Manager: Emerging Technology Risk

**Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Contact**
- REQ 120275- Tshego Semenya**Career Stream**
- It Application Development

**Leadership Pipeline**
- Manage Self: Professional

**Position**
- Manager: Emerging Technology Risk**Job Purpose**
- To facilitate and support the effective management of the Enterprise Wide and Operational Risk Frameworks in order to manage current and emerging risks to assist Nedbank in achieving its objectives.**Responsibilities**:

- Strengthening the organisation’s risk culture and deliver on the broader cluster mandate as required
- Facilitate effective risk identification, assessment, evaluation and reporting within Group Risk
- Plan, co-ordinate and execute Group Risk management plans, activities and projects (including Emerging Technology risks, eg AI, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Cloud, and Cryptoassets) in line with targets and due dates
- Review and report on the effectiveness of internal risk management practices, processes and controls
- Identify risk management training requirements and facilitate fulfilment thereof
- Assist with the management, investigation and analysis of risk incidents, audit findings or events (including root cause analysis and development of future risk management strategies)
- Provide guidance on, and participate in, various assurance and oversight activities as required by the organisation’s co-ordinated assurance approach and governance structures
- Recommend corrective measures based on gap analysis, using root cause analysis techniques and effective feedback and coaching skills.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies and support implementation of new processes; policies and systems.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance processes; systems and policies to ensure effectiveness
- Attend and report to various management, project, risk, audit, IT forums and steering committees
- Build and maintain relationships with relevant auditors, regulators, other assurance providers across clusters
- Conduct all other activities related to the management of risk as required from time to time (including facilitation of scenario validation processes)
- Work collaboratively with other corporate oversight functions to identify and implement consistent and effective approaches to risk governance and control-based activities
- Contribute to a culture conducive to the achievement of transformation goals by participating in such initiatives as the staff surveys, BEE initiatives and transformation targets
- Support corporate social responsibility initiatives, towards the achievement of key business strategies
- Improve personal capability and stay abreast of developments in field of expertise by identifying training courses and career progression for self through input and feedback from managers
- Train/coach/mentor relevant internal stakeholders as required
- Meet financial objectives as required (including containing costs)

**Minimum Experience Level**
- Minimum 5 years’ risk management experience (preferably in a banking environment and including IT risk)

**Essential Qualifications - NQF Level**
- Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees

**Preferred Qualification**
- Bachelor of Commerce: Accounting, Bachelor of Commerce IT: Internal Auditing

**Essential Certifications**
- Relevant professional bodies (SAICA, CISA, IRMSA, EISA, SAIFM

**Type of Exposure**
- Understanding characteristics of an effective risk culture and ensuring the measurement, improvement and reporting thereof
- Multi-tasking fast-paced, often deadline-oriented and dynamic environment
- Information Technology and digital ways of working (cluster operations, relevant software and systems)
- Sound practical working knowledge of local and international best practices (Business and IT) related to:

- Application of best practices and frameworks in a practical way in line with root cause analysis
- The design and implementation of enterprise wide frameworks, policies and methodologies
- Facilitation of risk assessments (e.g. business process, project risk, Emerging Technology risk, Internal Financial Controls)
- Development and maintenance of risk registers
- Business continuity management (including disaster recovery)
- External and Internal audit management
- Research, critical connecting the dots analysis (data and information) and problem solving

**Technical / Professional Knowledge**
- Blockchain
- AI/Machine Learning
- Cloud
- APIs
- Cluster specific operations
- Communication Strategies
- Data analysis
- Governance, Risk and Controls
- Principles of financial management
- Principles of project management
- Relevant software and systems knowledge
- Research methodology
- Decision-making process

**Disclaimer**

**_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
+27 860 555 566
_**
- **_Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
+27 860 555 566
_