Governance and Risk Lead

7 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Alexforbes Full time
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Alexforbes is a leading financial services provider with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality services to our clients.

We are committed to excellence and strive to create a positive and inclusive work environment that supports the growth and development of our employees.

We are looking for a highly skilled Governance and Risk Lead to join our team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality compliance services to our clients.

In this role, you will be responsible for managing and overseeing the development and maintenance of our compliance universe, ensuring consistency in the approach and execution of compliance monitoring, providing input into the annual monitoring planning process, ensuring consistency and relevance according to risk, ensuring the completion and delivery of the annual compliance monitoring plan, reviewing, evaluating and optimising tools, processes, and reporting to drive efficiencies of controls, implementing and monitoring changes and new controls introduced, and ensuring changes are embedded into operations.

You will also ensure that progress updates are sent on a consistent basis to first line compliance and the business, ensure the Completion of Compliance Risk Management Plans as per Compliance Universe and approved plan, ensure adequate controls are in place within the Group's risk appetite, ensure that compliance reports are ready timeously for each respective committee and Board meetings, compile reports for internal risk committees, continually assess the effectiveness of reports and enhance based on target audience, assist with ad hoc reports as and when required, provide input into the training and awareness plan, conduct and develop training for the compliance community and business, implement risk management, governance, and compliance controls to identify and manage governance and risk exposure liability, manage and update the Group's Non-Compliance Incident Register, proactively reduce risks and enhance compliance detection concerns by driving alignment across functions in terms of system adaption and implementation, highlight key governance, control and process deficiencies to business and compliance and agree timelines to close out deviations, be risk-focused by continually assessing both internal and external factors that influence the entity's risk profile within the Group, conduct policy reviews as and when required, work closely with other teams and assurance providers across the Group, support Manager and the Group Chief Compliance Officer strategies by ensuring understanding and execution, develop group policies, standards, guidance papers, and templates, drive, manage and lead the process of the identification, assessment and management of risk through development and maintenance of risk assessments on a Group level, provide input into strategic principles and processes to ensure sustainable strategic compliance, monitor the identification of risks identified, feedback and corrective action implemented through oversight of engagements with stakeholders, to ensure these risks are monitored through applicable governance forums and structures, represent the Chief Compliance Officer at relevant governance forums, structures, meetings, engagements, and regulatory interactions when required.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team and contribute to the delivery of high-quality compliance services to our clients.

  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Manage and oversee the development and maintenance of the compliance universe
  • Ensure consistency in the approach and execution of compliance monitoring
  • Provide input into the annual monitoring planning process
  • Ensure consistency and relevance according to risk
  • Ensure the completion and delivery of the annual compliance monitoring plan
  • Review, evaluate and optimise tools, processes, and reporting to drive efficiencies of controls
  • Implement and monitor changes and new controls introduced
  • Ensure changes are embedded into operations
  • Ensure progress updates are sent on a consistent basis to first line compliance and the business
  • Ensure the Completion of Compliance Risk Management Plans as per Compliance Universe and approved plan
  • Ensure adequate controls are in place within the Group's risk appetite
  • Ensure compliance reports are ready timeously for each respective committee and Board meetings
  • Compile reports for internal risk committees
  • Continually assess the effectiveness of reports and enhance based on target audience
  • Assist with ad hoc reports as and when required
  • Provide input into the training and awareness plan
  • Conduct and develop training for the compliance community and business
  • Implement risk management, governance, and compliance controls
  • Manage and update the Group's Non-Compliance Incident Register
  • Proactively reduce risks and enhance compliance detection concerns
  • Highlight key governance, control and process deficiencies
  • Be risk-focused by continually assessing both internal and external factors that influence the entity's risk profile within the Group
  • Conduct policy reviews as and when required
  • Work closely with other teams and assurance providers across the Group
  • Support Manager and the Group Chief Compliance Officer strategies
  • Develop group policies, standards, guidance papers, and templates
  • Drive, manage and lead the process of the identification, assessment and management of risk
  • Provide input into strategic principles and processes
  • Monitor the identification of risks identified
  • Represent the Chief Compliance Officer at relevant governance forums, structures, meetings, engagements, and regulatory interactions

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