Africa Specialty Risks

Governance & Change Risk Manager – Casablanca

Casablanca

CDI / Temps pleinHybrideAssurance

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Résumé par Postule AI

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) is hiring a Governance & Change Risk Manager in Casablanca to provide governance, company secretarial and risk management capability across relevant jurisdictions. The role combines Board and Committee administration and statutory records with second line oversight of first line programmes and projects, delivery of risk-owned projects through to operations hand-over, and operational risk governance cover. It is a full-time, mixed-mode role working closely with the Head of Risk, Executive, Board and Committee stakeholders.

Vos missions

  • Lead planning and delivery of Board and Committee meetings, including agendas, papers, minutes, action logs and decision records.
  • Manage statutory records, filings, regulatory notifications and corporate approvals across relevant jurisdictions.
  • Provide independent second line oversight and challenge of first line programmes and projects, including RAID logs and stage-gate submissions.
  • Lead delivery of risk-owned projects through to hand-over to Operations, covering scope, milestones, resourcing and stakeholder engagement.
  • Support operational risk governance, including risk and control assessments, risk event reporting and Risk Management Committee activities.

Profil recherché

  • You have worked in governance, company secretarial or risk roles within financial services
  • You are confident drafting Board papers, minutes and risk reports and managing action logs
  • You can provide independent second line challenge while also driving projects to completion
  • You bring insurance, reinsurance or Lloyd’s market experience, which is desirable for this role

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Governance & Change Risk Manager

About Africa Specialty Risks

Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) enables sustainable economic development by fulfilling unmet insurance needs. The company provides local underwriting expertise, a wide distribution network and access to global capacity, with offices across Africa and the Middle East. ASR participates in each risk it underwrites, with balance sheets in Bermuda, Mauritius and through Syndicate 2454 at Lloyd’s.

Role Purpose

The role holder provides ASR’s governance, company secretarial and risk management capability across relevant jurisdictions. The role acts as a trusted adviser to senior leadership and works closely with the Head of Risk, Risk Manager, Executive, Board and Committee stakeholders.

The role combines company secretarial delivery, second line oversight of programmes and projects, delivery of risk-owned projects through to hand-over to Operations, and operational risk governance cover where needed.

Key Responsibilities

Board & Committee Support
  • Lead planning and delivery of Board and Committee meetings, including agendas, papers, minutes, action logs and decision records.
  • Run Board effectiveness reviews and maintain a governance calendar for meetings, filings, approvals and statutory matters.
  • Support Board member onboarding and training on governance, statutory and entity-specific requirements.
Entity Management and Statutory Records
  • Maintain constitutional documents, statutory registers, share records, directors’ details, powers of attorney and delegated authority records.
  • Manage statutory filings, regulatory notifications and corporate approvals across relevant jurisdictions, using local advisers where needed.
Second Line Oversight of Programme and Project Change
  • Provide independent second line oversight, challenge and guidance on programmes and projects delivered by the first line, in line with ASR’s Three Lines of Defence model.
  • Review RAID logs, materiality assessments, stage-gate submissions and delivery risk reports, and report the second line risk view to the Change Committee, Risk Management Committee and Board.
  • Feed change and project risk considerations into the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
Delivery of Risk-led Projects and Hand-over to Operations
  • Lead delivery of risk-owned projects and subprojects, including scope, milestones, resourcing, dependencies and stakeholder engagement.
  • Plan and coordinate hand-over of completed projects to Operations, including documentation, training and business-as-usual ownership.
Operational Risk Cover
  • Support risk and control assessments, risk event reporting and Risk Management Committee activities.
  • Prepare, maintain and update procedures, controls and records to support a clear audit trail.

Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong drafting skills across Board and Committee papers, minutes, risk reports and action logs.
  • Experience across governance, company secretarial and risk management roles in financial services, with exposure to programme or project change.
  • Sound knowledge of enterprise risk management, corporate governance, statutory records and Board and Committee administration.
  • Practical project delivery knowledge, including RAID logs, stage gates, business cases and change governance, with the confidence to provide second line challenge.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365, Board portal software and AI-enabled tools.

Desirable

  • Multi-jurisdictional governance, overseas corporate regimes or cross-border entity management experience.
  • Chartered Governance Institute (CGI), Institute of Risk Management (IRM) or equivalent qualification, or progress towards one.
  • Experience in insurance, reinsurance, the Lloyd’s market, MGAs, underwriting, claims or risk governance.
  • Programme or project management experience, including benefits management and hand-over into business-as-usual operations.
  • Exposure to Risk Frameworks, Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), Risk and Control Assessments (RCAs), Emerging Risks and ORSA processes.
  • Experience working across multilingual environments.

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