Chief Compliance Officer at Coronation Insurance Plc

Job Summary

• We are seeking an experienced and proactive Chief Compliance Officer to lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of the organization’s compliance framework. The role will ensure adherence to regulatory, legislative, and corporate governance requirements while strengthening internal controls and mitigating compliance risks across business operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop compliance controls to mitigate compliance risk exposure of organization.
• Review control processes, risk assessments to identify risk areas and mitigations and control design weaknesses and drive the implementation of recommendations for remediating those weaknesses.
• Formulate organization's compliance programmes and compliance strategies to incorporate relevant legislative and regulatory requirements and adapt to changing regulatory environment.
• Develop detailed operational plans and procedures for compliance programmes.
• Guide the development of the company's controls testing approach and teaches others about this approach to build their knowledge and capability.
• Partners with business stakeholders to develop and help implement solutions to complex controls issues in an efficient manner while also maintaining independence.
• Advise on best practices and foresees the impact of changes in regulations, policies and procedures.
• Evaluate interdependencies between risks, uncertainties and opportunities, critical failure points and resource implications.
• Establish compliance monitoring and surveillance strategies and objectives for the organization
• Evaluate root causes and potential organizational impact or risks of non-compliance and/or areas of high potential for compliance breaches
• Report recommendations for improvements based on systematic analyses of information at agreed intervals.
• Develop risk assessments with application to financial and non-financial areas.
• Drive the execute appropriate audit tests to detect control deficiencies of systems of infrastructure.
• Promote relationships with internal and external assurance providers.
• Provide advice and opinions on optimal IT controls for new applications.
• Diligently monitor standard general IT controls, such as proper security management segregation of duties, adequate documents and records and access controls, and independence checks.
• Create and maintains effective relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to drive compliance.
• Develop defined roles and responsibilities of company directors and various committees for compliance with corporate governance policies.
• Discover and teaches others about best practices in compliance management and stays abreast of industry, regulatory and market trends.
• Engage with regulators, external parties, board, senior management, and other key stakeholders to facilitate decision-making on regulatory compliance and/or legal issues.

Key Requirements

• Education and Work Experience
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Law or related field.
• Must possess a professional accounting qualification (e.g. ACA, ACCA etc.) and any other qualification from a recognized professional body (e.g. CIA).
• Minimum of 15 years post qualification experience in internal control/audit with 6 years experience in Senior Management.
• Demonstrated knowledge in auditing, internal controls, risk management, ethics and fraud awareness.

Skills and Competencies

• Proficiency in Compliance Management and Regulatory Compliance practices.
• Strong Analytical Skills to assess and respond to compliance risks.
• Effective Communication skills to clearly convey complex compliance requirements.
• Expertise in Finance and its integration with compliance activities.
• Familiarity with the insurance industry and regional regulatory standards.
• Proactive and detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills.
• Proven leadership experience in compliance or regulatory roles is highly desired.