Change Governance Officer (Risk and Benefits) at Absa Group Limited (Absa)

Job Summary

To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, formulate associated practice and to ensure operational implementation and adoption across a single practice i.t.o. risk methodology, governance and delivery objectives as well as Benefits Management. A clear methodology will be required to ensure solution completeness, strategic alignment, book of work governance and risk/cost/benefits.

Job Description

• Risk Management: Providing Subject Matter Expertise to Change risk, including the assessment thereof. Management of change risk portfolios, risk activities across the different estates, full ownership of risk requirements, tracking of KRI’s, Control Self-Assessment, reporting and remediation of the control environment, documenting of relevant change CPAs for the Business. Support in mitigation of risks and issues (raised by Management,2nd and 3rd line)
• Benefits Management: Adherence to Benefits framework. Enable and provide guidance to the respective teams identifying, planning, measuring and tracking benefits from the start of the programme or project investment until realisation of the last projected benefit. Correct application and aim to ensure that the desired benefits are specific, measurable, agreed, realistic and time bounded.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and Maintain effective Relationships with relevant stakeholders as well as delivery relationships. Gain alignment with key stakeholders on risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, constraints, decisions as well as associated benefits and management thereof.
• Risk Reporting: Identify, assess and Report key risks arising from significant events, investigations, audit and control issues. Support all requirements from 2nd and 3rd Lines of Defense. Responsible for documenting risks and issues related to the delivery of non-financial and financial benefits. Compile Risk reporting in according with the ERMF and related policies
• Risk and Control: Adherence to Policies, Procedures and Regulations.
• Change Governance: Define Change Risk requirements for the Business and perform reporting for Change Risk in the 1st Line.

Education

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)