Risk & Compliance Officer at Nairobi Hospital

Reporting to Head of Risk & Compliance, the successful applicants will be responsible for providing technical and operational support in identifying, analysing and measuring various types of risks in the Hospital’s operations and make appropriate risk mitigation recommendations in accordance with the Hospital’s policies, procedures and guidelines.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in developing the annual work program for Risk and Compliance and implement the approved action plan.
• Participate in the development and upgrading of the Hospital’s Risk identification and assessment methodologies.
• Conduct operational and process risk analysis in the Hospital’s nonclinical operational areas as per the Hospital’s Policies, Procedures and guidelines.
• Identify and measure possible strategic, financial, compliance and operational risks of the Hospital based on aggregate measures of business activity such as gross revenue, fee income, operating costs, managed assets or total assets adjusted for offbalance sheet exposures, etc.
• Analyse the risks including the potential loss arising from internal activities or external events caused by break down of information, communication, physical safeguard, business continuity, etc.
• Perform tests and checks to monitor conformity with operational and process risk methodologies and standards as well as monitor effectiveness of internal control systems
• Ensure that tasks are completed to the agreed standards within the agreed time scales; and
• Any other responsibilities that may be assigned to the job holder by the supervisor from time to time.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Risk Management, Commerce, Finance, Economics, Information Technology, Law, Accounting, or Banking from a reputable University.
• Professional certification in Risk Management; Institute of Risk Management (UK) certification, Financial Risk Management (FRM), RCP Level 3, Chartered Risk Analyst (CRA) or a Governance Risk and Compliance Management (GRCM) is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years’ relevant work experience.
• An understanding of the clinical operations of the Hospital will be an added advantage.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge of various types of risks and their mitigations
• Clear understanding of relevant emerging issues in risk management
• Risk management skills including risk assessment, evaluation, quantification, mitigation and reporting skills