Senior Associate, Enterprise Risk Management

About the role

Paga is a fintech offering multi-currency payments and financial services with licenses in Nigeria, the UK and the US. This role owns the development, redesign, implementation and maintenance of the company wide risk management framework, policies and processes, and embedding them across the organization.

What you'll do

• Support the head of risk in designing and implementing the risk management framework
• Lead risk assessments for key products and projects and maintain risk policies
• Prepare and communicate detailed risk policies and reports to leadership and the Board
• Manage KRIs, incident response, and risk reporting across the organization
• Coordinate with 3rd party risk providers and internal stakeholders on risk issues
• Review IT changes and product features for risk, fraud, and data privacy considerations

What they're looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in a analytical field such as engineering, finance, CS, mathematics, or economics
• Minimum 7 years of relevant risk management experience in financial services or platform environments
• Knowledge of risk management practices, auditing, and 3rd party risk assessment
• Strong communication, stakeholder management and problem solving skills
• Experience developing and implementing risk policies and KRIs
• Ability to analyze risk data and present insights to senior stakeholders

For applicants in Nigeria

• Location is Lagos, Nigeria with hybrid work arrangement
• The listing does not state a specific timezone requirement-confirm during interview
• The listing mentions Nigeria as the location; it does not specify contractor versus employee status
• The listing does not state a pay currency or range; confirm during application