Officer, Risk & Compliance

About the role

The Risk & Compliance Officer supports FSD Africa’s risk, compliance and assurance processes. You will help teams identify risks, meet regulatory obligations and close control gaps, ensuring the organisation operates with integrity and accountability.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain reliable risk information and support project risk assessments and onboarding.
• Monitor compliance requirements, track mitigation actions and produce structured reports and dashboards.
• Assist staff in applying risk and compliance practices in daily activities.
• Conduct risk assessments, compliance reviews and internal audit activities.
• Support due‑diligence processes, including KYC, safeguarding and ESG considerations.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Commerce, Law or related field.
• Minimum 3 years of experience in risk management, compliance, audit or a related discipline.
• Strong understanding of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving and critical‑thinking abilities.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reporting.