Specialist: Ict Governance, Risk and Compliance

2 days ago


Johannesburg, South Africa Progressive IT Resourcing Full time

We are recruiting for an ICT Specialist: Risk, Compliance and Governance with a passion for technology, automation, risk management and security along with a desire to champion best practices in a dynamic and complex environment.

Responsibilities would include managing governance, risk and compliance in the ICT Business Unit, by ensuring the IT strategies and policies are implemented by reviewing processes and ensuring that adequate controls are in place.

A broad accountability for ICT governance, risk and compliance related functions including ICT policies, standards, risk and financial management. Key contributor to IT Strategy, which includes developing frameworks aligned to the appropriate industry standards, creating the required forums and establishing appropriate monitoring mechanisms to ensure that compliance is effective.

**Permanent roles, Johannesburg based**

**EXPERIENCE**
10 years' experience of which a minimum of 4 years' experience in IT Governance, Risk Management and/or IT Compliance,
in either HealthcaremAuditing or Financial Services Industry essential

**QUALIFICATIONS**
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Sciences, Business Administration/ Commence.

COBIT qualification

CISO qualification

**ROLE ACCOUNTABILITIES**

**Compliance and Risk Management**:

- Legal, statutory and regulatory compliance (public accountability) on all requirements are implemented and maintained for function
- Structures and frameworks for risk controls and governance within the function are implemented
- Ensure function is a key contributor in terms of social awareness and corporate citizenship

**Continuous improvement**:

- Design and implement the IT governance framework. The framework includes the objectives for IT, governance principles, policies, IT governance roles and responsibilities, and processes
- Ensure the governance framework is regularly reviewed in line with the changing business and regulatory landscape
- Ensure that IT continually meets any regulatory, statutory, and legal obligations that support the organization’s objectives while working within the defined ethical and cultural framework, and follow the IT governance framework
- Assume responsibility for governance of IT across the group by setting the direction for how the relationships and exercise of power within the group should be approached and conducted
- Responsible for development and coordination of risk management programmes and frameworks
- Responsible to make accurate risk mitigating recommendations to implement internal controls
- Collect and analyses risk information and ensures that the organisation is adequately protected against loss
- Draft reports including recommendations on proactive management decisions to prevent risk events
- Ensure that any audit findings are addressed by relevant IT functions.

**Cost containment**:

- Continuously assess whether Business departments are receiving business value from IT and to assess ROI oversight of IT
- Ensure IT performance is measured to assess compliance to governance and strategic objectives

**Divisional Leadership**:

- Accountability for the function's performance, within the agreed strategic framework
- Develop and retain skilled, engaged employees
- Promote transformation

**Financial Management**:

- Accountability for functional budget and overall financial management

**Operating Model**:

- Develop business plans to implement the defined integrated functional plans with peer divisions or functions
- Optimise the function's core internal processes and internal supply chain and resolve functional operating conflicts

**Specialist support to projects**:

- Ensure contribution to achieving BBBEE targets through implementation of and adherence to Group technology acquisition guidelines, policies, principles and processes.
- Technology acquisition need to be made for valid reasons, on the basis of appropriate and ongoing analysis, with clear and transparent decision making
- Ensure that Suppliers comply with policies, standards and processes

**Stakeholder Management**:

- Ensure appropriate, active and informative relationships with relevant stakeholders are in place
- Drive delivery of customer expectations within organizational quality and quantity standards

**Strategy Implementation**:

- Remain up to date with macro and micro-economic conditions, legislation, competition, market sentiment and the industry in general, to anticipate and plan for circumstances that may influence the development and implementation of the functional strategic plan
- Provide input into and develop the functional strategic plan
- Ensure strategy is implemented in a manner that supports operational and market imperatives
- Communicate strategic context and strategic implementation plans to ensure operational best practice and continuous improvement

**Position Specific Outputs**
- Ensure effective implementation of the IT strategies and policies by means of providing direct



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