Senior Betting Risk Analyst X 4 - Durban at Hollywoodbets

You Bring

• Relevant Degree.
• Computer literate (advanced excel).
•  Valid driver’s License.
• 2 years’ experience in a role within an internal Audit function or Risk Management.
• Experience in working with big data, advanced excel and SQL.

A bonus to have

• Own transport.

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

Financial Metrics/Operational Duties 

• Develop appropriate processes and control systems to ensure mitigation of risk relating to the ibranch operations
• Assist with the development and review the documentation of robust standardised Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and maintenance thereof
• Report daily on operational progress and findings to Betting and Risk Manager
• Create exception reports and alerts to inform the respective parties of any anomalies identified in the betting system in order to mitigate risks
• Compile Monthly reports to be distributed to management and the Betting and Risk Manager
• Effectively communicate findings to the process owners and support the mitigation of control weaknesses in a collaborative manner
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and agreed management actions
• Timeous and accurate reporting of findings with material value or risk
• Work closely with the development and operational teams to test integrations and new products.
• Design and lead a strong control environment in the business by effectively communicating to relevant stakeholders and address challenges and gaps in a timely manner
• Continuously look to improve efficiency and effectiveness through ongoing learning/development and new techniques
• Perform consulting activities and ad hoc assignments as they arise
• Able to build effective teams that are committed to organizational goals and initiatives
• Assist betting risk analysts with their daily tasks and step in when required.

 People

• Approval and creation and maintenance of roles and job descriptions and KPIs/KPAs.
• Performance management of team members and disciplinary
• Enforcing ethical, honest, transparent, fair work environment
• Approving and identification of training as and when needed for team members
• Formal setting up of individual team member meetings (Initial meeting to layout the KPIs/KPAs, quarterly tracking meeting, half year review and year-end review
• Adequate recognition of team member efforts and motivation of team members
• Talent retention (through role creation, career path planning)
• Succession planning
• Sustainable morale and team building
• Ethics and fraud workshops
• Recruitment and related interviews
• Induction and comfort or new team members
• Appropriate and fair leave planning
• Monitoring of sick leave
• Approval of leave, bio time, phone usage
• Implementation of HR initiatives
• Monitoring of team member productivity, punctuality, breaks and smoke breaks
• Approving and monitoring of overtime
• Promotion of a healthy work environment

Compliance, risk and quality

• Legal agreements in place with all suppliers (where applicable)
• Creating, maintaining and enforcing company policies and procedures
• 100% compliance with health and safety regulations (where applicable)
• Compliance with relevant laws, regulations and affiliated professional standards
• Regular risk assessments and maintenance of the risk register
• Intense focus on quality with regards to communication, capturing, documentation etc
• Maintenance of department process write-ups/ system descriptions and quarterly updating
• Ensure logical saving of all work, templates, etc. monthly and yearly such that each year’s financial records can stand on its own when enquiries/ investigations/audits take place
• Produce high quality, neat, logical, succinct, easy to follow, easy to understand, formula linked work/templates/workbooks/financial models/recons/audits - of which is substantiated by facts with no numbers in the formulas
• Ensure the above (final version) and other documents are chronologically saved/backed up
• Summarise the detailed daily findings on the designated software or relevant workbook and submit a daily report to the Group Internal control accountant and Finance executive.
• Report suspicious behaviour and fraud findings immediately
• Promote declaration of all gifts
• Promote non acceptance of kickbacks. Instances to be reported immediately
• Promote declaration all conflicts of interest upfront
• Promote a culture of confidentiality within the business with regards to the protection of personal information
• Promote a culture of compliance with FICA and AML regulations with regards to reporting of suspicious transactions
• Promote the Code of Ethics (Integrity, Objectivity, Confidentiality and Competence)
• Ensure all personal information of employees, customers and suppliers and other stakeholders is not shared and is maintained in a secure environment
• Stay abreast with changes in the relevant industry and changes to relevant Acts/Regulations

Growth and new markets/products

• Key supplier relationship management
• Source new products/innovations/robotics/artificial intelligence/predictive analysis
• Development of existing products/software
• Ensure that measures are put in place and steps are taken to achieve short term, medium term, long term goals
• Assist with company projects or lead company projects as allocated from time to time