Manager - Governance Risk and Supplier Management Finance at MTN

Responsibilities

• Support implementation and ongoing support on the Process and Financial Controls environment as well as the reinforced Financial Compliance Management Framework
• Advise and assist Procurement to resolve compliance concerns by means of a digitally enabled compliance solution.
• Assist in embedding the monitoring process to meet the latest Procurement and business expectations
• Monitor the implementation of the risk management frameworks and standards by the Finance Function
• Assist in preparing the relevant compliance reporting following MTN SA governance and management oversight requirements
• Establish Procurement risk calibration systems and drive the measurement of risk for the Procurement function against the MTN SA’s risk appetite
• Assist in introduction and implementation of codes, practices, and technology relevant to internal controls within the Procurement Function
• Advise decision makers so they are equipped and committed to understanding and implementing control findings and drive the remediation through continuous engagement
• Assist in the interaction with the auditors and surrender documentation as required
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies aimed at maintaining and strengthening internal controls
• Strictly follow and ensure team compliance of relevant policies and procedures.
• Ensure effective Service Level Agreements strategies are in place to support the business.
• Implement proper controls and processes to minimise revenue leakage.
• Ensure proper controls are in place to manage financial and operational risks across the business.
• As the custodian of the defined DoA , ensure its adherence in all sourcing events.
• Act in accordance with the Delegation of Authority.
• Consult with Risk and compliance team and Finance Compliance team to improve and implement streamlined and operational effective control frameworks
• Identify technology solutions to improve and monitor the control environment
• Training procurement team and business stakeholders on the control requirements for Procurement
• Close collaboration with IPO Office to ensure compliance.
• Manage the auditing of the procurement process and closure of any audit findings for the procurement function
• Collaborate with Legal and Risk & Compliance team, to ensure effective governance and compliance to statutory requirements is adhered to and escalate potential risk concerns to senior leadership
• As a part of the sourcing process, provide risk guidance and support to ensure effective due diligence is adhered to, risk mitigation is in place and continuously monitor risk during high value / critical sourcing events.
• Ensure control measures are effective, conduct internal checks to test the effectiveness of controls during sourcing process
• Attend daily stand ups and discuss bottlenecks & focus areas identified during the sourcing process

Manager: Governance, Risk & Supplier Management
Manager: Governance, Risk & Supplier Management 4
Key Activities & Responsibilities
People (Learning & Growth) Perspective (15%)

• Contribute to a high performing team by sharing knowledge, training and development in subject matter expertise.
• Ensure open communication channels with team members, contribute and participate in change management interventions where necessary.
• Aim to achieve and meet KPIs and ensure regular performance feedback is received and performance related perspectives is provided to Performance Manager that will enhance performance standards.
• Continuously seek self-professional development to hone skills and capabilities in a versatile and evolving digital landscape.
• Track and self-evaluate performance and identify training and development requirements and opportunities to continuously improve stakeholder collaboration, quality of work and productivity.
• Training end-users and stakeholder groups to ensure business understands and remedies any end-user issues that impact the non-compliance, poor governance and risks to MTN.
• Ensure that all knowledge requirements relating to Procurement, Industry Standards, Regulatory requirements are kept up to date including B-BBEE and Preferential Procurement

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply
• Chain/Procurement/Legal/Risk is preferred,
• Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business
• Administration, Commerce, Engineering,
• Economics, Operations or similar
• Honours’ degree and/or equivalent (advantageous)
• Relevant professional qualification e.g. CIPS Level
• 5, SAPICS equivalent

Experience

• At least 5 years work experience in developing and implementing business control improvements in the Procurement / similar environment, including:
• Developing policy, process, procedures and control frameworks
• Performing and managing controls self-assessments and audits in procurement environments to identify gaps and provide recommendations for improvement
• Developing remediation plans and strategies to improve the control and compliance environment
• Consulting with key stakeholders in Risk and Finance to standardize, simplify and streamline the control requirements to improve compliance without impacting operational effectiveness
• Identifying system embedded and automated controls to reduce the number of manual controls in the procurement operations
• Managing audit findings and remediating, implementing improvement initiatives to improve control performance
• Monitoring and reporting on control testing outcomes, compliance and adherence to MTN standards
• Work experience in Procurement Operations is preferred