About this role
A Risk Manager role based in Lagos for Maurice Xandra Solutions, a management consulting firm focusing on human resources, management and process improvement. The role involves developing and maintaining risk frameworks and policies, identifying and reporting various risk types, and escalating risks beyond appetite. It also covers conducting risk assessments, stress tests, monitoring controls, maintaining risk registers, and guiding business continuity and incident management. The position requires providing risk guidance to senior management and the board, ensuring regulatory compliance and governance best practices. The employer offers services to clients in training, team management and process improvement.
What you would do
- Develop and maintain enterprise, operational and risk-appetite frameworks and policies
- Identify, assess, monitor and report strategic, operational, financial, credit and regulatory risks
- Escalate risks that exceed or may exceed approved risk appetite
- Conduct risk assessments, stress testing and scenario analysis
- Monitor internal controls and ensure remediation of identified gaps
- Maintain risk registers and track action plans with business-unit leaders
- Oversee counterparty assessments and due diligence for investments and partnerships
- Lead business continuity, crisis-management and incident-management programmes
- Ensure business continuity tests are completed according to schedule
- Deliver risk-management training and provide guidance across the organisation
What they are asking for
- HND or bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Accounting, Engineering or related discipline
- At least five years’ relevant risk-management experience within financial services
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and business-management skills
- Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder-management abilities
- Knowledge of financial-sector regulations and risk-management policies
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, spreadsheets, databases and related software
- Strong attention to detail and ability to interpret financial and operational data
- Master’s degree or relevant professional qualification will be an advantage
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