Senior Manager: Tech and Cyber Risk

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

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

To develop tactical strategy and delivery plans, practice formulation and associated best practice improvement tactics and to ensure operational implementation and adoption across a single practice i.t.o. Technology and Cyber security risk methodology, enabling the provision of specialist information technology security expertise and delivery objectives for the Function.

Job Description

To further Lead risk management for Compliance Functions Technology and Cyber Risk. Act as a 1st line of defense, partnering with the CIO and technology teams to support, advise, and provide tools for effective risk management.

Outcome Area: Risk Conscious Strategy Choices

• Actively challenge and contribute to proactive risk management and service improvement.

• Working with function Business Unit leadership identify risks and opportunities in pursuit of strategic objectives.

• Facilitate the risk appetite and pain tolerance threshold discussions and decisions by business leadership.

Accountability: Appropriate Risk Culture and Matured Risk Management Practices

• Establish Clear Risk Governance: Design structures and processes that promote accountability and ownership in managing risks.

• Develop Practical Risk Processes: Implement straightforward risk practices that meet regulatory requirements and align with business objectives.

• Enhance the Risk Framework: Continuously update and improve the company’s risk management framework, including policies, processes, and standards.

• Embed Risk Awareness: Foster a mindset where leaders and teams naturally consider risks in decisions and operations.

• Provide Training and Tools: Deliver targeted training and tools to build skills and understanding in managing risks.

• Keep up with industry and risk management profession latest research, best practice, technology solutions to improve the risk function service.

• Risk Identification, monitoring and reporting

• Risk and Control Assessment

• Risk Measurement and Management

• Compliance & Audits: Ensure adherence to organisational and regulatory standards and support internal/external audits.

• Incident Response: Assist in managing and investigating security breaches or system failures.

• Advisory & Reporting: Provide insights to leadership on risk posture and recommend improvements.

Client/Customer

• Build and maintain stakeholder relationships for the purposes of expectation management, knowledge sharing and integration.

• Develop tactical strategies for the integration of service excellence culture, which enables exceptional service to customers that meets and exceeds exceptional service across a single practice.

Qualifications and experience:

• B-degree in Risk / Commerce / Finance

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience in risk within banking/financial services

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in Operational Risk (Tech and Cyber)

• CISA/CISSP/CISM/CGERT/PMP and other IT Governance qualifications

• Knowledge of Operational Risk and Resilience Risk management and associated frameworks, policies and standards

• Excellent report writing skills and MS office skills across Excel, PowerPoint and Word.

Education

Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised