Risk Services (Risk & Regulation) Senior Manager at PwC South Africa

Main Purpose:

• To lead the development of risk management and regulatory change related client propositions and lead the delivery of these engagements including:
• Business development and lead generation;
• Developing and acting as owner of key client relationships;
• Problem definition; 
• Diagnosis;
• Effort estimation;
• Mobilizing and leading multi-disciplinary specialist teams;
• Solution generation, design and deployment;
• Engagement/project management;
• Staff management and coaching.

Responsibilities

• Key responsibilities will include mobilizing and overseeing the end-to-end delivery of risk management and regulatory change related advisory engagements. 
• Driving the development of new propositions and contributing towards the development of the broader staff complement in terms of risk management skills. 
• Identifying the impact of risk related regulatory change and supporting clients to adapt to the challenges the new regulatory landscape presents.
• Acting as a deep risk management 'subject matter expert'.
• Development of marketing and sales activities and continuous client contact programmes with senior client staff.
• Relationship building and networking with clients and internally across PwC.
• Providing input to the debate on development and application of regulatory changes and leading practice developments. 
• Leading PwC’s Thought Leadership development related to risk management and regulatory change.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree (but preferably Honours/Masters degree) in one of the following:
• Finance 
• Economics 
• Risk Management 
• Commercial Law
• Engineering 
• Management/Business Studies
• Relevant professional qualifications such as CFA and FRM would be an advantage. 

Competencies

• Motivated individuals who are passionate about risk management and regulation.
• We need individuals with skills across the following areas:
• An ability to understand, interpret and communicate complex regulation;
• Agility to flex to different roles and support clients with varying requirements;
• Experience of problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions tailored to a client’s needs;
• Experience of delivering large scale change/advisory initiatives at financial services organizations.
• In depth knowledge and experience of developing industry practices and relevant regulatory guidance informing disciplines such as:
• Development and implementation of risk management frameworks across risk types;
• Risk appetite setting, cascading, monitoring and reporting;
• Risk transformation;
• Stress testing;
• Control management and combined assurance.
• Ability to communicate technical information to clients at all levels.
• Effective presentation skills.
• Analytical thinking and logical reasoning.
• Attention to detail.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong business and commercial acumen.
• Experience in leading large multi-disciplinary teams.
• MS Office.