Project Governance Specialist at Nedbank

Job Purpose

• To deliver frontline team results through enabling others and manage the process auditing function with the intent to improve the operational performance of the organisation in terms of increased revenues; reduced costs; improved customer service and alignment to best practice; in line with Nedbanks business strategy.

Job Responsibilities

Early Warning reporting and tracking.

• Team to conduct Early warning activities to identify exceptions / anomalies on a daily, weekly and monthly basis for the full portfolio. Relevant stakeholders informed and escalations done when required.
• Perform daily, weekly and monthly checks to identify metadata updates, exceptions and portfolio challenges that need to be resolved. Ensure relevant stakeholders informed and escalations done where required.
• Conduct monthly Programme Executive Portfolio reviews.
• Perform trend analysis to identify organisational blockers, risks and issues to be resolved.
• Track submission and approval of time captured to prevent recoveries being lost.
• RAG reporting completed pre and post snapshot.

Execution Governance and Support

• Provide "fit for purpose" execution governance support, standards to improve the overall health and execution delivery of the portfolio.
• Ensure that governance standards are fit for purpose, changes applied and appropriately communicated.
• Provide pro-active first line project, process, governance support to the portfolio.
• Apply Minimum Critical Deliverable governance to project activations, scope changes, phase moves and project close-outs.
• Execution Governance reporting completed on time such as Execution priority list, SME Movements, Completed projects etc.
• Monthly Actual upload completed on time.
• Monthly Snapshot completed on time.
• Facilitate Project Close-out Retrospectives.

Perform fit for purpose - Current Audit scope:

• Project documentation stored in SharePoint in accordance to MCD requirements.
• Innovation Schedule checks - verified for scope, milestones and critical path.
• Relevant Stakeholders and Portfolio Managers informed / escalated where required.
• Manage and provide evidence requested by GIA, yearly External audit and GT Risk.

People Specification

Essential Qualifications - NQF Level

• Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor of Commerce: Internal Auditing , Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

Preferred Certifications

• Project Management certification, SDLC, COBIT, Process, Best Practice Methodoly, ITIL Foundation

Minimum Experience Level

• 7-10 (3000 hrs) years of experience doing a variety of process auditing/ governance work