Operational Risk Officer

Responsibilities:

• Evaluating the operations and activities of these departments in order to identify, assess, measure, and mitigate risks.
• Assist in providing risk-mitigating factors to the units involved, remediation options, and process improvement ideas.
• Follow up with business units to design and implement controls and action plans to mitigate operational risk thereby ensuring the effective running of the enterprise business.
• Planning, managing, and providing ongoing support for the implementation of the company’s operational risk framework.
• Facilitate Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSAs) Workshops for business units while working closely with them to identify and monitor relevant Key Risk indicators.
• Assist business units in developing Key Risk Indicators (KRI) for all key risks in the business, creation, and reporting of KRIs including thresholds in the risk dashboards.
• Work with business units to design and implement controls or action plans to mitigate operational risk thereby ensuring the effective running of the company’s business.
• Carrying out internal control functions to guarantee the effectiveness and efficiency of operations, reliability of transaction reporting, drafting of policy documents, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Prepare operational risk report to management and analyze operational risk incidence.

Requirements:

• 4 years of cognate experience
• Degree in a related field