Position: Risk Management & Compliance Manager
Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer
Overall Responsibility
Key Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities
Strategy:
- Evaluate the
strategies, policies, standards, procedures and related practices for the
management, and recommend appropriate changes.
- Proactively
participate in developing and managing organizational plans for continuity
of business operations and information processing systems in the event of
a disruption.
- In liaison with
departmental managers, initiate follow-up action to ensure implementation
of audit recommendations.
- Identify areas
of improving the company’s performance and efficiency through optimal
utilization of resources and avoidance of waste.
- Assess the
adequacy of management decisions and their effectiveness to help maximize
operational efficiency in a competitive market environment.
Security:
- Evaluate the
logical, environmental, and infrastructural IT security to ensure that it
satisfies the organization’s business requirements for safeguarding IT
assets against unauthorized use, disclosure, modification, damage, or
loss.
- Proactively
contribute to systems design, planning and development with particular
emphasis on systems security and controls.
- Safeguard
company assets against loss, misuse, damage or unauthorized disclosure.
Systems:
- Carry out
operational audit designed to identify bottlenecks and shortcomings in our
systems, and propose remedial measures.
- Continuously
review and monitor existing systems to improve their effectiveness and to
ensure that agreed policies and procedures are adhered to at all times.
- Continuously
review the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization’s
implementation of ongoing management information systems and
infrastructure to ensure that they adequately support the organization’s
business objectives.
- Evaluate the
methodology and processes by which the business application system
development, acquisition, implementation, and maintenance are undertaken
to ensure that they meet the organization’s overall strategy and
objectives.
- Evaluate
business systems and processes to ensure that risks are managed in
accordance with the organization’s business objectives.
- Compiling and
discussing reports detailing findings, implications and recommendations
for system improvements.
- Evaluate application
of internal operational guidelines/manuals, identify deviations and
recommend appropriate changes whenever necessary.
Financial Audit:
- Evaluate the
payment, receipting, debiting, claims processing and credit control
procedures to ensure compliance with approved authority and budgetary
levels.
- Undertake ad hoc
check on the usage of petty cash to ensure that it is used for authorized
purpose and that the float limit is adhered to.
- Evaluate the
efficiency of the accounting and book-keeping systems to ensure that the
control accounts at all times tally with the subsidiary records and that
an audit trail is at all times available.
Person Specifications:
Academic Qualifications
Academic Qualifications
- Relevant
Business related Bachelor’s degree
Professional Qualifications
- Qualification in
Risk Management/Audit and Insurance
Experience
- 5 years
experience in Insurance Risk Management
If you meet the above minimum requirements, send your c.v to
henry@gakenya.com indicate the position applied for on the email subject line
so as to be received on or before April 15, 2013.
