Risk Management Officer at Transkredit Finance – Abuja

Job Overview

Transkredit Finance Company is recruiting a Risk Management Officer for a position in Abuja, Nigeria. The role involves developing risk policies and frameworks, monitoring operational-risk indicators and supporting enterprise-wide risk-management activities.

The successful candidate will also contribute to business-continuity planning, control assessments and risk reporting to management and relevant committees. Applicants should possess relevant academic qualifications and have five to ten years of relevant experience.

Job Details

• Company: Transkredit Finance Company
• Job Title: Risk Management Officer
• Location:Abuja, Nigeria  
• Job Type: Full Time
• Qualification:Relevant academic qualifications
• Experience: 5–10 years
• Job Field: Risk Management and Compliance
• Salary: Not specified
• Application Deadline: Not specified

About Transkredit Finance Company

Transkredit Finance Company is a financial-services provider based in Nigeria. Its services include credit processing, fund management and payment solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Operational and Enterprise Risk

• Identify, measure, monitor and report operational risks.
• Collect and analyse operational-loss data and key risk indicators.
• Support risk and control self-assessments across the organisation.
• Develop and maintain an enterprise-wide risk-management framework.
• Evaluate the design and effectiveness of controls.

Risk Policies and Reporting

• Develop and review risk policies, procedures and methodologies.
• Recommend updates to risk-management frameworks and tools.
• Prepare risk reports for executive management and relevant committees.
• Help define and monitor the organisation’s risk appetite.
• Promote risk awareness through communication and training.

Business Continuity

• Develop recovery strategies for critical business functions.
• Review critical business processes and continuity requirements.
• Support short-, medium- and long-term recovery planning.
• Contribute to service-level arrangements for outsourced activities.

Leadership and Stakeholder Engagement

• Support the Board, management and risk committees in fulfilling their responsibilities.
• Develop risk-management plans aligned with organisational goals.
• Liaise with regulators, external auditors and other assurance providers.
• Represent the organisation in relevant risk and compliance engagements.

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants should possess:

• Relevant academic qualifications.
• Five to ten years of relevant experience.

Required Skills

Technical skills

• Strong understanding of current risk-management methodologies.
• Excellent understanding of the relationship between risk and return.
• Ability to balance risk-management requirements with organisational strategy.
• Ability to assess organisation-wide risk conditions and adjust risk-management activities appropriately.
• Ability to use risk management as a strategic tool for improving stakeholder value.
• Good knowledge of leading global risk-management practices and strategies.

Professional and interpersonal skills

• Excellent relationship-management skills, particularly when working with third parties.
• Good leadership, supervisory and people-management abilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should review the role requirements carefully and submit their CV using the Apply button on this page. Candidates must use “Risk Management Officer” as the subject of their email.