ERM Specialist at Sanlam Group

What will you do?

• Responsible for development and coordination of risk management programmes and ensures that risk management programmes are designed to identify and measure risk by developing and using risk identification and measurement methods such as risk and control self-assessments, loss event database and process flow analysis.
• Responsible to make accurate risk mitigating recommendations to implement internal controls, transfer risk e.g. 3rd party insurance or avoid the risk-related business. Collect and analyses risk information and ensures that the organisation is adequately protected against loss.  Draft reports including recommendations on proactive management decisions to prevent risk events.  May have supervisory responsibilities.

What will make you successful in this role?

• Develop and Maintain Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework and policies and procedures
• BCM Coordination and Reporting
• Crisis Management Processes and planning, including OHS
• Assist with annual ERM plan
• Risk maturity profile assessed and maintained
• Oversight over ERM Operational Risk Management system – Data Quality and Risk Methodology and reporting
• Provide Risk Training to wider risk teams and business
• Assist with Risk workshops and establishment of risk registers
• What will make you successful in this role? Continues
• Risk Reporting and Presentations to stakeholders – Risk Committee / Board level reporting
• Frequent Engagement with Business / Cluster Risk Teams on various risk matters
• Assist with regulatory engagements / presentations and information requests
• Maintain and improve on Risk Taxonomy and other risk structures and governance within the group
• Work closely with Group Compliance, Group Internal audit and Group Finance Teams.
• Monitoring and Oversight on Risk activities across the group and reporting on such activities. 
• Policy adoption and compliance to risk policies

Qualification and Experience

• Post Graduate Qualification, Preferably in Risk Management, Economics Degree, Business Degree, Actuarial, Investment management, CA(SA).
• Minimum of 10 (ten) years experience in Enterprise Risk management function, preference in financial Services Industry.
• Must previously been in Senior Manager Risk Role within a large corporate organisation with proven track record in ERM function

Knowledge and Skills

• Risk Management
• Data Collection
• Business Processes
• Excellent Reporting and Administration skills 
• Quality, Compliance and Accreditation
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail
• Able to build relationships with key stakeholders
• Able to effectively manage and deal with ambiguity
• Must be able to support and manage multiple projects across various jurisdictions, with the ability to assess complex risk scenarios and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Good understanding of non-financial risk types – Operational Risk, Conduct, Brand and Reputational, Strategic and IT Risks and Third Party Risk Management
• Self-starter able to manage assignments and tasks from start to finish with minimal supervision
• Will have to manage junior Risk Analyst team member