Group Strategy & Risk Management Manager
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time
Reports To: GMD
Department: Risk
Job brief
- This position will be responsible for formulating and implementing the company’s strategic policies, risk management and mitigation and system audit and control.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, execute and manage the system operating plan with the company 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 activity 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 develop contingency plans to address them.
Qualifications /Key competence
- Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Risk Management or related disciplines
- Master’s degree (MBA or related field) preferred.
- 9+ 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.
Application Closing Date
10th May, 2026.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: career.bridgemeadnghr@gmail.com using "Group Strategy & Risk Management Manager" as the subject of the mail.