Governance Manager-Treasury

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Job Summary

With the broadening and increasing mandate of ABSA Africa across the African continent, coupled with the ongoing changes in the regulatory landscape, a single minded approach to supervisory risk and controls is essential in ensuring that there is alignment within Country Treasury Function. Consequently, a Treasury front office risk and controls function has been established to support the Front office business on how the relevant supervisory risks and controls are managed.

To direct and manage the overall risk management process within the Treasury Business Unit, in a manner consistent with the ABSA Africa Risk and Group Risk Management Policies.

To Provide extensive support to Treasury thus requiring a total understanding of Treasury risk and a thorough knowledge of Group Structure, policies and activities. This involves keeping an eye on industry evolution, and the identification of risks in the market place.

To coordinate the delivery of all infrastructure issues, ensuring system and processes are working well and policy adherence.

Job Description

• The Front Office Risk and Control Officer will partner with the Front Office business and other key stakeholders across the three lines of defense to implement and maintain an efficient and effective control environment.
• Design and produce MIS reports to track and report various Control objectives and program.
• Ensure Internal Audit points, Operational Risk actions and Monitoring and Testing points are cleared within the time commitments provided by the respective teams.
• Ensure adherence to internal policies and coordinate closely with the Chief Risk Officer, Chief Operating Office, Technology groups and other operations groups to assist in meeting control objectives.
• Partner with business in completing the Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) in line with Enterprise Risk Management Framework (EMRF) and the Operational Risk Management Methodology.
• Maintain Risk and Control data bases and assessments as well as progress reports
• Ensure proactive risk-based advice is delivered through effective partnership with all relevant business units.
• Raise issues and actions and remediate control gaps and weaknesses.
• Challenge the key controls established by business in the mitigation of risks
• Assist Business in the development of Key Indicators for measuring the utilization of risk against appetite
• Accountability: Conduct and Reputational Risk
• Embedment and roll out of the Conduct Risk Framework across in Treasury.
• Continuous tracking of actions from the Conduct risk Reports if any
• Compilation of the Quarterly Conduct Risk Reporting in line with the Conduct and Reputational Risk Frameworks,

Education

Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)