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Job Purpose:

To provide strategic and operational leadership to the Risk and Compliance Department by ensuring the Group adopts effective enterprise-risk management as well as good corporate governance in all its business activities, processes and systems.

 

Key Responsibilities:

• Develops Risk and Compliance policies and procedures at Business level
• Facilitates and promotes the understanding of operational risk management for Hollard Life
• Advises business on legal matters
• Liasion with the Company appointed Attorneys on legal matters
• Leads and supports implementation of operational risk initiatives for the business
• Pro-actively communicates with the Managing Director (Life) and the Chief of Risk regarding operational risk issues
• Coordinates and consolidates risk registers for reporting to relevant governance structures
• Designs and implements control measures and monitoring plans for compliance and operational risk management
• Undertakes and/or coordinates periodic monitoring (assessments) activities at Departmental level and escalates findings or breaches to the Managing Director (Life) and the Chief of Risk as and when they occur
• Ensures risks and issues identified are resolved in an appropriate and timely manner
• Assists the Chief of Risk in the implementation on the risk framework or other relevant initiatives at Business level
• Develop and implement an AML/CFT compliance programme
• Monitors internal controls and procedures for money laundering prevention to check if they are functioning as intended and where appropriate, assist in the investigation of financial crime risks’
• Ensure submission of compliance statutory returns and supervisory reports to the regulatory authorities
• Undertakes other duties as directed by the Group’s Board of Directors and/or the Group’s Executive Management in support of the Group’s strategy
   

Required Qualifications:

• The right candidate must have a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Bachelor’s degree in Risk Management, Business, Accounting or related field. A certification in Risk Enterprise Management is an added advantage
• Minimum 2 years’ post qualifications experience.
   

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Strategy Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Critical and Analytical Skills
• Negotiation & Advocacy
• Change Management
• Communication Skills
• Leadership
• Teamwork

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