Risk Manager at Food Concepts Plc

Food Concepts commenced operations in 2001. From inception, our aim has been clear-cut and focused: to revolutionize the food sector in West Africa and to deliver extraordinary satisfaction to our stakeholders.

Since launching in 2004, Chicken Republic (A subsidiary of Food Concepts) has already opened 55 stores in Nigeria and Ghana. On this basis, we are proud of the brand’s hard-earned reputation as the fastest-growing chicken QSR in West Africa and the number 1 chicken QSR in Nigeria (both in revenues and number of outlets). In addition, Chicken Republic was ranked as one of Nigeria’s top 20 brands across all categories (Financial Standards Awards 2009).

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Risk Manager

Requisition ID: 1601
Location: Nigeria
Employment Type: Full Time
Grade Level: 6
Reports to: Head, Risk & Compliance
Department: Shared Services

Job Purpose

• To ensure the development and implementation of risk policies and procedures in the organization.

Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas
Strategic Implementation:

• Manages the implementation and administration of Risk Policies, Procedures and Initiatives.
• Ensure consistent monitoring, implementation and compliance with global practice and legislation laws
• Develop and implement techniques for compiling, preparing and presenting Risk data.
• Develop and implement Risk metrics that enable informed decisions.

Risk Assessment & Monitoring:

• Consult with relevant units to determine, quantify, and mitigate risks involved in establishing and maintaining various customer and industry relationships
• Establish and quantify the organisation's 'risk appetite', i.e., the level of risk the organization is prepared to accept
• Perform tracking and reporting on risk strategy implementations and validating post-implementation within the organization
• Proactively seek and recommend enhancements to internal processes
• Prepare and update organization's risk register on a weekly and monthly basis
• Report risk in an appropriate way for different audiences, for example, to the board of directors so they understand the most significant risks, to business heads to ensure they are aware of risks relevant to their parts of the business and to individuals to understand their accountability for individual risks
• Investigate and report all alleged cases of fraud, waste, abuse and inefficiencies and make recommendations on appropriate preventive or remedial actions
• Build risk awareness amongst staff by providing support and training within the company
• Visit all Food Concepts outlets nationwide to document identified risks, provide appropriate mitigating control and communicate the same to the respective risk owners for effective monitoring.
• Communicate from time to time National and Global risk updates to Management and the Board of Directors
• Facilitate risk sensitization workshops on a yearly basis for all FC employees.
• Prepare on a timely basis the Board ERM report.

Reporting and Supervision:

• Plan, assigns and supervises Risk staff
• Implement Risk Initiatives and operations
• Plan, schedule, coordinate, review and report on the work of Risk staff
• Ensure periodic Risk reports/metrics to the Head of the risk and Compliance Department.

Key Performance Indicators:

• Quality of risk control assessments
• Quality of business improvement opportunities provided.

Job Specifications

• A good First Degree in Law / Finance / Accounting, or any other related areas
• Possession of a Post Finance, Accounting, or related field is an added advantage
• Membership of the ICAN, ACCA, Masters  in Risk Management, or any other related professional qualification is an added advantage
• 5 - 6 years of work experience in an administrative capacity in a similar industry/environment.

Knowledge Requirements:

• Knowledge of legislation, its changes and developments as they affect the Food Industry,
• Knowledge of Fundamentals of Accounting
• Knowledge of Risk & Compliance standards or processes
• Knowledge of legal standards and in-house policies
• Knowledge of reporting procedures and record-keeping
• Knowledge of the QSR/Food Industry practices Good interpersonal, communication and flexibility.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.