Assistant Manager (Risk and Compliance), Finance Division

Responsibilities

Specifically, you will be responsible to:

• Develop annual risk and compliance activity plans and prioritization of these plans based on a risk analysis which includes consideration of the University’s goals and objectives and the concerns of management and the board & other stake holders.
• Ensure reliability and integrity of entity wide financial and operating process and controls and the means used to identify measure, classify and report information on its effectiveness.
• Provide risk evaluation & compliance coverage that consistently meets the needs and expectations of management.
• Follow up on identified weaknesses, findings and recommendations from previous Internal / External audit work and compliance reviews.  
• Ensure compliance with policies, plans, procedures, laws and regulations that could have a significant impact on the entity.
• Participating in a program of quality assurance designed to ensure the increasing professionalism of the departments and standard of the work performed.
• Investigating potential violations of laws, regulations, and policies.
• Ensure the means of safeguarding assets and verifying their existence.
• Verify the economy and the efficiency with which resources are employed.
• Verify the extent to which the operations and programs of the entity are consistent with its objectives and goals.
• Verify the extent to which information technology governance sustains and supports the University’s strategies and objectives.
• Evaluate the potential for fraud and the management of fraud risk.
• Work closely with Human Resources when appropriate to address issues of noncompliance and violations of laws, regulations and policies.
• Establish a confidential safe harbor to receive and direct compliance issues for investigation and resolution.
• Any other tasks that are assigned from time to time.

Requirements

• CA / ACMA / CIMA or MBA in Finance with minimum four to five years’ experience in a large national or multinational organization.
• Good knowledge of international accounting standards.
• Good knowledge of accounting principles.
• Strong analytical skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in use of computer packages specially MS Office.