Head: Governance, Risk

4 weeks ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

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- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.Job Summary

Lead First Line Governance & Control team in the managing of the risk profile through evaluating, responding and monitoring of operational risk in line with Operational Risk Framework.

**Job Description**:
Accountability: Governance and Control
- Set Non-Financial Risk Appetite for the area, and monitor adherence thereof
- Assist the business to pro-actively manage issues and emerging risks.
- Responsible for optimal combined assurance plan, and governance and delivery thereof
- Ensure a control approach that is fully aligned to business priorities both structurally & functionally

Accountability: Drives the strategy to achieve first line of defence governance excellence
- Set up and manage Governance & Control for the area to achieve excellence through well-defined scalable and easily replicated risk management processes.
- Implement and maintain effective governance structure within Everyday Banking and product area
- Manage Policy and Standard rollout and compliance for the area.
- Accountability for the oversight and the engagement with multiple functional areas that include; Governance and Control, Conformance, Operational key risks (Resilience, etc.), Audit, Compliance and with a view on current trends and future projections.
- Accountable for the monitoring, implementation and reporting of Anti money laundering policies with Cards business across the portfolio.
- Aligns the risk profile of Business Area through continuous interaction with internal and external stakeholders - providing a balance between operational efficiency and the accepted level of risk appetite.
- Institutionalizes a culture of continuous improvement in risk management through risk awareness, Learning, Development and Communications.

Accountability: Stakeholder engagement
- Be the point of entry for interactions with the key business stakeholders on control management.
- Position and communicate standards, requirements and initiatives with the relevant stakeholders
- Actively drive a plan for all control matters affecting the business
- Liaise with senior executive stakeholders and stakeholder groups

Accountability: Reporting
- Risk and Control reporting for the business includes the Operational Summary for the Business ME and Strategic Updates at a business level.
- Group Operational Risk reporting (e.g. CPA,MCA,RCAs, Operational KRIs, etc.).
- Implementation of innovative reporting and tracking mechanisms for tracking of all assurance issues etc.
- Drives the reporting on progress updates for operational excellence and control remediation issues.

People management
- Recruit the right people.
- Develop, motivate and manage people. Recognize performance, provide appropriate interventions and opportunities, and address poor performance.
- Equip team to deliver based on a high performance culture.
- Provide strategic direction to the team in line with the strategic direction of the Group.
- Establish and maintain a succession plan for the key roles in the area and review and approve succession plans

Education

Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (required)
- Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_



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