Group Strategy & Risk Management Manager at Bridgemead Consulting

Job Brief

• This position will be responsible for formulating and implementing the company’s strategic policies, risk management and mitigation and system audit and control.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, execute and manage the system operating plan with the company strategic plan and ensure that goals are achieved.
• Develop innovative risk assessment methodologies to evaluate business risks from external causes and internal exposures and process inefficiencies.
• Create, implement and monitor strategies for risk mitigation in all areas of the business.
• Ensure a uniform and coordinated approach to risk assessments by providing guidance documents and facilitating assessments by business units.
• Facilitate implementation of strategies to address identified risks through development and revisions of policies, procedures and work instructions and by convening and serving on ad hoc and task-specific teams.
• Support business continuity and resilience planning initiatives.
• Oversee the internal control environment and review all independent assurance activity by the auditor.
• Maintain Group-wide risk registers and enterprise risk dashboards.
• Ensure that appropriate metrics are in place to measure performance and ensure that strategic actions are completed at various levels to achieve desired results and objectives.
• Manage and steward the Integrated Opportunity and Risk Management (ORM) program providing regular revisions and updates as necessary.
• Build out and steward the development and management of all operative unit’s business resumption plans.
• Drive a culture of risk awareness, accountability and execution discipline.
• Champion continuous improvement across strategy and risk management practices.
• Responsible for conducting various risk assessments to identify potential threats and weaknesses, and develop contingency plans to address them.

Qualifications / Key Competence

• Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Risk Management or related discipline.
• Master’s Degree (MBA or related field) preferred.
• 9+ years relevant experience in risk management, corporate strategy, consulting, financial services or related environment.
• Experience within banking, investment management, asset management or diversified financial services preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise risk, strategy formulation and performance management.
• Experience preparing executive / board-level reports.

Certifications:

• Global Association of Risk Professionals (FRM).
• Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA – added advantage).
• Relevant governance or strategy certifications are an advantage.