Arca Payments Company Limited Employment Opportunity

Arca Payments Company Limited is a highly advanced Technology platform, helping to empower the new, digital era for Payments and fostering the Open Banking ecosystem.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Risk & Compliance Manager
Location: Lagos

Job Description

• The Risk & Compliance Manager will be responsible for developing, planning, and executing all risk, audit and compliance programs based on risk assessments in a financial environment.
• The position will be charged but not limited to these responsibilities:
• Evaluate the adequacy of the company’s internal control framework in addressing risks, compliance and accomplishing the company’s goals and objectives.
• To actively monitor regulatory developments, assess the potential impact on the business and deliver findings and recommendations.
• Reviewing, updating, implementing compliance policies, procedures and manuals.
• Maintain and update a risk register
• Delivering risk and compliance training sessions with particular focus on range of company products & services.
• Daily monitoring of activity to identify emerging risks, possible compliance breaches and taking remedial action where necessary and assessing and reporting on implications to the business.
• Identify areas of improvement and efficiency on the Internal Controls including compliance with policies, procedures, legal and contractual requirements
• Take ownership and accountability for the internal audit of allocated audit-able areas; including IT general and application control reviews for areas allocated to process auditors in the performance of integrated audits
• Perform various audits (IT/Financial and Operational) at corporate and subsidiary locations
• Compilation of process documentation, performance of interviews/walk through, execution of audit testing, and documentation of results/deficiencies.
• Preparation of audit reports to management and/or Audit Committee.
• Assist in the development of a combined assurance approach and work with, and co-ordinate work with external audit, when required

Qualification

• BSc/MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject.

Required Experience:

• 4-6 years of cumulative relevant experience in risk management/compliance/Audit role with good understanding of all aspects of Operational Risk Management within a financial technology environment
• Evaluation of Internal Controls: The ability to analyze process controls for effectiveness from a design and implementation perspective
• Remedial Action Development: The ability to develop control improvements required to mitigate the risks or control failures identified during internal audit reviews.
• Risk Acceptance: The ability to facilitate a formal acceptance process of reviewing and accepting residual risk, depending on the outcomes of risk identification and measurement.
• Risk Response Strategy: The ability to facilitate the creation and adoption of an appropriate risk response strategy and to assign ownership for the risk response.
• Evaluating Risk Management Effectiveness: The ability to determine if risk management and control measures are achieving the desired results and mitigating risks at the expected level.
• In-depth knowledge of ISO2K & PCIDSS requirements
• Ability to plan, perform, document and report on internal audits.
• Notable level familiarity with various IT platforms, operating systems and information security.
• Detailed familiarity with SDLC projects, change management and other general controls.
• Experience in terms of assisting with the development and/or improvement of IT audit methodologies.

Compensation:

• Compensation & Benefits for the role is highly attractive and the work environment is conducive.

Additional Information:

• We make it a point of view to review all applications and to those that match the specification we are looking to hire.

How to Apply

Submit your CV and Application Online: Click Here

Application Closing Date
11th March, 2019