Senior Manager: Governance and Reporting

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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
- Develop, manage and execute on internal audit and general risk reporting for the Product Solutions Cluster Internal Audit business.
- Continuously improve the operating environment across change, systems, operations, governance and control to drive productivity and performance improvements within the function. This includes influencing the reporting strategy and translating it into substantive actions to create world-class capabilities in the reporting of business.
- Significant engagement/communication with the Absa Financial Services (AFS) Insurance Group Board (including Board sub-committees such as the AFS Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee (ARCC) and solo-entity Boards, etc.) and Exco is required and as such, excellent written and verbal communication coupled with a strong attention to detail when preparing and reviewing reports is essential in the fulfilling the role. The individual needs to be highly numerate, combined with a good understanding of risk management concepts and practices.
- Project management, systems automation and report design skills are needed.
- Internal Audit experience is critical to succeed in the role.

**Job Description**:
Governance Reporting
- Oversee reporting to executives and external disclosures.
- Enable value-add management information and reporting for executive business decision making.
- Consider information received from business units and translate into less complex executive summaries as needed.
- Ensure that the reporting process is efficient, and that duplication is avoided.
- Ensure business ownership and clarity is provided to business units on minimum reporting standards.
- Ensure a clear, concise governance process is implemented
- Define the metrics, indicators and dashboards for reporting
- Define standards for reporting the business risk profile and risk data aggregation
- Ensure effective controls are in place over the processes for reporting

Operational and Financial Risk Management
- Continuously monitor, in consultation with the IA COO team, the potential impact of new tactical plans on the reputational risk of the IA Function and the Bank and advise IA Leadership Team members on appropriate action to take to minimise the risk.

Management Information
- Oversee and check the quality and timeliness (including planning and scheduling of reviews as necessary) of MI insights, reporting, population and distribution to various stakeholders as required.

Strategic Process Support
- .Act as initial point of entry for escalated internal and external stakeholder queries. Redistribute the resolution or respond directly to the stakeholders, where appropriate.
- Attend a multitude of strategy forums and key management committees to stay up to date with operational conditions and provide early warning of any probable issues and proposed solutions.

Managerial Support
- Play a role and be involved in the overall IA Governance Reporting and Operations team’s responsibilities to ensure smooth operations and that resources are available and operating effectively.
- Agree and manage service offerings and Service Level Agreements with internal customers.

Education and Experience Required:

- BComm Hons Degree, MBA
- CA (SA), CIA or equivalent
- 5-10 years’ experience in the Banking sector
- At least 5 years’ senior experience in Internal Audit

Knowledge & Skills:

- Knowledge of the Banking environment
- Report writing skills
- Excellent communication and presentations skills, including ability to articulate facts and data as it pertains to internal audit, controls and risk.
- Project Management
- Operating management
- Strategic planning and implementation
- Stakeholder management skills
- Analytical Skills
- Conflict management Skills
- Networking Skills

Competencies:

- Entrepreneurial and commercial thinking
- Working with people
- Planning and organising
- Persuading and influencing
- Deciding and initiating action
- Coping with pressures and setbacks
- Adapting and responding to change
- Formulating strategies and concepts

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_