Risk and Internal Control Officer
About the Role
You will safeguard operations by proactively identifying assessing and mitigating strategic, operational, financial, technological, and reputational risks. You will design and implement internal control systems, perform fraud and process analysis, prepare risk assessments for new products and process changes, monitor reporting and escalation mechanisms, produce dashboards and incident summaries, and support risk investigations and committee materials. You will collaborate with operational, finance, compliance, and other teams to align controls with business priorities and propose process improvements based on control findings.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance Accounting Risk Management Business Economics or a related field
- Minimum 5 years of experience in internal control permanent control or internal audit
- At least 2 years of hands on experience in risk management activities such as risk assessment risk mapping and mitigation planning
- Knowledge of fraud and compliance is a plus
- Strong analytical skills with ability to conduct detailed technical investigations
- Fluency in French and English both written and spoken
- Experience in mobile money operations or the financial services sector is an advantage
- Prior exposure to international companies or multicultural environments is a strong plus
Responsibilities
- Support implementation of the risk management framework
- Contribute to design deploy and monitor internal control systems
- Identify and evaluate risks related to activities processes information systems production tools and external events
- Conduct risk assessments for new products features and process changes
- Develop and improve risk identification and prioritization systems
- Design and perform preventive and detective controls and follow up on their effectiveness
- Promote a risk aware culture through awareness campaigns training and documentation
- Monitor internal reporting and escalation mechanisms and ensure timely detection investigation and resolution of issues
- Support periodic reporting on risk and internal control matters including dashboards and incident summaries
- Analyze emerging risk trends and assess potential operational impact
- Prepare documentation and materials for risk committee meetings and external stakeholders
- Propose optimized process improvements based on control findings
- Collaborate cross functionally to align controls and mitigation strategies with business priorities
- Perform ad hoc control reviews and risk investigations as needed
Benefits
- Generous health insurance for employee and dependents
- Parental leave (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers)
- Subsidized child care on return to work
- Subsidized gym memberships and fitness classes
- Airtime reimbursement
- Free food and office space