Assistant Manager, Risk Management (MG4) at National Social Security Fund (NSSF)

The Assistant Manager, Risk Management will be reporting to the Manager, Strategy, Planning & Corporate Performance. He/she will be responsible for Plan the risk assessments comprising of preliminary surveys of processes to be reviewed, evaluation of applicable Risk Management frameworks, protocols, policies and procedures, development of risk assessment templates.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare the annual risk plan;
• Coordinate and conduct risk and control self-assessment to ensure conformity with the Enterprise Risk Management Framework and other policies;
• Participate in the review of risk assessment reports;
• Organize management meetings to discuss the observations, risk exposures and recommendations;
• Review and prepare the final risk assessment report, incorporating any revisions resulting from the management discussions;
• Conduct continuous risk assessments and generation of risk sensitization memos;
• Facilitate the preparation of the Fund's risk register and evaluating the risks in relation to agreed criteria and maintaining the register based on the Enterprise Risk
• Management, Business Continuity and Information Security Frameworks;
• Follow up on and track the progress of remediation of risk and control weaknesses identified by Risk Assessment, Internal Audit, self-testing, or controls assessment; and
• Provide support, education and training to staff on emerging issues in Risk Management and Compliance.

JOB REQUIREMENTS/SPECIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Project Management, Business Administration or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
• Master’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Project Management, Business Administration or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution as an added advantage;
• Professional qualification such as CIA, CISA, ACCA, CPA (K), CRMA, PRM, FSA, CERA or equivalent from a recognized institution;
• At least ten (10) years’ work experience, three (3) of which should be in a supervisory position;
• Membership to a relevant and accredited professional body such as ICPAK, IIA, ISACA, SoA, IFoA, ACCA, TASK or any other relevant qualification and in good standing;
• Management course from a recognized institution; and Proficiency in computer applications.