Manager, Business Integrity Risk Management at New Forests

Role Responsibilities:

• Deliver and/or support the delivery of Business Integrity & Impact (“BI +I”) projects to enhance BI risk management across New Forests operations in Africa as and when required
• Oversee the BI risk assessment program for Africa, including risk registers and ownership of the BI
• Action Plans for the African Forestry Impact Platform (AFIP) and Portfolio companies respectively
• Provision of advice, guidance and support to and Management to enable the identification and mitigation of business integrity risk matters across AML/CTF, Sanctions, Anti-Corruption, Third-party risk management
• Assist in the establishment and maintenance of appropriate and risk-sensitive policies and
• procedures with the Platform and Portfolio companies relating to the Business Integrity Management System (‘BIMS’) for New Forests operations in Africa
• Development and delivery of business integrity related training to AFIP staff and Portfolio company employees
• Develop a training schedule to build continuous capacity for BI risk management
• Provision of regular information to the business and other key stakeholders on the activities of BI program and emerging BI related risk and opportunities to the Platform
• Creation and delivery of reports on the BI related activities work of the LRC team and the effectiveness of all BI policies and strategies
• Ensure the usage of key performance indicators within both the Platform and within Portfolio companies to encourage and measure progress in improvements of BIMS and its implementation
• Liaising with internal and external advisors, clients, regulators and other third parties as required
• Escalation and reporting of potential violations of laws, regulations, rules, policies and procedures and participate in periodic BI reviews and investigations

We are seeking candidates with the following qualifications, experience, and strengths:

• Experience in third party anti-bribery and corruption risk management, including due diligence
• Experience working within anti-bribery and corruption legislation requirements
• Experience in the design, implementation and reporting on the results of controls testing programmes
• Business degree or equivalent
• Ability to support the design, planning, implementation of training and awareness programmes
• Experience in Risk and Control identification and assessment (including process mapping, risk profiling, control testing)
• Excellent organisational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• An ability to prioritise effectively
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and to take ownership of the role
• Ability to build strong relationships and work well within/across teams