Job Openings at the Concept Group

Location: Yaba, Lagos

Job Summary

• This role will strategize, formulate and communicate risk policies and processes for the group.
• The Credit Risk Strategist will provide hands-on development of risk models involving market and credit risks, assure controls are operating effectively, and provide research and analytical support for the smooth operation of the department.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work directly with top management, to evaluate their business models and financial statements and proffer necessary measures to mitigate risk.
• Performing risk assessments: Analyzing current risks and identifying potential risks that are affecting the company.
• Performing a risk evaluation: Evaluating the company’s previous handling of risks, and comparing potential risks with criteria set out by the company such as costs and legal requirements.
• Provide tailored credit risk recommendations that mitigate RFS’s exposure while facilitating partner company growth
• Help manage the portfolio by developing a deep understanding of risk across industries, geographies, and operating models.
• Preparing risk management and insurance budgets.
• Explaining the external risk posed by corporate governance to stakeholders.
• Creating business continuity plans to limit risks.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, Accounting, Statistics, Finance, or a relative field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience with knowledge of commercial credit underwriting and risk strategies.
• Excellent written, verbal, and analytical skills.
• The ability to comfortably interact with the CFOs and CEOs of our top merchants.
• Experience with and in the use of IFRS9.
• Professional certifications and memberships.

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Location: Yaba, Lagos

Job Summary

• The Lead, TAE role is the most prominent role of the recruiting team where He / She exercises leadership over the recruiting department, overseeing the execution of all activities by TAE executives.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assessing candidates for roles in line with job competencies and TCG’s core values
• Coordinate talent acquisition activities to raise awareness of TCG
• Explore potential hiring needs and build long-term recruitment plans
• Lead, develop and coach TCG’s talent acquisition
• Partner and coach management and team lead in all aspects of talent acquisition
• Oversee any organizational training on talent acquisition
• Partner and coach team leads in all aspects of talent acquisition.
• Oversee any organizational training on talent acquisition.
• Any other assigned activity within the talent acquisition unit.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Master's Degree in Organizational Psychology, Human Resources or any other related field
• 8 years of progressive experience in the recruitment of Senior/Executive Management roles
• 5 years of experience within the financial industry in senior leadership
• Strong communication skills are required with the ability to build rapport and influence others
• Proven ability to lead, manage and develop others
• Experience in partnering across multiple employment models to influence results
• Proven success in driving a proactive approach in finding talent
• Proven conflict management and problem-solving skills
• Ability to create and develop effective presentations using data.

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Responsibilities

• Plan and define the scope, resource, activity, and sequences of all software projects.
• Turn the desires of the company into technical requirements that the software development team understands.
• Develop schedules, budgets and estimate time and costs.
• Set out the project boundaries and scope for projects, delegate different activities, and ensure their timely completion.
• Create and execute the plan of action and ensure that it is properly monitored and enforced along the way.
• Analyze, manage and mitigate risks and issues, monitor and report Progress.
• Performs a project review with the software development team to document any lessons learned from the software development processes.
• Oversees software testing, delivery, and formal acceptance by the applicable end user.
• Understand needs by fully comprehending the project’s objectives, end result, satisfactory time frame, budget, and required resources.
• Properly time all the activities for the completion of projects and prepare for any delays in any of the activities.
• Serve as a Liaison and as a source of consistency throughout a project between the Software team and other departments, fielding questions and providing information for everyone involved.
• Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional teams and management members.
• Understand and communicate the financial and operational impact of any changes.
• Improve systems by studying current practices, designing modifications, and providing solutions to business-related problems with the use of technology.
• Research, analyze and Create informative, actionable, and repeatable reports that highlight relevant business trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Ensure resource allocation, results and follows up with all processes with the aim to do things better, faster, and cheaper whenever possible and without sacrificing quality.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's Degrees cognitive experience in Software Project Management
• Advanced education, professional certification/membership will be an added advantage
• A background in key programming languages, testing procedures, and the likes
• Good understanding of the role and the requirements
• Exceptional planning, organizational, analytical, and conceptual thinking skills

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Job Summary

• The Talent Acquisition Strategist will be responsible for the creation and execution of a comprehensive, multi-faceted recruiting strategy to reach, hire and retain high talent individuals of different demographics, backgrounds, and experiences in support of the Company's values and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support multiple business lines and manage the end-to-end recruitment cycle for select positions.
• Overseeing the Talent Acquisition unit’s procedures, suggesting measures and tactical approaches to improve the organization’s employment life-cycle
• Develop and implement a progressive sourcing strategy to increase diverse talent acquisition and retention.
• Create and drive innovative recruitment methods to build a continuous pipeline to reach passive job seekers and to source difficult-to-fill positions.
• Recommend ideas and solutions that will contribute to the Company’s diversity and inclusion strategy and overarching business goals and objectives.
• Analyze the recruitment process to identify efficiency and improvement opportunities. Develop performance metrics and provide management reporting.
• Ensure compliance with all banking laws, rules, regulations, prescribed policies, practices, and procedures necessary to reduce risk and uphold ethical standards related to and required by one’s duties.
• Develop and implement a progressive sourcing strategy to increase diverse talent acquisition and retention, etc.

Requirements

• A Degree in Human Resources or any other related field.
• Recognized professional qualification (e.g. CIPM, PHRi, SPHRi)
• At least 5 years post qualification experience with cognitive experience in Talent Acquisition and Engagement.
• Excellent strategy and analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Hands-on mentality, results-driven, and team player
• High level of personal integrity
• Ability to work with minimum supervision and function in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment
• Excellent computer skills, including in depth knowledge of Microsoft Office.

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Location: Yaba, Lagos

Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervise research on new technology-based products and solutions to meet the company’s strategy for new products and solutions
• Product lifecycle management: Lead the utilization of VOC (Voice of Customer) in the development and deployment of remote monitoring solutions
• Oversee bench and field tests during the product development cycle, pre-deployment simulation tests, and on-site deployment of remote monitoring hardware and software
• Vendor management: Facilitate, maintain and negotiate profitable vendor relationships following due diligence and risk assessment analysis
• Technical project management and process improvement for the on-site deployment of new and existing solutions
• Guide pricing simulations and analysis with market knowledge on hardware and software input costs
• Develop proposed design documents for products and services to guide installation and/or implementation
• Validate and approve all completion reports, test reports, field inspection reports, reports/documentation of problems solved, etc. for management review
• Oversee adequate analysis on vendor selection based on quality and cost optimization.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical / Electronic Engineering with at least 5 years of experience in related competence.
• Relevant knowledge of embedded systems and electronic circuits
• IoT and Control systems enthusiast
• Quality Business Intelligence and data analysis experience with relevant tools (data-driven decision making)
• Process improvement qualifications such as Six Sigma
• Experience with a microcontroller or PLC systems
• Solid troubleshooting skills and the ability to diagnose and solve difficult problems
• Direct experience with Python, C, or C++
• Desire to develop a deep understanding of the business and end-user needs
• Ability to resolve complex issues in creative, efficient, and effective ways.