Transactional Banking Risk: Governance and Reporting at Absa

Job Summary

• The Senior Governance and Reporting consultant will be responsible for driving and managing an effective risk management culture for Transactional Enterprise Risk looking at both Operational and Strategic Risks through ensuring efficiency of governance structures, effective stakeholder management and meaningful reporting to internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description

Your key accountabilities in this role will entail:

Governance and Reporting:

• Drive and manage risk management reporting inkling risk events to TXB and CIB executives.
• Enable value-add management information and reporting for executive business decision making.
• Consider information received from business units and translate into less complex executive summaries as needed.
• Ensure that the reporting process is efficient, and that duplication is avoided.
• Ensure business ownership and clarity is provided to business units on minimum reporting standards.
• Ensure efficiency of all defined governance forums
• Ensure a clear, concise governance process is implemented.
• Implement assurance processes to demonstrate embedding of policies within the business
• Define the metrics, indicators and dashboards for reporting.

Stakeholder Management 

Build and maintain an effective working relationship with key stakeholders across the enterprise.
Enterprise Risk

Own and drive the enterprise Risk.

• Partner with Enterprise Stakeholders for Fraud, Technology, Cyber and Information Security, Data, Process Management, Suppliers, Credit, Payments, People, Resilience, Tax, Financial Reporting and Legal Risk , through a check and challenge of assessment outcomes , ratings and findings, to facilitate effective risk management.
• Send in your CV if you have a B Degree; 8 years Risk Management experience as well as 2 Years Assurance and  Reporting experience

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised