Experienced risk professional with over six years of expertise in various roles within risk management. Proficient in identifying core issues, enhancing operational processes through internal controls, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Skilled in developing and implementing robust risk management frameworks, policies, and procedures in alignment with industry best practises. Dedicated to positively impacting organisations by efficiently managing risks and contributing to long-term success and sustainability
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work history
Risk and Compliance Officer
Scottish Association For Mental Health
Glasgow
05.2023 - Current
Established, monitored, and reported on risk management metrics for decision support.
Led programmes to enhance and promote effective risk management across the organisation.
Oversaw risk management framework, ensuring operational risk assessment and management processes were fully operational.
Engaged senior managers and directors, capturing 90% of emerging risks and tracking mitigation actions.
Maintained directorate and corporate risk registers with 100% established registers for all directorates.
Monitored accident and incident reporting, leading to 80% decrease in wrong incident categorisation
Developed and assisted in risk strategy implementation and delivery across all enterprise levels.
Developed and maintained organisational and service-level business continuity plans.
Drafted clear and concise reports on risk profiles for periodic reporting to the Audit and Risk Committee.
Conducted five quarterly risk workshops to enhance knowledge and identify emerging risks.
Facilitated identification, analysis, and corrective action planning for corporate-wide risks.
Internal Audit Manager
Winock Nigeria Holdings Limited
08.2022 - 02.2023
Collaborated across teams to implement Three Lines of defence model
Coached internal audit team to achieve targets and fulfil deadlines
Reduced annual business expenditure by 60% through careful expense monitoring
Shaped internal audit strategy and methodology to meet company goals.
Regularly reviewed and assessed risk policies to ensure regulatory compliance.
Implemented a risk prevention programme that generated a 90% loss reduction.
Prepared external and internal fraud cases for criminal prosecution, civil action, and disciplinary procedures.
Conducted regular reviews and official audits to validate recordkeeping and controls.
Identified deviations from standard operating procedures, understanding causes, and preventing reoccurrence.
Identified opportunities to improve and streamline lending processes to maximise time and revenue.
Reported control deficiencies to management and made recommendations to mitigate risk and add value.
Executed ad hoc and special investigations and reviews requested by management.
Internal Control Officer
Keystone Bank Limited
Lagos
07.2017 - 09.2021
Monitored and reviewed financial controls, processes, and procedures to enable best practise development.
Identified discrepancies in ATM and cash reconciliations, taking prompt corrective action to maintain data integrity.
Tracked and coordinated reimbursement of floated expenses, maintaining 100% accuracy month-on-month.
Actively ensured integrity of transactions and General ledgers.
Ensured prompt and qualitative rendition of reports and returns as required from time to time.
Achieved daily independent call-over of all qualifying transactions within 24 hours of posting.
Instituted and enforced aggressive revenue assurance and cost reduction strategies for branches under coverage.
Set clear budget targets and established successful controls to control expenditure.
Monitored and reviewed financial controls, processes, and procedures to enable best practise development.
Reported on control deficiencies to management and made recommendations to mitigate risk and add value.
Pensions Analyst
United Bank of Africa
Lagos
06.2015 - 07.2017
Led various functions to process pension contributions as well asreconciliation of daily schedules with clients and third-party customers
Steered all efforts toward recording and processing of investmentinstructions
Exceptionally performed several functions to interact with internal andexternal clients, along with expert use of various IT platforms to ensurecustomer satisfaction
Excellent ability to ensure accuracy of information and investmentfigures processed in efficient manner
Processed large number of transactions, ensuring information was up-to-date and customer database was maintained
Verified accounting records, following up outstanding transactions
Posted financial data to appropriate accounts in the automatedaccounting system.
Education
Master of Science - Finance
University of Bradford
Bradford
06.2015
Bachelor of Science - Banking and Finance
Covenant University(CU
Lagos
05.2012
Skills
Framework development and implementation
Financial analysis and reporting
Process improvement
Trend analysis
Risk prevention programmes
Comprehensive risk and control understanding
Effective stakeholder engagement
Autonomous, high-standard work
Analytical and critical skills
Objective thinking and sound judgement
Languages
English
Fluent
Accomplishments
Led the implementation of the COSO framework of risk management at Winock Holdings
Designed the business continuity framework for the Scottish Association for Mental Health.
Designed an expense policy for Winock Holdings, resulting in quality expense management.
Used Microsoft Excel to develop key service risk indicators and dashboards for the Scottish Association for Mental Health.
Affiliations
Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
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