IT Risk and Governance Officer - Randburg, South Africa - Absa Bank Limited

Absa Bank Limited

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Randburg, South Africa

3 weeks ago

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Thabo Mthembu

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With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

Perform and facilitate effective management of risks falling within the remit of the Information and Technology Office (ITO). Focus on improving, simplifying and automating the way in which we conduct risk management within ITO.

Ensure that deliverables are of good quality, accurate and meaningful in order to enable effective decision making for the ITO Executives and any other stakeholders.

Job Description:

Process Risk Assessments: Facilitate the identification and maintenance of endtoend processes where these are owned and governed from within the ITO, including the ITO CRO. Perform annual process assessments and ensure that the inventory of ratings is maintained. Review and document process maps through collaboration with Process Owners and Custodians. Facilitate the identification and maintenance of the Minimum Control Requirements (MCR) framework and inventory based on the process landscape and risks identified, in collaboration with key custodians within the ITO to ensure adequate management of ITO's and CRO process landscape. Furthermore, the identification of and maintenance of Key Indicators.
Risk Management Governance: Design and rollout processes for governing risk management in ITO, for example:
Control Self-Assessments;
Key Indicator Review & Monitoring;
Risk Treatment (remediation & risk acceptance);
Risk reporting;
Risk Governance Change Management, etc.
Risk Standards: Facilitate the development and maintenance of Group Functional Standards (in accordance with lifecycle requirements) owned and executed within the ITO. Ensure alignment between Policies and ITO owned Standards and the MCR inventory. Furthermore, drive the socialization of MCRs prior to the publishing of standards.
Risk Governance Optimisation: Identification of optimization opportunities to improve risk governance and risk management practices. Understanding the needs of our internal customers within the risk community in the Bank and translating these needs into clear business requirements. Driving the adoption of Operational Risk Systems and Tools and providing support.
Operational Risk Oversight: Perform Operational Risk activities including writing of reports and attendance and participation of Risk Forums and Committees, logging of Risk Events, managing of Dispensations, Waivers, Breaches Process, monitoring staff mandatory training, oversee the capturing of contact with regulators and other industry bodies.

Education and Experience Required