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Risk and control – 60%

• Ensure that staff in Corporate Banking are conversant with Absa Policies and standards on governance e.g. Compliance Code of Conduct, Risk management framework, etc.

• Coordinate periodic quality assurance checks, pre-audit preparation, remediation and closure of post audit queries, review of monitoring and control reports.

• Participate in review and localization of country policies and standards to ensure that they address country specific needs and thresholds.

• Supervise activities of KYC, AML & Sanctions screening.

• Attend and participate in process mapping reviews and operational risk assessments.

• Prompt and facilitate the training and development programmes for Corporate Banking and enforce compliance to the HR policies e.g. leave and filling of critical vacancies.

• Design and produce MIS reports to track and report various Control objectives and programs

• 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 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) /Critical Process Assessments in line with Enterprise Risk Management Framework (EMRF) and the Operational Risk Management Methodology.

• Timely completion of Management Control Approach (MCA) and Control Environment (CE) assessments and remediation of any control lapse issues identified.

• Conduct independent periodic testing of the CIB CPAs, document any control lapses identified and follow up for timely closure.

• Maintain Risk and Control registers and assessments as well as progress reports

• Ensure proactive risk based advice is delivered through effective partnership with all relevant business units and Client Engagement.

• Raise issues and actions and remediate control gaps and weaknesses.

• Check and challenge the key controls established by business in the mitigation of risks

• Assist Business in the development of Key Indicators for measuring the utilisation of risk against appetite

• Alternate representative for Corporate Banking on Risk & Control Forum and Financial Crime committees.

• Responsible for providing oversight over Corporate Banking KYC and Customer Experience Support Units.

Staff Management – 30%

• Prepare and provide day-to-day risk and governance training to team members.

• Set up and manage leave plans to ensure no carried forward leave liability.

• Develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external business partners, including but not limited to all delivery channels used.

• Liaise with all business partners to ensure all management information they require is provided to them timeously

• Ensure that regular communication regarding risk management is disseminated to all relevant stakeholders.

Sales and Service – 10%

• Support team members on customer service issues and complaints handling.

• Support team members on sales campaigns and other business promotion events.

• Attend relevant forums where direction is taken in terms of the future development of risk management methodology.

• Consider engagement reports obtained from business and translate them into less complex executive summaries to be discussed at the Supervisory meetings

• Prepare, distribute and present business unit risk and control analysis to the relevant Management Committees.

• Provide reporting for the Monthly risk governance forums as well as address any ad hoc risk-related reporting to stakeholders

• Encourage frequent knowledge sharing between team members.

• Establish and maintain a succession plan for the team.

• Create effective workforce and recruitment demand plans to ensure that current and future business requirements can be met. Plans should be revised at least twice a year.

• Track the delivery of the team and achievements against the team’s annual goals.