Senior Risk Manager at Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc

Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc has been a part of the lives of Nigerians at home and abroad. Our global vision is to be a leading foods company in Africa providing high quality and affordable products in the most convenient ways to consumers through world class brands like Golden Penny Flour, Golden Penny Semovita, Goldenvita, Golden Pasta and Golden Noodles. The Company’s flagship brand, Golden Penny, remains one of the best known and the preferred brands amongst bakers, confectioneries and consumers in Nigeria.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Risk Manager

Location: Apapa, Lagos

Purpose of the Job

• To develop long-term risk-mitigation strategies, action plans, and contingency interventions ensuring that the Company’s  Governance, Risk Management, and Business Continuity Management processes are operating effectively.

The Job

• Lead the performance of the annual Enterprise Risk Assessment process.
• Ensure that processes are in place to facilitate the identification, measurement, assessment, monitoring, and controlling of risks in the Company.
• Provide practical and cost-effective risk mitigation recommendations to management in consultation with business and process owners.
• Promote risk awareness and provide education and training on risk management while ensuring there are skills and understanding of risk management, risk appetite, and risk governance.
• Identify and report on emerging risk trends.
• Ensure the existence & maintenance of Corporate, Business Unit, and Functional BCPs to standard required to pass internal & external audits.
• Liaise with Technical and Business product owners to identify gaps, set recovery time objectives and convey business needs/expectations.
• Ensure regular testing (at least annually) of Corporate, Business Units and Functional BCPs, by leading or coordinating said exercises.
• Consistently report business continuity risks and compliance to the leadership team.
• Strengthen Business Continuity Planning and resilience program engagement by influencing key stakeholders.
• Prepare reports for presentation to Management Risk Committee and Board Audit and  Risk Management Committee periodically.
• Assist in the response to significant disruptive events.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Accounting, Finance, Sciences or Engineering
• Master’s degree / Professional certification in a related discipline is an added advantage.
• At least 10 years of cognate experience in a Conglomerate, Manufacturing, or FMCG

The Person Must:

• Excellent engagement and influence skills with external stakeholders
• Very clear and systematic thinking that demonstrates strong judgment and problem-solving competencies.
• Excellent communication skills in a multi cultural, and multi-lingual environnent.
• Proven ability to manage organization wide programs with budget management skills.
• High level of concentration and patience.
• Excellent presentation skills and proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candiduates should:
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