Risk Governance and Control Manager at Absa

Job Summary

• To provide complex specialist advice and support in practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics; enabling the provision of specialist risk and securities expertise.

Job Description

Job Purpose:

• Be responsible for operating the Group frameworks, policies and standards to effectively manage Legal Risk across the functions and business units.
• Perform / prepare Control Evaluations, Key Risk Metrics, internal and external Incident Reporting, and the necessary supporting Management Information.  In addition, support the broader risk and control agenda across the Legal function, raising risk awareness and proactively helping to identify, assess and manage emerging risks.
• Perform control initiative and assurance for Legal Risks, ensuring excellent stakeholder engagement and agreement with all elements of project management covered.
• Support the Specialist Risk Type Owner in enhancing the function’s risk management infrastructure that supports Legal and in implementing consistent processes and methodologies for the identification, analysis, measurement, monitoring and management of risk within Legal.  

Accountability:  Framework, Policy and Standard

• Adhere to Group frameworks, policies and standards.
• Monitor and report against the cascaded risk appetite limits

Accountability:  Governance

• Report on the Operational Risk profile.
• Participate in the Legal risk committees and in working groups.

Accountability:  Controls

• Design and implemented controls in line with Operational Risk and risk type group policies and standards.

Accountability:  Assurance

• Perform risk-based control testing.
• Execute against the Legal combined assurance plan.

Accountability:  Reporting and escalation

• Ensure that RDARR requirements are maintained that Data Quality, Data Taxonomy etc are maintained in accordance with the Group Standards.
• Produce Management Information in  line with RDARR requirements
• Report and escalate risks and incidents per group standard

Accountability: Relationship building

• Manage relationships with a variety of control functions throughout the organization to ensure that the operating environment is optimized and compliant.

Education and Experience Required

• A relevant Business degree, BComm, BSc or equivalent
• Postgraduate qualifications would be advantageous
• Audit experience would be advantageous
• At least 3 to 5 years financial services working experience.
• Experience in a risk function essential.

Knowledge & Skills:

• In depth knowledge of Operational Risk
• Strong audit knowledge
• Excellent analytical skill and ability to solve complex problems
• Excellent Networking/ Relationship Building Skills
• Excellent Presentation Skills
• Good Report writing Skills

Competencies:

•     Deciding and initiating action
•     Learning and researching
•     Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
•     Relating and networking
•     Responding to change
•     Persuading and influencer
•     Self starter
•     Completer/Finisher

Education

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

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised