Job Title: Risk Manager
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full Time
Level: Manager / Supervisor
Role Purpose
- The Risk Manager will play a critical role in establishing the framework for evaluating and monitoring the Enterprise Risk management techniques across the Sahara entities in different locations.
- Key deliverables include providing a holistic view of the key risks that affect the businesses and identify business opportunities
- Collaborating with various Sahara entities to identify, assess and implement robust risk mitigation strategies.
- Support in streamlining various business processes and establish more effective internal controls to drive profit maximization and reduction of costs
- Facilitate the standardization and uniformity of the business processes across the Group
- Promote a risk-aware culture within Sahara business locations
Responsibilities
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- Design and implement an overall risk management process for the organization, which includes an analysis of the financial and non-financial impact on the company if a risk crystalizes.
- Identify potential regulatory and non-regulatory risks through thorough and ongoing risk assessments with relevant business leads.
- Liaise with the business to identify Company / team specific risks to maintain & update the Business Risk Assessment.
- Evaluate identified risks against a variety of information & factors (e.g. documents / statistics / reports / trends) to provide commentary and recommendations about how to mitigate these risks;
- Drivee service levels from the Risk & Compliance function to ensure that the operational risk needs of the business are serviced appropriately, through maintenance / reporting and controls of key areas;
- Establish a comprehensive enterprise risk management framework across all jurisdictions.
Requirements
- BSc / BA in Finance, Accounting, Law, Social Sciences, an IT course or a related field.
- Minimum of 7 years Risk Management experience in a managerial/supervisory position.
- Experience with auditing and reporting procedures
- Sound knowledge of Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Integrated Framework, Fraud and Anti-money laundering Frameworks.
- Strong experience in the analysis of business metrics and the formulation of Key Risk and Performance Indicators
- Technically strong with good IT ability.
- Excellent relationship management skills – proven experience of building internal & external relationships, through strong interpersonal and team working skills
- A relevant Risk Management qualification (E.g., Professional Risk Manager – PRM) is an advantage.
Working Relationships
- Executive Directors
- Managing Directors and Business / Unit Heads
- Head-Group Audit , Risk, HR and other Heads of entities, and staff
- Service providers, Vendors and Consultants
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