About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Purpose Statement</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Lead the independent second-line oversight of operational and material non-financial risks across the Group, ensuring risks are identified, assessed, managed and reported within Board-approved appetite, regulatory requirements and strategic objectives.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Own the Operational Risk Management Framework, taxonomy, policies and methodologies, oversee RCSAs, KRIs, loss data, material incidents, risk acceptance and control assessments, recommend and monitor non-financial risk appetite, limits and tolerances.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Oversee critical operations, impact tolerances, business continuity, disaster recovery and resilience testing, oversee outsourcing, third-party concentration, contingency arrangements and exit planning, challenge crisis preparedness and remediation of resilience vulnerabilities.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Provide independent oversight of new products, material change and innovation, lead horizon scanning, scenario analysis and thematic reviews, assess non-financial risk implications of business strategy and transformation.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Govern material incident classification, root-cause analysis, loss attribution and escalation, conduct second-line thematic assurance and control reviews.</p> </li> <li> <p style="margin:0.0cm 0.0cm 8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Aptos, sans-serif">Report appetite performance, material incidents and emerging risks to the Operational Resilience Committee and RISCO, lead relevant regulatory engagements, inspections and submissions, set non-financial risk data, GRC-system and management-information standards.</p> </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Experience</b></H2> </div><div><p>Minimum:</p> <ul> <li>At least 10 years’ banking experience, including 5 years’ experience in operational risk management, business continuity and integrated risk management </li> <li>Proven experience in engaging and providing specialist guidance on an executive level and / or with external steering committees.</li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications (Minimum)</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Bachelor's Degree </li><li>A relevant degree in Commerce or Risk and Compliance </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Qualifications (Ideal or Preferred)</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Post Graduate Diploma in Commerce </li><li>Member of Institute for Risk Managers South Africa (IRMSA) </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Knowledge</b></H2> </div><div><p>Minimum:</p> <ul> <li>A thorough understanding of the regulatory framework as it applies to the financial services industry</li> <li>Understanding of bank and business processes and functions</li> <li>Knowledge of integrated risk management, regulations and industry standards. </li> </ul> <p>Ideal:</p> <ul> <li>Building and interpretation of scenario models</li> </ul> </div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Skills</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Communications Skills </li><li>Computer Literacy (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook) </li><li>Interpersonal & Relationship management Skills </li><li>Presentation Skills </li><li>Facilitation Skills </li><li>Strategic Thinking Skills </li><li>Attention to Detail </li><li>Influencing Skills </li></ul></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:14.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Conditions of Employment</b></H2> </div><ul style="margin-top:0.0;margin-bottom:0.0"><li>Clear criminal and credit record </li></ul></div></div>