
Risk Management Lead
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- Category
- 🏦 Finance & Banking
- Level
- Senior
- Type
- Full-time
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JOB PURPOSE:
Strengthen enterprise risk posture by identifying, assessing, and mitigating strategic, operational, financial, and regulatory risks, ensuring risk-informed decision-making and business continuity.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
• Conduct enterprise risk assessments and maintain risk registers.
• Develop risk mitigation plans and monitor implementation.
• Perform risk analysis for new initiatives and projects.
• Support business continuity and incident response planning.
• Prepare risk reports for leadership and governance committees.
• Promote risk awareness culture across departments.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously enhance the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, methodologies, tools, and templates across the organization.
• Prepare and maintain executive risk reports and dashboards for the CEO and the Audit Committee to support informed decision-making and governance oversight.
• Develop, monitor, and periodically review the organization's Risk Appetite, Risk Tolerance, and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs).
• Lead Business Continuity Management activities, including Business Impact Analysis (BIA), Business Continuity Planning (BCP), and participation in crisis management and incident response activities.
• Drive the implementation and continuous improvement of Enterprise Risk Management practices across the organization.
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree in Management, Finance, or related field. Experience:
- 5–7 years in risk management or internal control.
- Experience implementing or enhancing ERM frameworks.
- Proven experience conducting enterprise-wide risk assessments.
- Exposure to risk appetite framework development.
- Experience preparing risk reports for senior leadership.
- Proven experience in establishing, designing, or enhancing Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) programs.
- Experience within technology companies, digital platforms, or fast-growing organizations is preferred.
- Professional certification in ISO 31000 Risk Management or an equivalent risk management certification is preferred.
- Practical knowledge of internationally recognized risk management and governance frameworks, including ISO 31000 and COSO Enterprise Risk Management (COSO ERM
- Familiarity with regulatory and compliance risk environments.
Requirements
- •Bachelor’s degree in Management, Finance, or related field
- •5–7 years in risk management or internal control
- •Experience implementing or enhancing ERM frameworks
- •Proven experience conducting enterprise-wide risk assessments
- •Experience with risk appetite framework development
- •Experience preparing risk reports for senior leadership
- •Knowledge of ISO 31000 and COSO Enterprise Risk Management frameworks
- •Familiarity with regulatory and compliance risk environments
Nice to Have
- •Experience within technology companies, digital platforms, or fast-growing organizations
- •Professional certification in ISO 31000 Risk Management or equivalent
Responsibilities
- •Conduct enterprise risk assessments and maintain risk registers
- •Develop risk mitigation plans and monitor implementation
- •Perform risk analysis for new initiatives and projects
- •Support business continuity and incident response planning
- •Prepare risk reports and dashboards for the CEO and Audit Committee
- •Promote risk awareness culture across departments
- •Develop, maintain, and enhance the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework
- •Lead Business Continuity Management activities including BIA and BCP
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