Principal Officer, Internal Audit (MG6) at National Social Security Fund (NSSF)

Reporting to the Senior Principal Officer, Internal Audit he/she will be responsible for participating in preparation of the annual risk plan.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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;
• 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 generate risk sensitization memos;
• Facilitate the preparation of the Fund's risk register and evaluate the risks in relation to agreed criteria and maintaining the register based on the Enterprise Risk
• Management, Business Continuity and Information Security Frameworks; and
• Follow up and track the progress of remediation of risk and control weaknesses identified by Risk Assessment, Internal Audit, self-testing, or controls assessment.

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;
• Professional qualification in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Actuarial Science, Project management, Business Administration or any other relevant qualification from a recognized institution;
• At least five (5) years’ work experience;
• Membership to a relevant and accredited professional body such as ICPAK, ACCA,
• CFA or IIA and in good standing; and
• Proficiency in computer applications.