Chief Risk Officer at Workforce Group

Workforce Group – Our client is a new non-interest Commercial Bank operating in Lagos State. The bank is set to change the way banking is done in Nigeria and is looking for great minds with proven experience to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Risk Officer

Location: Lagos
Reporting Line: Managing Director

Job Brief

Creating, designing and implementing a risk function that supports the strategic goals of the Bank.

Key Responsibilities

Set the vision and strategy for the enterprise risk function working in conjunction with all senior management staff across the Bank
Create an integrated risk framework for the entire organisation
Maintain a risk portfolio based on the identified applicable laws and regulations, fraud schemes, and AML considerations
Maintain an inventory of internal controls and map them to key risk areas
Track the progress of remediation of control weaknesses identified by Internal Audit, self-testing, stress testing or controls assessment
Assist in the development and monitoring of key risk indicators (KRIs) that are mapped to various risks to determine elevations in risk and proactively implement risk mitigation measures
Identify emerging risks that present new regulatory, fraud, or money laundering risks
Coordinate the collection of risk information from source systems, departments, reporting and analysing the data to be applied to various key risk areas in the Bank
Manage the publication, dissemination, and availability of compliance and financial crimes policies and procedures
Partner effectively with third parties, regulatory bodies and others, as appropriate and serve as a role model for high personal and corporate ethical values and standards of integrity
Manage the credit risk, liquidity risk, operational risk and information security risk strategies and policies
Manage capital adequacy and liquidity adequacy compliance.

Qualifications

A first Degree or equivalent in any discipline
Recognised professional certification in risk management
A minimum of 10 years post-qualification experience in risk management or a related area within the financial services industry, out of which at least 7 must have been in banking and 5 years at senior management level.

Required Skills:

Strong knowledge of risks identification, assessment, and management frameworks
Strong knowledge of control frameworks and the ability to design and evaluate effectiveness of controls embedded within business processes
Knowledge of the risk and governance standards.

Application Closing Date
29th October, 2019.

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