Risk Lead - Cape Town, South Africa - Teleperformance South Africa

Teleperformance South Africa
Teleperformance South Africa
Verified Company
Cape Town, South Africa

1 week ago

Thabo Mthembu

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We are a global company with a strong footprint within the United Kingdom Financial Services market.

Due to our South African business expanding there is a need to appoint a Risk Lead to support our South African business leaders.

Reporting to the UK, Africa & Ireland Risk Assurance Manager.

The Risk Lead will provide effective 2nd Line of Defence (2LoD) oversight throughout all Lines of Business across multiple sites within our South African operation.

The Risk Lead will support in embedding the Enterprise Risk Management framework and provide ongoing continued support to ensure all risks and issues are captured, monitored and effective Risk mitigation treatment plans are in place.

The Risk Lead will occasionally deputize for the Risk Assurance Manager within the United Kingdom and African jurisdictions.


Responsibilities:


  • The Risk Lead will Identify, assess, control, track and report on all South African risks and issues;
  • Help business leaders develop and implement key process controls and risk mitigation strategies;
  • The Risk Lead would support, educate and guide the business on all elements of risk;
  • Produce MI for governance;
  • Ensure all risks and issues are captured in the corporate risk register;
  • Undertake key controls testing;
  • Undertake audits;
  • Provide support to the Security Team and Risk Champions.
  • Attend client review meetings

Skills:


  • Be able to evidence a risk based approach/mindset
  • Minimum of 3 years UK Financial Services experience;
  • Be able to interpret UK Financial Services and other relevant regulatory authorities' rules;
  • Excellent English written and oral skills;
  • Ability to build strong relationships whilst ensuring the integrity of the 2 LoD is not compromised;
  • Audit/Monitoring or Assurance experience;
  • Analytical skills
  • Adaptable to changing environments

Desirable but not essential skills:


  • IRM qualification.
  • Financial Crime experience.
  • Business Continuity experience.
  • Incident Management experience.
  • Ability to chair governance meetings.

Job Types:
Full-time, Permanent
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