Risk Officer

1 week ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Edge Executives Full time R500 000 - R1 200 000 per year

Risk Officer

Location: Head Office - Parktown (Gauteng)
Type: 12months FTC

About the Role

As Risk Officer, you'll support the Risk Manager to implement enterprise risk, anti-corruption, and integrity management across the organisation. You'll combine data-driven insight with sound governance to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud while embedding risk thinking in day-to-day operations.

This role blends analytical depth with practical delivery: from conducting and managing investigations to coordinating risk assessments and reporting to executive structures and oversight committees. Expect meaningful impact, tight deadlines, and a mandate to improve turnaround time and assurance quality.

Who the Client Is

This opportunity is with a national public entity in the social development ecosystem. The organisation partners across government and civil society, operates under PFMA and Treasury Regulations, and is committed to robust governance, ethical conduct, and effective service delivery at national and provincial levels. (Context aligns with PFMA/Treasury governance environment.)

What You'll Do

  • Lead proactive and reactive forensic work (policies, whistleblowing, SOPs) using data analytics, forensic tech, and digital/cyber forensics.

  • Manage hotline/tip-offs, maintain the Allegations Register, and secure evidence; prepare high-quality reports and recommendations.

  • Communicate findings to executive governance and track remediation; testify in proceedings when required.

  • Coordinate anti-corruption, integrity, and ethics frameworks; conduct lifestyle reviews and vetting fieldwork; manage SSA MOU implementation.

  • Facilitate risk assessments across departments and projects; develop risk registers and management plans.

  • Monitor operational risk reporting, profile/appetite, financing and transfer; synthesize assurance inputs to strengthen practices.

  • Support combined assurance planning; prepare reports to SMT/EXCO/ARC/Board and DSD Risk & Ethics Committee.

  • Build stakeholder relationships (law enforcement, SAPS, SIU, professional bodies) and drive awareness/training.

What You Bring

  • Bachelor's degree/National Diploma in Risk, Finance, Auditing, Accounting, Forensics, or Law.

  • ACFE/ICFP membership (CFE/FP an advantage).

  • ~3 years' risk and fraud investigation experience in public sector or SOE.

  • Knowledge of risk frameworks, anti-corruption/integrity policies, forensic methods, PFMA and Treasury Regulations.

  • Skills: investigations, analytics, project/programme management, M&E, stakeholder management, communication.

What Success Looks Like

  • Faster investigation turnaround with defensible, evidence-based reports and implemented recommendations.

  • A living risk register and clear action plans embedded across operations.

  • Visible uplift in fraud prevention awareness, vetting and lifestyle audit compliance, and ethics adoption.

  • Timely, insight-rich reporting to EXCO/ARC/Board enabling clear risk appetite decisions.

  • Strong external partnerships (SAPS, SIU, SSA) that accelerate case resolution and deterrence.

Rewards & Challenges
You'll influence enterprise-wide governance and tackle complex, sensitive matters that demand discretion and resilience. Expect competing priorities, strict timelines, and high scrutiny—matched by the satisfaction of protecting public value and strengthening organisational integrity.

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If you're ready to turn risk insight into action, we'd love to hear from you.
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