Risk Manager (Investment Company) at iRecruiters Africa Limited

Job Description

• Our client is an international investment and holding company with diversified interests and investments across several regions including Africa, Middle East and Asia. The Company is known for its ownership of over a hundred leading brands in FMCG, Agriculture, Industrial Chemicals, Home-care Products and Pharmaceuticals.
• The company is currently seeking to hire a competent Risk Manager who will assist the Group Head, Risk, and Control Assurance in effectively implementing a risk management framework and policy.

Job Objective:

• The Risk Manager will be saddled with the responsibility of establishing a framework and organizational structure for Risk management and coordinating with risk owners and champions to identify, evaluate, mitigate, and report on business risks.

Job Responsibilities:

• Partner with the business units and risk owners to identify strategic, operational, financial, and compliance risks on a periodical basis.
• Evaluate the likelihood and impact on the business and collaborate with the risk champions to identify the risk response measures and follow up on the action plans identified.
• Provide tools and techniques required for deploying a common language of risk framework across the business units for evaluation of identified risks.
• Participate in workshops and brainstorming sessions for effective identification of risks and action plans.
• Guide sector-specific emerging risks and collaborate with the risk owners to adopt best practices to respond to the challenges.
• Collaborate with the control assurance team to monitor the effectiveness of the risk response strategies.
• Partner with the risk champions for continuous monitoring of dashboards and MIS on key indicators of risk and scorecards.
• Any additional responsibilities may be identified during the implementation of the risk management process by the risk committee.

Key Requirements:

• BSC/HND in Accounting, Finance, costing, or any other related field.
• ICAN/MBA is required.
• Minimum of 10 years cognate experience working as a risk manager in an investment company or a similar environment.
• Interpersonal skills & man management.
• Problem-solving and collaboration with the business units.
• Effective Communication and Organizational Skills (Written & Verbal).
• Analytical mindset.
• Business Understanding
• Knowledge of Microsoft Package (MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; Power BI)
• ERP Experience (SAP / Oracle / MS Dynamics)