Executive Assistant

2 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa FirstRand Full time

Job Description
- Initiate dialogue to build professional working relationships with all stakeholders, displaying excellent abilities to listen, advise, influence, negotiate and present at all levels.
- Lead and facilitate difficult conflict situations into consensual agreements.
- Integrate opinions and information provided by various sources to make strategic decisions.
- Adapt communication styles to meet the needs of different audiences.
- Continually scan the industry to identify opportunities to create strategic partnerships with key individuals and bodies.
- Find opportunities to leverage relationships and promote knowledge sharing, ideas and insights.
- Identification, planning, co-ordination and/or execution of strategic projects / initiatives
- Prepare for and facilitate workshops to develop strategies.
- Develop and roll-out strategy and business plans.
- Action items and key issues requiring resolution by assisting the business to address strategic problems and answer strategic questions; monitor to ensure actions are completed by the right people at the right time.
- Monitor and adjust strategic frameworks as required.
- Take responsibility for the planning and coordinating of monthly executive committee meetings and other key meetings and workshops for Group Internal Audit (GIA), including preparation of materials for discussion and assembling of information for the meeting.
- Take responsibility for the end-to-end management of projects, setting out the scope of work, developing a project plan, project-managing internal and external resources and driving the initiative to completion.
- Liaise with internal and external advisors and stakeholders on strategic projects or other risk matters; stakeholders include management, excos, FirstRand Group Management, the board, shareholders, and the Prudential Authority.
- As required by specific projects, create governance structures and dashboard metrics to monitor progress against strategy and highlight initiatives / risks.
- Research, analysis and integration of proposed solutions.
- Conduct local and international research on internal audit functions and related matter to support the function in being future fit.
- Benchmark research against peers and global best practice.
- Cut to the core of a vast volume of information and prioritize what is relevant to understanding specific issues and trends in the broader environment; know who to contact for specific information.
- Co-ordination / execution of relevant reports, presentations, speeches and other written material
- Handle documentation that requires the attention of the CAE and prepare reports on various matters.
- Keep the CAE informed of various activities within and outside the group.
- Analyse, review and/or assist with issues of an operational or technical nature.
- Follow-up on assignments / tasks delegated by the CAE.
- Develop and maintain a strong working relationship with the GIA executive team on matters such as reporting, risk projects, strategic projects, and initiatives etc.
- Serve as a liaison to the HC divisional head/business partner on the execution of GIA staff related strategies.
- Work with Corporate Marketing and other stakeholders on organising and facilitating GIA events.

Job Details

29/01/25



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