GROUP ENTERPRISE RISK SENIOR MANAGER – Cape Town, South Africa

Highly Competitive Package on Offer with excellent benefits!

Renowned Global Retail concern is offering this exciting career opportunity to join highly innovative and pioneering Enterprise Risk team.

One would describe you as a highly proactive self-starter who possesses purposeful and courageous leadership skills which positively influences others whilst being a collaborative teamplayer.

With your astute planning skills, strong relationship building qualities as well as clear business communication skills you are able to manage and oversee multiple projects within a fast-paced, highly deadline drive and live environment.

KEY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Enterprise Risk Strategy and Framework Development and Deployment

• Maintain, enhance, and effectively communicate the Enterprise Risk Management framework.
• Drive effective execution of the enterprise risk strategy and framework, aligned to business specific requirements, in line with the risk appetite statements and Group policy.
• Continuously improve the existing framework to ensure consideration of emerging risks and threats.
• Participate in the development and annual improvement of the Group’s enterprise risk management strategy, framework, policies, and standards.
• Manage the development and execution of the risk assessment standard across the organisation.
• Undertake research on best practices on enterprise risk implementation through interaction with various risk management committees / bodies / structures and other stakeholders.
• Maintain head winds and tail winds KRI’s against Group strategy

Embed Enterprise Risk Management Framework Within the Organisation

• Drive a risk culture in the business through challenging discussions and communication.
• Ensure that appropriate risk management policies and procedures are in place and updated as required.
• Ensure emerging risk, risk events, and risk incidents are continuously monitored and addressed.
• Ensure that risk issues identified are monitored, reported, escalated to relevant person.
• Ensure appropriate and accurate documentation of risks, the implications, impact and mitigations and challenging business accordingly.
• Review the risk appetite statement and ensure that there is alignment with all the risk management functions.
• Assist risk owners with determination of appropriate measure and mitigation plans for their risks.
• Collaborate with the Sustainability department with facilitating the identification and reporting of climate change risks across the Group.
• Use external data to benchmark against trends or actual control environments.
• Oversee and drive the project management and documentation requirements for all key risk projects.
• Oversee and drive the third-party risk management strategy across the Group.
• Contribute to the development of a GRC tool for the Group.

Embed Combined Assurance

• Custodian of the GRC.
• Facilitate combined assurance process and manage relevant stakeholders.
• Engage with the business on evidence of assurance in place based on the various levels of assurance.
• Develop and ensure continuous assurance reporting.

Reporting

• Compile monthly assurance risk reports.
• Compile reports for the various meetings ERM runs and chairs.
• Compiling of Board Risk Committee submissions.
• Manage Risk Management Committee meetings (logistics, agenda, packs, minutes).
• Formalise Double Materiality Reporting across the Group.
• Assist business leaders with risk driven communications (i.e. strategy slides).
• Provide input into Annual Integrated Report.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant Business degree
• 4-6 Years proven experience gained in Enterprise Risk Management and within the retail / FMCG / Risk Consulting arena
• Experience within a multi-national highly advantageous!
• High level of understanding of Enterprise Risk Management Framework and processes with the ability to implement these
• Good knowledge of risk management
• Ability to constantly evolve, build and implement improved and better processes
• Deadline driven with proven ability of working on multiple projects
• Solid and proven knowledge of Microsoft Excel (scenario analysis), Word, and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge on GRC tools
• Highly tech savvy with the ability to work on AI

To apply for this role, please forward a detailed copy of your CV to Nicole Spamers: nspamers@elev8recruitment.co.za AND Andrea Jones: ajones@elev8recruitment.co.za

Contact information

Nicole Spamers