Vacancy title:
Senior Enterprise Risk Management Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Insurance, Category: Management]

Jobs at:
The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance

Deadline of this Job:
Sunday, November 2 2025

Duty Station:
Kenya | Nairobi | Kenya

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, October 15 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Nature and Scope:
The Senior Enterprise Risk Management Officer (SERMO) is a member of ATIDI’s Risk Management Department, responsible for supporting the Chief Risk Officer in implementing and overseeing the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework. Within the Three Lines of Defence model, the SERMO sits firmly in the second line, providing independent oversight, challenge, and advisory support to business units while working closely with Internal Audit to strengthen risk governance. The SERMO ensures that ATIDI operates within its Risk Appetite Framework, meets regulatory and rating agency expectations, and maintains resilience against emerging risks. The role also leads risk training and awareness, develops and coordinates a network of Risk Champions across departments, and ensures risk intelligence directly supports ATIDI’s strategy, resilience, and stakeholder confidence.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Role within the Three Lines of Defense:

• Provide independent oversight and challenge to ensure that underwriting, investment, operations, and other front-line activities identify, assess, and manage risks in line with policies and risk appetite
• Lead enterprise and operational risk functions, maintain the corporate risk register, monitor exposures, and report to management and the Board
• Collaborate with Internal Audit to ensure effective testing of controls, validation of risk management practices, and timely resolution of audit findings

Enterprise Risk Management & Governance:

• Enhance ATIDI's ERM framework, policies, and procedures, ensuring alignment with international standards
• Maintain the corporate risk register, covering all risk categories
• Monitor adherence to ATIDI's Risk Appetite Framework and escalate breaches or emerging risks
• Provide independent risk assessments for sovereign exposures, new products, and major transactions

Operational Risk & Resilience:

• Lead operational risk management activities including risk and control self-assessments and incident/loss event capture
• Develop and monitor Key Risk Indicators and Early Warning Indicators
• Strengthen operational resilience through business continuity management and IT/cyber risk oversight
• Coordinate incident response and crisis management reporting

Risk Monitoring, Reporting & Advisory:

• Conduct stress testing and scenario analysis
• Prepare timely risk dashboards, heatmaps, and reports for Executive Management and Board
• Support regulatory, shareholder, and rating agency engagements
• Track implementation of internal/external audit findings and ensure closure of risk-related recommendations

Training, Awareness & Risk Champions:

• Design and deliver risk management training sessions and workshops
• Promote risk awareness and accountability through tailored learning programs
• Establish, coordinate, and manage a Risk Champions Network within business units
• Mentor and support Risk Champions to act as local points of contact for risk issues

Role Specifications:

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Risk Management, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Information Systems, or related discipline
• Master's Degree will be an added advantage
• Membership in recognized professional associations (FRM, PRM, CFA, CRM, CISA, CRISC)

Experience:

• 8-10 years progressive experience in risk management in an insurer, development bank, multilateral institution, Central Bank or financial services firm
• Demonstrable experience managing enterprise risk frameworks and operational risk programs in complex, multi-country environments
• Experience in risk culture building through training, coaching, and setting up Risk Champions programs
• Experience designing and executing stress testing, scenario analysis, and early warning systems
• Knowledge of Basel, Solvency II, IFRS 17, and other regulatory/risk standards
• Strong exposure to business continuity planning, crisis management, and operational resilience frameworks
• Experience in data-driven risk reporting would be an advantage

Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent writing and presentation skills, with ability to prepare Board-level risk reports
• Deep understanding of enterprise, operational, sovereign, political, and financial risk frameworks
• Ability to synthesize complex information into actionable risk intelligence
• Ability to anticipate emerging risks
• Skilled at working within the Three Lines of Defence model
• Strong interpersonal skills, able to challenge and support simultaneously
• Understanding of information security, cyber risk, and fintech disruptions
• Upholds objectivity, transparency, and professional ethics
• Ability to work effectively in a multicultural environment and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrate ATIDI's core values - unity of purpose, customer first approach, integrity, getting it right first time and creativity

Benefits and Contractual Information:

• 3-year contract
• Willing and able to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya
• Only qualified candidates are encouraged to apply

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 84

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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