Head of Identity

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Job Summary

Absa Group Limited are a diversified financial service provider, offering an integrated set of products and services across 12 countries.

This role reports into a central group function known as the Converged Security Office.

The Converged Security Office provides various security related services to the Absa Group of which one is Identity & Access Management.

The overall purpose of the Head of Identity & Access Management role is to lead a team to deliver processes and systems that support effective Identity and Access Management for Absa Group.

The role is concerned with the following:

• Requesting, reviewing, approving/declining and provisioning logical access

to technology systems and other resources such as data

• Validating the identity of persons requesting access to and using Absa

systems

• Certifying and recertifying access granted to users
• Integrating system authentication (single signon)
• Ensure adherence to policies and standards as set out by the organisation
• Develop and continuously mature and experienced, right sized and diverse

Identity & Access

• Management organisation, to support large scale and group wide access

management programs and operations

• Ensure ongoing automation efforts are delivered to drive efficiency and

continuous monitoring of the company's access management controls

• Creating, maintaining and supporting the technology toolset to enable the

Identity & Access

• Management processes

Job Description:

Manage the Converged Security Identity & Access Management Team (50%)

• Work with Converged Security leadership to ensure alignment to group strategic objectives Maintain working relationships with key stakeholders across the technology and business functions
• Ensure suitable team structure, staffing levels and skill sets exist to meet business demand for new and existing services
• Manage all aspects of performance management for the team
• Recruit, retain and develop talent of the team
• Manage the budget for the team by complying with company policies and financial guidelines
• Actively manage the Identity & Access Management programmes to ensure teams are meeting

- demand for service and take action if project activities fall behind

• Conduct periodic staff performance appraisals

Manage projects (30%)

• Ensure delivery against group and regulatory projects that require Identity & Access Management involvement
• Monitor and manage progress of projects being run by the team in support of the security strategy
• Provide reporting of progress against project timelines and identify solutions to address challenges or escalate proactively
• Ensure delivery of Identity & Access Management services and a good user experience over the group

Manage internal relationships (5%)

• Engage with senior technology and business stakeholders to ensure integration with the group toolset run by Converged Security, understand challenges, identify solutions and escalate up the ranks when required
• Act as management point of contact for interactions with other Converged Security teams
• Handle technical and nontechnical escalations from technology and business functions and address or escalate as required

Compliance Management (5%)

• Liaise with group control bodies (Internal Audit, Technology and Security Risk) ensuring best practice is adhered to at all times
• Ensure controls operated within the Identity & Access Management toolsets are executed as designed and perform testing and attestations as required
• Ensure adherence to all relevant policies, standards and procedures in accordance with best practice
• Manage risks within the area by ensuring that risks are identified and controls put in place to mitigate the risk to an acceptable level
• Facilitate audits from various parties on a regular basis and have evidence ready to prove process operation
• Define and implement remedial actions when audits identify process gaps

Standardisation & Automation (10%)

• Use technology and process standardisation to reduce the cost of manual user access administration and recertification
• Identify, design and implement automation to drive efficiency and continuous operation of Identify & Access Management services

Education and experience required

• 10 years technical IT experience
• 5 years managerial experience
• CISSP, CRISC, CISA or other relevant certifications preferred
• Proven experience with identity and access management initiatives and a solid understanding of the key principles
• Project / programme management certification essential with proven experience in managing large scale projects

Knowledge and skills:

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