Momentum Metropolitan Holdings, formerly MMI Holdings, is a South African-based financial services group was established on 1 Dec 2010, through the merger of Metropolitan and Momentum. We are specialists in long and short-term insurance, asset management, savings, investments, healthcare administration, health risk management, employee benefits and reward...
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Role Purpose
- Group Snr IT Risk Management (Group Coordination) is responsible for orchestrating, integrating, and elevating IT risk management across the Momentum Group’s federated operating model. The role provides group-wide visibility, consistency, and insight into IT and technology-related risks by coordinating across Business Units, identifying common themes and systemic risks, and ensuring effective reporting, remediation, and regulatory alignment.
- This role is not a BU execution role, but a group coordination, facilitation, and risk-intelligence role, enabling strong risk outcomes through collaboration, influence, and structured oversight.
Requirements
Experience
- 8 years’ experience in risk management, with primary depth in IT Risk Management
- Strong grounding in Enterprise Risk Management within a complex organisation
- Experience operating in federated or multi-business group environments
Proven exposure to:
- IT risk frameworks and assessments
- Audit processes and regulatory engagement
- Board and executive-level risk reporting
Industry Experience:
- Financial services experience strongly preferred
- Experience in regulated environments with evolving technology and cyber risk landscapes
Qualifications
Relevant tertiary qualification in:
- Risk Management
- Information Systems
- Technology, Audit, or related discipline
- Professional certifications advantageous:
- CRISC, CISA, CISM, CGEIT, or equivalent
- Risk or governance-related certifications
Duties & Responsibilities
Group-Wide IT Risk Integration
- Coordinate IT risk management activities across all Business Units within the federated group model
- Build and maintain a group-level view of IT risk, consolidating BU risk profiles into umbrella and systemic risk themes
- Identify cross-cutting risks, interdependencies, and concentration risks that may not be visible at BU level
- Facilitate alignment on risk interpretation, assessment approaches, and treatment strategies across BUs
Risk Insight, Trend Analysis & Thematic Identification
- Analyse IT risk data, incidents, audit findings, and remediation plans across the group to identify emerging patterns and recurring themes
- Develop forward-looking risk insights, including emerging technology risks, regulatory impacts, and operational vulnerabilities
- Drive group-wide discussions on common risk drivers and potential coordinated remediation approaches
Reporting & Governance Enablement
Support and coordinate group IT risk reporting for:
- Board-Level Committees
- Management Risk Committees
- Regulatory submissions
- Translate complex IT and technology risks into clear, decision-useful risk narratives for senior leadership
- Ensure consistency, quality, and completeness of IT risk reporting across the group
- Secondary Accountability: Risk Enablement, Assurance & Regulatory Alignment
Audit Coordination & Assurance Support
- Maintain an IT risk audit landscape, tracking audit coverage, themes, and outcomes across BUs
- Support BUs in responding to audit findings and ensure visibility of remediation progress at group level
- Identify audit-driven themes that indicate systemic weaknesses or control design issues
Remediation Facilitation & Issue Oversight
- Support and facilitate remediation of IT risk issues across BUs, particularly where issues are common or systemic
- Facilitate cross-BU collaboration on remediation strategies and good practices
- Track progress of key IT risk actions and escalate where risks remain unresolved or delayed
Regulatory & Compliance Monitoring
Monitor and interpret key technology-related regulatory and supervisory requirements, including:
- Cyber resilience and technology risk standards
- IT resilience and operational continuity requirements
- Data protection and privacy-related obligations (in collaboration with the DPO)
- Translate regulatory expectations into group-level risk implications and actions
- Work with relevant stakeholders to coordinate compliance responses and remediation efforts
Key Relationships & Collaboration
- This role is heavily relationship-driven and depends on trust, credibility, and influence rather than authority.
- Build strong, constructive relationships with BU IT Risk Managers and Risk Officers
- Act as a connector between IT Risk, Information Security, Data Privacy, BCM, and Enterprise Risk
- Facilitate risk conversations that encourage openness, learning, and shared ownership
- Support a culture of risk awareness, accountability, and proactive management
Competencies
Technical & Risk Competencies
- Enterprise and IT risk management frameworks
- Technology risk, cyber risk, data risk, and IT resilience
- Audit coordination and issue remediation
- Regulatory interpretation and compliance alignment
- Risk reporting and governance structures
Analytical & Strategic Skills
- Ability to synthesise large volumes of risk information into clear group-level insights
- Strong thematic and trend analysis capability
- Strategic thinking with attention to operational realities
Expected Behavioral Attributes
- This role succeeds on how the work is done as much as what is delivered.
- Collaborative and facilitative – brings people together rather than imposing solutions
- Credible and grounded – trusted by peers and senior leaders alike
- Influential communicator – able to translate risk into language that drives action
- Structured and disciplined – strong follow-through and consistency
- Curious and forward-looking – anticipates emerging risks and connects dots early
- Resilient and steady – comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity
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