The purpose of the job is to maintain, support and monitor the implementation of the relevant components of enterprise risk management and compliance to ensure that they are fully complied with in line with the framework and best practice.

Key Responsibilities

• To assist Head of Risk in driving and supporting the implementation of all risk and compliance frameworks and policies within the business and to provide oversight and monitoring of risk and compliance.
• To continuously and proactively liaise, advise, communicate, and provide risk support to relevant internal and external stakeholders to assist and support the meeting of statutory, supervisory and regulatory requirements.
• To maintain networks and relationships with internal and external stakeholders to achieve and promote the development of Enterprise Risk Management.
• Participate in the development of standards, procedures, guidelines and templates to support the implementation of risk and compliance policies and frameworks.
• To ensure that adherence to statutory, supervisory and regulatory requirements are monitored and reported on to the relevant stakeholders for decision-making.
• To analyse and manage data quality within the relevant risk and compliance systems including reports, and to drive actions to improve data quality.
• Assist with the implementation of business continuity management strategies in consultation with the manager for continued business growth.
• Conduct training and awareness initiatives on risk matters to ensure that a compliance and risk culture is embedded within the organization.
• Perform on-going risk assessments, testing, monitoring & facilitate remediation of control deficiencies based on observations or findings from compliance monitoring & internal audit.
• To support the companies through engagements with departments to develop robust internal controls and review progress of implementation of internal audit recommendations while taking the appropriate action.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Business Administration or a related field.
• Relevant professional qualification – Risk management.

Experience

• At least 8 years experience five of which should be in a managerial role in risk management in a busy and high performing institution.