Risk Officer at Gauteng Enterprise Propeller

Key Responsibilities: 

• Develop and implement risk-assessment models and methodologies. 
• Plan and contribute to development of risk management systems. 
• Develop and maintain GEP’s Risk Registers 
• Conduct strategic, operational and credit risk assessments. 
• Assist to update and implement GEP Risk Management Task Register 
• Prepare Risk Management Committee reports. 
• Provide advice on risk management issues to the Risk Management and Audit Committee, GEP Executives and GEP employees. 
• Promote awareness of Risk Management to all GEP employees 
• Identify, measure, manage and report risks. 
• Helping develop processes to better evaluate business-specific risk. 
• Monitor the Strategic, Operational and Projects risk profiles, including risk support to Executives, risk awareness and assessment of adequacy and effectiveness of risk mitigations. 
• Monitors and evaluates GEP’s exposure to risk. 
• Monitors important as well as critical risk issues. 
• Assist in evaluating and testing Business Continuity Plans and Disaster Recovery Plans. 
• Identification and documentation of BCM risks 

Minimum Requirements 

• NQF level 7 Qualification in Risk Management, Internal Auditing, Finance or other related qualifications 
• Membership with the Institute of Risk Management of Southern Africa (IRMSA) or Institute of Internal Auditors of South Africa (IIASA) or South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) 
• A minimum of 4 years direct experience in a risk management/internal audit environment. 
• In-depth knowledge of Risk Management Standards/Principle, Credit Risk, BCM standards, Compliance standards and PFMA. 
• Strong background and experience in Risk Management Methodologies and techniques.