Head Conduct & Ethics - JHB at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Description

Strategic Leadership:

• Develop and implement a robust conduct risk and ethics strategy aligned with the organization's overall objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Provide strategic direction and oversight to the conduct risk and ethics teams, ensuring integration a of conduct and ethics, and other risk management and compliance functions.
• Oversight of the organizations ethical framework and ensure integration into all aspects of operations.
• Promote ethical behaviors and conduct that aligns with the organization’s values and objectives.

Policy Development & Implementation:

• Develop and maintain conduct risk and ethics policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Ensure effective communication and implementation of policies across the organization.

Risk Assessment & Management:

• Identify, assess, and prioritize conduct and ethics-related risks across the organization.
• Design and implement risk mitigation strategies and controls to manage and mitigate identified risks.
• Ability to identify inter- relationships and connectedness between ethics risk and conduct risk to enable a more holistic approach to risk management.

Training & Awareness:

• Develop and deliver conduct risk and ethics training programs for employees at all levels
• Promote awareness and understanding of ethical standards and conduct risk management throughout the organization.

Monitoring & Reporting:

• Establish and maintain a robust monitoring and reporting framework to track and report on conduct risk exposures, incidents, and compliance with ethical standards.
• Provide regular updates and reports to senior management on conduct risk and ethics-related matters.

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, to ensure alignment and collaboration on conduct risk and ethics matters.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior management and the board on conduct risk and ethics-related issues.

Continuous Improvement:

• Continuously review and enhance the organization's conduct risk and ethics framework and practices to reflect changes in the regulatory environment, industry best practices, and emerging risks.
• Demonstrate a proactive growth mindset to enhance the conduct and ethics program with advancements in technical systems, reporting, and data analytics and use of predictive modelling to increase and optimize conduct and ethics risk monitoring
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and excellence within the conduct risk and ethics function.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)