Business Assurance Specialist-1

Job Description

To utilise specialist knowledge and experience of the business environment to establish and maintain. an effective control framework by identifying, assessing and minimising risks across the organisation.

To evaluate business processes, implement internal controls and ensure compliance with regulatory standards in focusing on risk mitigation.To work and collaborate with stakeholders across various departments and lines of defence to optimise operations and drive sustained business performance.

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The purpose of the role is:

To utilise knowledge and experience of control frameworks and the business environment to identify and assess risk and the resultant adequacy of controls.

To work and collaborate with stakeholders across the lines of defence in navigating complex risk and enhancing business assurance practices.

Are you someone who can
- Understand the control framework.
- Assist with the development of an assurance plan through consultation with the respective management teams and various assurance providers.
- Implement and maintain the Bank's risk management framework across the First Line of Defence (1LOD) within wider bank operations, working closely with 2LOD colleagues to achieve this.
- Collaborate with 1LOD colleagues to ensure that the Bank's risk management framework is understood and adhered to, providing support where needed.
- Assist with the design and ensure the execution of approved sampling techniques, testing strategies on assurance reviews.
- Perform testing and evidencing of control effectiveness to give assurance that the risks are controlled in a proportionate way.
- Conduct detailed investigations, for, and on behalf of team leadership to accurately identify breakdowns and resultant risk, and to understand the extent of the impact.
- Actively engage in the improvement and automation of manual tasks, strengthening the control fabric and enhancing the overall control environment.
- Assist with the development, introduction and implementation both new and enhanced control methods to improve the risk environment, making use of local and global leading practices.
- Ensure that risk mitigation controls are embedded and assess the adequacy of the controls by quantifying a reduction of risk.
- Act in alignment with operational risk management frameworks to reactively and proactively manage risk, over and above engaging in the relevant risk reporting.
- Identify and assess new or emerging risks as internal activities or the external environment changes.
- Draft high-quality reports with observations which are insightful, addressing the root cause, have agreed actions that mitigate the risk and facilitate the remediation of issues until closure.
- Assist with the oversight of relevant regulatory reporting and monitoring, ensuring processes are current and take accountability to produce regulatory reporting within timeframes when contacted by the regulator.
- Assist with the management of reviews which include but not limited to external audit, internal audit, facilitating audit visits, information requests and tracking outstanding actions to completion.
- Assist with the completion of all governance and group credit attestation and submission to centre on a regular basis.
- Participate in and contribute to a development culture where information regarding successes, issues, trends and ideas are actively shared.
- Build and sustain collaborative working relationships with relevant peers and stakeholders to achieve productivity synergies.
- You will be an ideal candidate if you have the following:
- A CA(SA) with 2 years post articles experience
- Experience around documenting, testing and formulating process controls
- Financial services experience, specifically investment banking
- Understanding of investment banking products
- Ability to understand and analyse data
- Ability to demonstrate effective stakeholder management.
- You will have access to:
- Opportunities to network and collaborate
- Challenging working
- Opportunities to innovate
- We can be a match if you are:
- Curious & courageous - you're driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you're brave enough to
- Obsessed with mastery - you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it
- Love putting our clients at the forefront of what you do

Job Details

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

27/10/25

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group's Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.