Governance & Risk Management Manager

Job Purpose:

To manage the execution of risk and governance activities at the operational level, including monitoring compliance, tracking risk metrics, reviewing exceptions, and maintaining accurate reporting. Ensures adherence to enterprise risk policies and governance standards within assigned units.

Key Accountabilities:

• Manage the implementation of risk and governance frameworks, policies and standards within assigned units. Provide operational insights and updates to ensure compliance and effective risk mitigation.
• Monitor compliance in business units and report anomalies. Identify potential risks and escalate issues, ensuring adherence to governance frameworks.
• Manage day-to-day risk management activities, including maintaining risk registers, collecting and validating data for risk assessments, and tracking updates to mitigation actions and ownership. Also, assists business units during risk identification and assessment exercises, ensuring adherence to established methodologies and reporting templates. This contributes to the integrity and reliability of the Group’s overall risk management processes.
• Manage governance procedures for Board and GA requirements, maintain and organize documentation, coordinate with stakeholders, to ensure compliance and proper control. Manage timely execution and proper control of GA activities in line with standards.
• Review and ensure updating risk and governance dashboards and routine reports. To highlight key risks and trends to management, enabling timely corrective action.
• Manage the DOA matrix and framework by updating records, monitoring compliance, and supporting the review of proposed amendments. Assist business units with authority, approvals, and process guidance. Contribute to training delivery to ensure consistent understanding and implementation of the DOA.
• Review of subsidiaries to assess compliance with risk and governance standards, to provide findings to senior management to support consistent application of policies.
• Manage statutory filings, audit requests, and regulatory reporting under guidance to ensure compliance and timely submission of required documentation.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s in Law, Governance, Risk Management, Business Administration, or related field.
• 12–14 years of relevant experience in risk and governance; demonstrated leadership in enterprise risk frameworks.