Job Purpose:
To lead the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of the organization’s operational risk management framework. This role ensures effective identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of risks across all business units, aligning risk management practices with corporate objectives and regulatory requirements. The position serves as a strategic operational risk advisor and partners with the business units and stakeholders to strengthen control environments, foster a strong risk culture and enabling proactive informed decision-making through robust governance and analytics.
Key Accountabilities:
- Oversee the consolidation of risk reporting and ensure timely escalation of material risks in accordance with, Risk & Safety Committee (RSC), The Board of Directors (BoD) and Delegations of Authority and established governance protocols.
- Lead regular periodic evaluations of risk management performance, updating risk profiles, frameworks, and strategies to reflect emerging trends and organizational priorities.
- Assess the efficiency and effectiveness of risk controls and treatment plans across the enterprise, ensuring alignment with best practices and regulatory standards.
- Monitor and report on adherence to the Group Risk Management Framework, Appetite and Policy including the timeliness and quality of Risk Control Action Plans (RCPAs).
- Foster strong collaboration with Risk Champions and key stakeholders such as Internal Audit to integrate insights from all lines of defence into strategic and operational decision-making.
- Ensure enterprise risk management objectives are fully aligned with organizational goals, allocating resources to support effective implementation.
- Maintain awareness of industry developments, competitive dynamics, internal risk interdependencies and macroeconomic risk factors to inform strategic planning and proactive risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
- Provide authoritative guidance on risk management training, methodologies, tools, and practices to internal stakeholders, promoting consistency and excellence.
- Conduct Risk Workshops as and when required.
- Support the implementation and ongoing configuration, and administration of enterprise risk management systems to support governance, compliance, and reporting objectives.
- Oversee quantitative and qualitative risk assessments to prioritize risks, identify interdependencies, and ensure alignment with strategic and operational objectives.
- Monitor and support the effectiveness of risk management programs at the Strategic Business Unit (SBU) level, ensuring consistency with group standards.
- Champion risk awareness and maturity through targeted training programs and continuous education initiatives across the organization.
- Collaborate with compliance and internal audit functions to address risk hotspots, validate reporting accuracy, and ensure adherence to risk appetite and control frameworks.
- Monitor and report on the performance, data integrity, and utilization of the Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) platform, driving continuous improvement.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Technology, or any related discipline is required.
- Relevant professional certification preferred.
- Advanced English language proficiency is required.
Experience:
- Minimum of eleven years’ work experience with at least five of which in a relevant function and four years in supervisory roles.
