(546) Governance Risk and Compliance Manager - CSD at South African Reserve Bank

Detailed description

The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:

• Develop a one- to three-year risk management plan/programme in keeping with the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Risk Management Committee and Board Risk and Ethics Committee objectives and annual plans.
• Provide input into the group risk management, business continuity and compliance policies and related frameworks for infrastructure risks (real estate, construction and engineering).
• Develop and maintain comprehensive business continuity plans (BCP) for each project/programme, in conjunction with programme and project managers, and ensure that such plans are practicable and aligned to the SARB’s overall BCP principles. 
• Continuously scan the external environment to identify emerging risks within the construction (real estate, construction and engineering) industry and ensure that the SARB is aware of and taking the appropriate response. 
• Develop and implement reporting frameworks for management and governing forums that are aligned with frameworks developed by the Risk Management and Compliance Department.
• Identify changes in the applicable legislation/regulations and local/international standards relating to real estate, construction and engineering that may have an impact on the objectives of CSD. 
• Prepare, liaise with relevant departments and facilitate operational risk assessment workshops, business impact analysis and business continuity planning sessions, using the SARB’s risk management methodology.
• Track progress on the implementation of the department’s strategic, operational and specialised risk response strategies and compile reports.
• Brief and make presentations to departments, divisions and stakeholders on CSD’s real estate risk management, compliance and control processes. 
• Identify training needs for all CSD staff and project managers, and facilitate on-the-job training for junior analysts. 
• Log and report risk incidents on the SARB’s centralised risk incident tool and monitor action plans.
• Create risk, compliance and specialised risk (cyber, physical and data privacy) awareness within the department through campaigns and appropriate media.
• Plan, facilitate, execute, coordinate and report on the business continuity management (BCM) activities for the department (including projects) using the BCM system, and support the Head: CSD to facilitate the response to any incident at the SARB’s Joint Operations Centre and/or Crisis Preparedness Committee.

Qualifications

Job requirements 

To be considered for this position, candidates must be in possession of:

• an Honours degree (NQF8) in Risk Management; and
• eight to 10 years of job-related experience, specifically in a risk and compliance management environment.

Additional requirements include: 

knowledge and skill in:

• strategy;
• legislation, governance, risk and compliance;
• service delivery ;
• information management;
• reporting;
• research; and 
• risk management.