Risk Analyst at Sahara Group

Role Accountabilities 

• Support special projects related to the development and maturation of ERM programs
• Help facilitate various business needs such as data analysis and risk report creation
• Assist in the collection of data that may pertain to specific market, business or competitive analyses
• Assist in the management of project plans (including project timelines, data requirements, specific steps).
• Support in maintaining and improving risk management processes, data forms, and reports.
• Provide support to business and process lines on risk identification, assessment, mitigation, monitoring, documentation, and reporting.
• Maintain a dynamic enterprise-wide Asset risk register and events & near[1]misses register
• Generate and compile risk data, mine and analyze the data regularly and generate summary risk reports
• Provide support to business and process lines in developing their processes and procedures with risk consideration.
• Review policies and processes regularly and identify and escalate gaps that need to be addressed.
• Follow up on risk management recommendations to ensure timely and complete implementation.
• Create risk awareness and facilitate risk management training, seminars or workshops.
• Monitor activities and processes in the company to ensure that laid down processes are being followed.
• Use analytical software to calculate risk costs for key business decisions.
• Comply with requirements of ISO 31000 standard and COSO framework 2017 and the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and all such related applicable regulations related to assigned jobs.
• Organize risk financial data and risk budget.
• Prepare reports and anticipate profits or losses from strategic business decisions.
• Ability to research potential clients, to ascertain theirs / our risk profiles.
• Develop systems and processes for gathering, storing, and retrieval of data for analytics.
• Monitoring data points that may affect the risk level of a decision-making process.
• Carry out any other duties as requested by the Asset Risk Manager.

Minimum Requirements & Skills

• BSc. in Finance or equivalent in science or social science field
• At least 4 – 6 years E&P experience and exposure.
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of Upstream Operations.
• Excellent interpersonal and team skills.
• Experience with working in a multi-discipline and/or multi-cultural team is advantageous.
• Risk management experience in relevant sector.
• Commercial, contract management and cost awareness
• Previous exposure to engagement Government & Regulatory Stakeholders will be an advantage.
• Good understanding of the risks and commercial issues associated with upstream assets.
• Strong foundation in data analysis with the ability to work independently, as well as challenge and support others.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Data Analytical skills
• Organizational skills
• Persuasive skills.