Group Risk Management Specialist at The South African Breweries (SAB)

• We are looking for an eager / enthusiastic person with a background in mathematics and Data Programming with a knowledge in Data Analytics at a proficient level. You will be part of a highly dynamic and high-performing team, who act more like internal consultants, reviewing all areas of the organization to solve real business problems, understand underlying processes and make recommendations in order to add real value to the business. We are here to make ABI better and deliver real tangible benefits each quarter.

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

• Be using the Agile project methodology to solve complex and real business problems by analysing and interpreting key business and operational data to prove or disprove hypotheses
• Be part of a team that performs testing of hypothesis, interviews and data analysis, and formulate outcomes and suggested action plans
• Defining, quantifying and solving business problems across People(HR), Logistics, Supply Chain, Finance, Supply, Operations Center(NoCC) and Technology functions
• Leading and/or working in teams to deliver tangible results through data analytics fit for purpose tools (Power BI, SQL, Excel, Celonis etc.)
• Analyzing and interpreting key business processes and operational data to prove or disprove hypotheses
• Collaborating within team to ensure effective definition is done and data analysis performed with clean reliable and dependable data
• Delivering impactful presentation that inform corrective/preventative action to a Senior Executive stakeholder within the zone(Afr) and Globally
• Actively contribute to the design and development of Enterprise Risk Management strategy and platform using fit for purpose innovative tools (e.g. PowerApps, Flows, Python, R, etc.)
• Exploring, Recommending and leading in the deployment of RPA to simplify and automate periodic reviews
• Champion the use of digital and technology within the team and with external stakeholders (for sustainable risk management approaches and overall improvement)
• Actively supporting team development in analytics capabilities to ensure synchronized team strength
• Need to step out of your comfort zone and develop your contact network in a highly dynamic and high-pressure environment
• Be required to tackle new problems and learn new processes on average every quarter
• Be expected to continuously monitoring the operational risk environment to ensure proactive managed of arising risk leveraging on your strong data analytics skills and business acumen
• Be expected to pull data from our various platforms and define/develop a report utilizing Power BI for the purpose of our testing

Key Attributes and Competencies:

• An ambitious person who is eager to grow, develop her/his management skills and in time bring expertise to other functions
• Courage to think and act differently and challenge the status quo
• Ability to help solve the root cause of complex business problems in a sustainable way
• Ability to quickly understand processes and highlight strategic, financial and operational risks
• Willingness to travel regionally and internationally on occasion
• Good communicator, capable of clearly describing complex problems and recommen solutions to senior management (both orally and in writing)
• Curiosity, willingness to learn and a commitment to delivering value adding outcomes and improving our company
• Collaborative working style and integration orientated

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree in Finance, Mathematics or Data sciences
• Degree/Course in Data Programming
• Internal Audit or Internal Control experience
• Proficient in Data Analytics, SAP & SYSPRO include SQL & Power BI