Senior Manager: SAP Grc Jg13/14

Who are we?
Sanlam Life and Savings (SLS) is focused on serving our retail and corporate clients in South Africa and further developing our strategic advantages in the South African market. Sanlam Life and Savings consists of three clusters - Sanlam Corporate, Sanlam Retail Mass and Sanlam Retail Affluent. The SLS Office provides strategic direction, coordination and support to the three clusters, as well as performing governance oversight that includes assurance provided by second line of defence functions in SLS, to enable us to meet our business objectives.
The SLS Finance Services function is responsible for delivering the following services to SLS, as well as other Clusters within Sanlam that make use of SAP S/4 Hana and related finance systems: The execution of shared financial transactions through the Finance Shared Services Centre. Drive operational excellence and efficiency through finance process and technology optimisation. Delivering an efficient financial control and compliance environment for SAP S/4 Hana and related finance systems. Delivering on the consolidated financial reporting requirements for SLS Build a successful career with us
We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future - your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping our employees to realise their worth. Through its four business clusters - Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office - the group provides many opportunities for growth and development. What will you do?
The SAP Governance, Risk and Controls role will be responsible for managing and delivering an efficient financial control and compliance environment for SAP S/4 HANA and related finance systems, with a focus on centralisation, standardisation, automation, and optimisation of financial control compliance processes. This role holds accountability for the development of the GRC strategy relating to financial controls for relevant systems and will be responsible to drive initiatives that are relevant to the achievement of this strategy in the function.
The role acts as a second line of defence in support of Business Units’ own financial control and compliance environments. The incumbent will partner with Business Unit Heads to promote adherence to agree upon financial control compliance processes. This role will furthermore be responsible for the identification and reporting of non-compliance and recommendations on how this can be addressed. What will make you successful in this role?

**The key performance areas of this role include the following**:
GRC Strategy Development
Lead in the development of the GRC strategy for in scope businesses to ensure greater compliance to required standards.
Drive various strategic initiatives ensuring greater compliance and awareness in support of realising the GRC strategy.
Financial Risk and Controls Support
Act as second line of defence in the design, implementation and management of control processes and documentation by:
Supporting management in the identification, design and implementation of financial risk and controls through normal business as usual (BAU) operations and transformation initiatives (change in people/process/technology).
Documenting identified financial risks and controls in a risk and control matrix.
Defining and maintaining standards used to document financial risks and controls.
Maintaining the SAP Access Control ruleset to reflect the key access controls identified by business.
Optimisation
Continue to identify, design and implement optimisation opportunities in the financial control and compliance environment through innovation and automation.
SAP GRC Process Owner
Own and manage the key SAP GRC Processes for SAP Access Control and Process control through:
The access provisioning process
The security maintenance process
The regular review of access, remediation and mitigation process
The emergency access process
The control documentation and update process
The manual control execution process
The automated configurable control monitoring process
Reporting to management on the operation of these processes
Providing training to users on the GRC processes
SAP GRC Solution Owner
Management and delivery of controls through SAP Access Control and Process Control:
Ownership of technology roadmap to drive efficiencies in management and monitoring of controls
Maintenance of the SAP GRC master data
Liaise with the IT function for the maintenance and support of the SAP GRC solution
Stakeholder Integration
Operate as liaison between Business Unit management (first line of defence) and key stakeholders that include Internal Audit (3rd line of defence) and External Audit (4th line of defence).
Team Management
Oversee a team responsible for administration and maintenance of the GRC tool
Guide and coach team members on