Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

6 days ago

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa ExecutivePlacements Full time R1 200 000 - R2 000 000 per year

Recruiter:
Network Recruitment

Job Ref:
NFR007987/Henda

Date posted:
Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Location:
Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY:
Are you a visionary risk leader who thrives on building world-class frameworks, influencing executive strategy, and embedding a culture of intelligent, proactive risk management? If you're ready to elevate an organisation's risk maturity to new heights, this is
your seat at the executive table
.

POSITION INFO:
We're looking for an exceptional
Chief Risk & Compliance Officer
to spearhead enterprise-wide risk, compliance, and governance functions for a fast-growing, complex organisation with national impact. This role reports directly to the
CEO and Board
, offering unmatched strategic influence.

What You'll Lead & Build:

As the CRCO, you will architect and execute a
cutting-edge Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) strategy
that empowers smarter decisions and strengthens resilience across the organisation.

  • Drive enterprise-wide risk strategy, frameworks, and methodologies
  • Lead a high-performing team of risk specialists
  • Embed a culture of ownership, awareness, and predictive risk intelligence
  • Partner with executives to ensure that risk is part of every strategic conversation
  • Present risk insights and reports at a Board and Exco level
  • Own the full risk cycle: Identification, assessment, monitoring, mitigation, and reporting
  • Build real-time dashboards, KRIs, predictive analytics, and horizon-scanning capabilities
  • Oversee compliance, regulatory alignment, internal controls and audits
  • Lead incident response, crisis management, and root-cause analysis initiatives

This isn't just a leadership role — it's an opportunity to
redefine how an entire organisation thinks about risk
.

Where You'll Make the Biggest Impact:

  • Creating a proactive, data-driven risk universe
  • Strengthening compliance and governance across all business units
  • Ensuring that the organisation maintains regulatory excellence
  • Reducing materialised risk events and improving business continuity
  • Empowering teams with training, communication, and risk champions
  • Providing the Board with high-quality, strategic risk insights

What We're Looking For:

  • 10–12 years in risk leadership, with at least 5 years at a senior/executive level
  • Strong mastery of ERM frameworks (ISO, COSO, etc.)
  • Advanced analytics capability (SQL, Python, R, Power BI/Tableau, and KRIs)
  • Board reporting experience
  • Strong crisis leadership and incident management capability
  • Proven ability to build and uplift teams
  • Strategic influence, exceptional communication, and executive presence
  • Relevant Degree required (in Risk, Finance, Business, etc.)
  • Professional Certifications such as FRM, PRM, and CRISC highly desirable
  • Master's Degree beneficial

Key Competencies:

  • Strategic vision & commercial insight
  • Data-driven leadership
  • High-pressure problem solving
  • Cultural change & stakeholder influence
  • Integrity, resilience & ethical decision-making
  • Collaborative leadership & cross-functional engagement

What Success Looks Like:

  • A robust, mature risk framework embedded across the organisation
  • Proactive risk intelligence and predictive insights
  • Faster crisis response and fewer materialised risks
  • Elevated risk culture and awareness
  • Strong Board and executive confidence in the function

This is an opportunity to build, influence, innovate, and protect — all at the highest level.
If you're a forward-thinking risk leader ready to make a long-term strategic impact, we'd love to chat.

Apply today and lead the organisation into a safer, smarter, future-ready era.

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