Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To ensure the execution of all risk management activities and requirements (i.e. business, regulatory and market conduct) as well as associated processes and procedures. To implement and embed risk prevention and mitigation frameworks in order to avoid potential breaches and losses whilst maintaining client experience standards.

Qualifications: Degree in Business Commerce

Experience: Experience in operational risk, compliance and/or audits.Experience within Business Clients understanding the value chain and/or the business. Deep knowledge of operational risk and compliance matters as well as risk remediation. Experience in change management within large rollouts and initiatives.

Outputs:

• Recommend and coordination appropriate action plans to relevant leadership to remediate audit findings, control gaps, emerging risks and adverse trends identified. Tracking agreed actions to ensure embedment of remedial controls agreed in span of control.
• Recommend and implement revision of internal controls and process enhancements where appropriate, to address new or previously uncontrolled risks.
• Remediate agreed actions to address findings raised by Risk Assurance, Group Internal Audit, Group Exchange Control Compliance and SARB (IOMFSA) are implemented within the committed timeframes.
• Responsible for driving a risk culture within the relevant area of responsibility.
• Set the example and leads the team in line with the Groups leadership identity, core values and People Promise.
• To ensure the effective implementation of risk frameworks

Technical Outputs:

• Financial acumen
• Economic capital management
• Risk reporting
• Evaluating risk management effectiveness
• Risk identification
• Risk response strategy
• Risk / reward thinking