Snr Specialist: IT Risk & Compliance at Telkom

Core Description

• To ensure that an IT governance, risk and compliance strategies and policies are implemented effectively.

Job Responsibilities

• Develops IT risk and compliance strategy, framework, guidelines, processes and policies and procedures
• Ensures the implementation of IT risk and compliance guidelines, processes and policies and procedures
• Manages the development, documentation, implementation and monitoring of a risk management framework including policies and standards
• Ensures compliance with national legislation and international standards.
• Manages the definition, implementation, monitoring and auditing of standards, policies and procedures
• Ensures that IT control and governance practices are established and implemented in order that IT goals deliver value and mitigate risks.
• Conducts IT risk and compliance assessments to proactively identify and minimize the probability of risk occurrences and reports on issues
• Works effectively across teams to resolve IT risks
• Supports the establishment of a framework for risk management and compliance
• Creates and maintains a conducive legislative environment aligned with relevant legal requirements and acts to ensure implementation of internal controls for compliance purposes
• Develops an Enterprise Risk Management & Business Continuity Management strategy, framework, guidelines, processes and policies and procedures
• Monitors and reviews processes to ensure risk and compliance arrangements are in place
• Reports risks to business heads to ensure they are aware of risks relevant to their parts of the business
• Reports risks to individuals to understand their accountability for individual risks

Competencies

• Managing Risk
• Acting Decisively
• Testing and Troubleshooting
• Sharing Information
• Core Competencies
• Core Functional Knowledge/ Skills 
• SA ICT Regulatory Environment; Financial Audit; Strategy Development/ implementation; Compliance/ Audit methodologies; Business acumen; Relationship management; Enterprise Risk management

Competencies (Behaviour) 

• Thought Leadership: Developing strategies/ Providing insights; Generating ideas; Exploring possibilities; Examining information; Adopting practical approaches
• Market Leadership: Developing expertise; Challenging ideas; Interacting with people; Understanding people; Seizing opportunities; Managing tasks
• Business Leadership: Pursuing goals; Taking action; Upholding standards; Managing tasks; Seizing opportunities
• People Leadership: Making decisions; Empowering individuals; Challenging ideas; Directing people; Convincing people; Interacting with people
• Personal Leadership: Embracing change; Thinking positively; Showing composure; Understanding people; Valuing individuals; Team working
• Values Aligned with Openserve Value

Education

• NQF 7: 3 year Degree

Experience

• 7 Years relevant experience, of which at least 2 years on management level