pdf format) only of their updated Curriculum Vitae (CV) including your recent phone numbers, contact address, passport photograph and a valid national means of identification to: [email protected] using the "Job title" as the subject of the email.

Note: In this position, we are looking for candidates with the right attitude, who are team players, versed in the use of relevant digital tools / technology and are ready to work under healthy pressure.