(1792) Senior Risk Analyst

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

• Develop, maintain and embed SARB Group risk management frameworks, methodologies, processes and systems, as well as embed related policies.
• Develop risk management quality criteria and perform quality reviews of risk management outcomes.
• Identify, collate, analyse and report on emerging risks to the SARB Group.
• Identify and coordinate risk management training needs and conduct related training.
• Facilitate strategic risk management processes in the SARB Group, in accordance with the SARB Group Risk Management Framework.
• Compile and coordinate reporting on risk management outcomes and activities to the SARB Group executives and risk oversight committees.
• Develop the bank-wide risk overarching plan, and coordinate and embed operational risk and continuous risk management across the SARB Group, including key risk indicators KRIs, risk incidents and emerging risks.
• Develop risk awareness campaigns to educate stakeholders, influence behaviour and promote a positive and proactive risk management culture across the SARB Group.
• Analyse risk data and information from the various risk registers to identify trends, interconnectedness, polycrisis factors and commonalities; produce qualitative risk reporting; and derive reliable business intelligence and insights for management to enable decision-making.
• Engage with stakeholders to provide information and support on risk management matters.
• Research and benchmark leading risk management processes and developments and propose improvements accordingly.
• Analyse and understand the SARB Group's internal and external environment to support and guide the identification of risks and opportunities, and to enable decision-making.
• Provide input into other specialised risk management processes, including policies, methodologies and frameworks related to financial risk management, cyber and information security, privacy, physical security, and strategic and operational resilience.
• Manage the implementation of the Risk Management and Compliance Department's RMCD strategic and operational risk treatment action plans and report on their progress and impact on risks.
• Oversee the integration between RMCD and other specialised risk areas.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, candidates must have

• at least an Honours Degree in either risk management or auditing, or an equivalent NQF level-8 degree;
• a minimum of eight to10 years' experience in a relevant environment, such as audit, information technology IT and risk; and

advantages would include

• professional certifications such as Chartered Accountant South Africa CASA, Certified Internal Auditor CIA, Certified Risk Manager CRM, Financial Risk Manager Professional FRMP, C-RISK or Certified Information Systems Auditor CISA; and
• practical experience in assessing IT application risks.

Requirements related to knowledge, skills and attributes include

• industry, organisational and business awareness;
• quality assurance;
• continuous improvement;
• continued learning and/or professional development;
• risk management principles, tools, methodologies, frameworks, policies and processes;
• risk management strategy and planning;
• risk identification, analysis and assessment;
• risk mitigation and management;
• risk monitoring and reporting;
• project management;
• risk management;
• operational resilience; and
• basic cyber security and IT.