Specialist: Information and Technology Risk

3 days ago

Stellenbosch, South Africa WePlace Full time

Western Cape

,

Stellenbosch

MarketRelated

(Market related)

One of South Africa's Banking Giants is looking for a Specialist to provide independent oversight, advice and assistance to the business in the identification, evaluation, assessment and treatment of information and technology related risks.

**Purpose Statement**:

- To provide independent oversight, advice and assistance to the business in the identification, evaluation, assessment and treatment of information and technology related risks.
- To improve risk awareness and risk culture through challenging first-line management’s information and technology risk management practices.

**Key Performance Areas**:

- Added value to the business through risk management optimisation
- Risk awareness and maturing of the organisation’s risk culture
- Facilitation and promotion of sound Risk Management practices in the first line of defence (FLOD), specifically within IT and Client Experience Delivery functions, including maturing and implementation of controls to mitigate risk.

**Key Tasks & Accountabilities**:
**Added value to the business through risk management optimisation**
Information and technology risk management improvement opportunities
- Actively network and conduct research to remain up to date with emerging information and technology risks for the organisation and proactively communicate and plan mitigation.
- Remain up to date with externally emerging tools, technologies, methodologies for Information and Technology Risk Management and identify and recommend how they can benefit the business.
- Analyse the ITRM life cycle to identify improvement opportunities;
- Policies, principles, practices, tools and methodologies etc.
- Upskilling and development of first line of defence in respect of ITRM

Enterprise risk management
- Responsible for relationship management with relevant internal stakeholders.
- Plan, prepare and conduct risk control self-assessments workshops, top-down or bottom-up risk assessments, and/ or develop, maintain, distribute and analyse risk control self-assessments.
- Compile and provide input to risk reports for Exco, Board, SARB
- Participate in combined assurance initiatives i.e. be part of the three lines of defence which provide risk assurance to senior management.
- Contribute to the development and updating of a standardised ERM framework and related policies, procedures, methodologies, tools and techniques, e.g. Risk Matrix.
- As required, cascade the ERM framework, policies and procedures through the development and maintenance of supporting frameworks, policies and procedure documents for information and technology risk in the organisation.
- Assist management in cascading enterprise level risk appetite and tolerance statements to a business divisional/ departmental level in respect of information and technology risks

Risk awareness and maturing of the organisation’s risk culture
- Take every opportunity to promote risk awareness throughout the bank; formal and informal meetings/ discussions/communications etc. and specifically Contribute to the enterprise wide risk culture and awareness campaigns and discussions.
- Provide information and technology risk input to overall risk awareness campaigns
- Responsible for oversight of the IT Security Awareness campaign conducted by the Technology Security Team

**Qualifications**:
**Minimum**:
Bachelor's Degree in Risk and Compliance or Commerce or the following:

- Informatics, Auditing, Finance, Accounting

**Ideal**:
Honours Degree in Risk and Compliance or Commerce or the following:

- Informatics, Auditing, Finance, Accounting
- Post graduate qualification e.g. Information Management, Audit
- A relevant professional certification (e.g. CISA, CRISC, CISM, CA(SA))

**Knowledge**:
**Minimum**:

- Experience applying/ Basic understanding of relevant risk methodologies and IT/ Cyber Security control frameworks, e.g. COBIT, ISF, ISO, NIST, ITIL, COSO, DAMA, DM-BOK
- Experience in performing risk and control assessments
- Experience in information risk management
- Experience in IT risk management including information security
- General business acumen
- Understanding of IT/ Cyber Security and Cloud Computing

**Ideal**:

- Banking industry experience and knowledge, including BCBS-239 (RDARR principles)
- Experience in Information Technology Audit and Continuous Auditing techniques
- Understanding of Data Management practices
- Knowledge of leading practices and regulatory requirements

**Experience**:
**Minimum**:

- 5 or more years’ experience in Risk Management and/or Internal/ External Auditing.
- Proven experience in a governance and oversight capacity, e.g. IT Governance, IT Audit or Information Security
- Proven experience and understanding of Cyber and IT Security best practice and principles.

**Ideal**:

- Banking industry experience and knowledge
- Experience in data privacy and related compliance, e.g. RDARR, DAMA, GDPR
- Prior experience in a Cyb

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