Risk and Compliance Manager at Agribusiness Development Agency

 Minimum Requirements:

• Must have completed Matric.
• An appropriate Bachelors Degree/National Diploma Qualification in Internal Auditing/Accounting / Risk Management.
• Valid Driver’s license.
• Minimum of 4 (four) years operational experience in an Auditing/ Risk Management. A minimum of 2 years supervisory experience in Risk Management

Competencies, Knowledge, And Skills:

• PFMA, Treasury Regulations, Accounting Principles. Analytical Organizing Presentation/report writing.
• Knowledge and understanding of the role of internal and external audit in public sector. Knowledge of risk management processes and techniques.
• Computer literacy skills, Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
• Membership with Institute of Risk Management or Institute of Internal Audit will be an added advantage.

Key Performance Areas:

• Provide strategic direction and manage the Risk management function of the organisation.
• Develop, maintain and execute a comprehensive process for identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring and reporting on risks that may impact on organisational performance.
• Conduct Irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure assessment and determination test.
• Liaise with Provincial Treasury Quarterly and reporting Irregular expenditure incurred by the entity.
• Apply for condonation at Provincial Treasury on behalf of the entity.
• Liaise with Loss control committee with regards to Irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure cases.
• Maintain the entity fraud hotline.
• Develop and monitor the strategic, operational and fraud risk registers.
• Conduct organisational risk management workshops and meetings compilation of risk registers on an annual basis.
• Develop and update the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
• Develop enterprise risk management related policies and procedures including fraud prevention strategy, the detection and reporting.
• Facilitate the process of fraud awareness.
• Ensure that the risk management unit is adequately resourced.
• Strengthen collaboration with other internal and external risk mitigating providers.
• Compile and present risk management report to the Accounting officer and Audit and Risk Committee.
• Report periodically to the CEO and the Audit and Risk Committee.
• Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.
• Reviewing documents, developing and administering surveys, developing summaries and compiling work papers.
• Compliance and promoting legal compliance with all legal prescripts.
• Performing investigations at the request of the Board and Audit Committee.
• Manage day to day relationships with various stakeholders including provincial Treasury.

Closing date: 20 November 2025