• Application Deadline:
• Position: Head of Compliance


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA


• Experience 5 years


• Location Lagos


• Job Field Finance / Accounting / Audit 
  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Individually accountable for establishing a compliance framework; including Risk Management and Monitoring plan. Initiates and facilitates corrective action where required.


• Establishes and embeds compliance in area of responsibility.


• Ensures compliance within area by implementation of compliance risk management and monitoring plan.


• Reports on compliance breaches to management.


• Facilitates resolution of compliance breaches.


• Assists in the mitigation of compliance risk.


• Responsible for compliance in a less complex business unit, reports to the business head with strategic direction from Compliance Executive.


• Influence is limited to specific assigned functional area.

Compliance

• Ensures compliance within the area by implementation of compliance risk management and monitoring plan.


• Reports on compliance breaches to managements


• Facilitates resolution of compliance breaches.


• Assists in the mitigation of compliance risk.


• Utilizes limited legislation and in all probability, the impact of the legislation on the business unit/functional area is limited.


• Assists the Executive with the effective coordination and execution of the quarterly audit, risk and compliance for the segment.


• Challenges and escalates (within the defined escalation framework) where deemed appropriate.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, business administration or legal (Master’s Degree is an additional advantage).


• At least 5 years experience in financial service industry, and 2 years at the senior management level.


• Experience in Market risk.


• Local and international certifications in risk management, such as Certificate in CIBN.


• Strong understanding of development and trends, as well as regulations and trends.


• Strong understanding of enterprise risk management concepts, frameworks to proactively identify risks inherent in business operations that can have negative strategic implications for the organization.


• Strong knowledge of portfolio risk management techniques, e.g. key risk metrics for players in the financial markets, capital management, database management, risk analysis etc.


• Good analytical & problem-solving skills


• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills