Senior Manager: Risk Enablement at Hollard Insurance

• Build the environment. Enable the control. Strengthen the business. If you’re the kind of leader who sees risk not just as oversight, but as an enabler of better business decisions; this is your opportunity. We’re looking for a Senior Manager: Risk Enablement who can bring structure, insight, and influence to how risk is managed across the organisation. You’ll partner with stakeholders, challenge constructively, and help shape a resilient, well-controlled environment that supports sustainable growth.

What you’ll do
Enterprise Risk Enablement

• Enable execution of the enterprise risk management programme across the Group.
• Support business units in building and maintaining strong risk and control environments.
• Facilitate integrated risk and control assessments across processes, products, and systems.

Risk Management & Governance

• Manage risk events processes including root cause analysis and remediation.
• Support identification of non compliance issues and guide corrective action planning.
• Conduct policy conformance reviews and risk-based process and control testing.

Regulatory & Compliance Oversight

• Assess new legislation and regulatory changes and provide impact analysis.
• Support the business in understanding and responding to regulatory requirements.
• Partner with compliance teams to ensure effective implementation of controls.

Operational Resilience & Risk Insight

• Drive continuous improvement of operational resilience capabilities.
• Support development and monitoring of key risk indicators and control metrics.
• Produce Group risk reports, dashboards, and insights to support decision-making.

Required Knowledge and Experience    
What you’ll bring

• Minimum 10 years’ experience in financial services, with at least 5 years in senior risk or compliance roles.
• Strong experience within insurance or broader financial services environments.
• Proven ability to implement and embed risk and compliance frameworks.
• Experience in risk assessments, governance processes, and regulatory environments.

Leadership Expectations

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to influence and challenge constructively across teams.
• Clear and effective communication, including report writing and presentations.
• Adaptability to evolving business and regulatory environments.
• High levels of ownership, independence, and professional credibility.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive and solutions-oriented with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable operating in complex, evolving environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building capability.
• Curious and continuously improving mindset.
• Able to balance risk discipline with business enablement.

Educational Requirements    

Qualifications (nice to have, valued to bring)

• Relevant NQF 7 qualification in Risk, Legal, Finance, Business, or IT.
• Professional certifications such as CA(SA), CISA, or CIA are advantageous.

Deadline:12th June,2026