Senior Digital Solutions And Projects Risk Officer

Responsible for providing Independent Risk (2nd line of defense)

oversight, review, and supporting businesses (1st line of defense) by identifying,quantifying, analyzing, and seeking to mitigate key risks associated with digitalchannels, products, and assets. Partner with senior leadership involved in digitalinitiatives, including product management, technology, operations, legal, complianceand risk

• Bachelor’s degree in Information systems technology, Computer Science,Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.

• At least one of the following certifications: Certified in Risk and InformationSystems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA),Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Association of Chartered CertifiedAccountants (ACCA) or other relevant certification.

• Post graduate education or a Masters’ degree in a related field is an added

advantage.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 5 years Banking experience, at least 2 years’ experience in amanagement role in mobile financial services, FinTech or financial institutions(payment solutions and alternate channels).

• Must have critical thinking, analytical, attention to detail and problem-solving

skills to quickly stop threats of significance to the institution.

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in product development, project management, technical business

analysis and/or digital lending is an added advantage

Responsible for providing Independent Risk (2nd line of defense)

oversight, review, and supporting businesses (1st line of defense) by identifying,quantifying, analyzing, and seeking to mitigate key risks associated with digitalchannels, products, and assets. Partner with senior leadership involved in digitalinitiatives, including product management, technology, operations, legal, complianceand risk

• Bachelor’s degree in Information systems technology, Computer Science,Business Administration, Engineering, or related field.

• At least one of the following certifications: Certified in Risk and InformationSystems Control (CRISC), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA),Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Association of Chartered CertifiedAccountants (ACCA) or other relevant certification.

• Post graduate education or a Masters’ degree in a related field is an added

advantage.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• A minimum of 5 years Banking experience, at least 2 years’ experience in amanagement role in mobile financial services, FinTech or financial institutions(payment solutions and alternate channels).

• Must have critical thinking, analytical, attention to detail and problem-solving

skills to quickly stop threats of significance to the institution.

• Good verbal and written communication skills

• Experience in product development, project management, technical business

analysis and/or digital lending is an added advantage

channels to ensure compliance with the bank’s security policies, regulatoryrequirements, and adherence to best practices to identify weaknesses or securityexposures and prescribe solutions to mitigate the risks related to those weaknessesand exposures.

• Review new digital initiatives from Projects team and business, identify risks andprovide a credible challenge to the business’s risk controls and mitigation.

• Provide assurance on the overall direction for the bank’s digitization strategy to

ensure initiatives are implemented within the bank’s risk appetite.

• Review technology outsourced services alongside the Service Level Agreements and

the bank’s third-party risk exposure.

• Establish risk monitoring routines for digital channels, products and assets that are

designed to help identify emerging risks.

• Identify and evaluate business technology risks and internal controls which mitigate

risks and related opportunities for internal control improvement and propose risktreatment plans.

• Providing guidance over the general activities and concerns of the bank’s

technology functions including governance, policy, control design, generaloperational eectiveness, and internal controls.

• Liaise and coordinate with respective risk champions to review Project Management

Oice, Innovation and Digitization, Alternate Channels and Mobile Banking risk andcontrol self-assessments. Support in the review, monitoring and consolidatedreporting of the Key Risk Indicators for the respective units.

• Maintain and follow up / track for closure all technology, Digitisation, innovation,

and project risk related findings arising out of Risk, Internal Audit, External Audit andBOU reviews.

• Monitoring and tracking technology, Digitisation, innovation, and project risk events

and following up associated actions plans to closure. Work with control owners toensure control accuracy and remediate any issues related to control exceptions.

• Maintain a forward-looking risk profile of the bank that captures the major risks,

ensuring that risks that might impact multiple businesses and/or support functionsare captured, and actions initiated to mitigate and control risks leading to areduction in operational losses.

• Ensure that sta are adequately trained in Digitisation, Innovation, Project risk and

Technology Risk Management, policies, and procedures. The sta will also berequired to conduct technology risk awareness training.

• Ensure that controls and checks associated with Digitisation, Innovation, Project risk

and technology Risk Management are in place and are eective.

• Perform Quality Assurance Reviews of Digitisation, Innovation, Projects and

technology related Policies, Processes, and procedure manuals and advise /proposeimprovements.

• Ensure that the bank has appropriate mechanisms for compliance with the Date

Protection and Privacy Act and regulations.

• Perform monthly and quarterly reporting to MRC and BRC respectively through theManager, Technology Risk, and the Chief Risk Oicer.

• Perform any other duties as assigned by management.