Group Strategy and Risk Management Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop, execute, and manage the system operating plan with the company's strategic plan and ensure that goals are achieved.
• Develop innovative risk assessment methodologies to evaluate business risks from external causes and internal exposures and process inefficiencies.
• Create, implement, and monitor strategies for risk mitigation in all areas of the business.
• Ensure a uniform and coordinated approach to risk assessments by providing guidance documents and facilitating assessments by business units.
• Facilitate implementation of strategies to address identified risks through development and revisions of policies, procedures, and work instructions, and by convening and serving on ad hoc and task-specific teams.
• Support business continuity and resilience planning initiatives.
• Oversee the internal control environment and review all independent assurance activities by the auditor.
• Maintain Group-wide risk registers and enterprise risk dashboards.
• Ensure that appropriate metrics are in place to measure performance and ensure that strategic actions are completed at various levels to achieve desired results and objectives.
• Manage and steward the Integrated Opportunity and Risk Management (ORM) program, providing regular revisions and updates as necessary.
• Build out and steward the development and management of all operative unit’s business resumption plans.
• Drive a culture of risk awareness, accountability and execution discipline.
• Champion continuous improvement across strategy and risk management practices.
• Responsible for conducting various risk assessments to identify potential threats and weaknesses, and developing contingency plans to address them.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Risk Management, or related discipline.
• Master’s degree (MBA or related field) preferred.
• Minimum 8 years relevant experience in risk management, corporate strategy, consulting, financial services or related environment.
• Experience within banking, investment management, asset management or diversified financial services preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in enterprise risk, strategy formulation and performance management.
• Experience preparing executive/board-level reports.
• Certifications: Global Association of Risk Professionals (FRM), Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA – added advantage).
•  Relevant governance or strategy certifications are an advantage.