Non-Financial Risk Manager, Business & Commercial Banking

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

Implementation, validation and monitoring of non-financial risk management processes within the Business and Commercial Banking (BCB) business.

• Continuously improving the operational risk processes with the intention of adding value to the BCB business whilst introducing practices that are fit for purposes in line with leading global practices
• Provide oversight on key functional areas within the business to proactively manage the risk, protect the business and enable robust business performance
• Ensure that the business management is fully appraised of the operational risk status
• Provide operational risk tools training support to the business
• Validate reported operational incidents and exceptions, perform root-cause analyses, and identify potential opportunities for improvements to upstream processes/systems.
• Provide adequate operational risk review and evaluation of new product releases, and emerging risks due changes to products and service offerings within the business.
• Ensure that Business and Commercial Banking operational risk deliverables and strategies are met
• Perform sample-based back-testing analysis on specific operationally vulnerable areas to pre-empt the development of standards, procedures and process maps where operational gaps exist across businesses

• BSc in Business Commerce,  Risk Management or related field.

Experience

• 2-4years basic understanding of BCB business, risk analysis & reporting, good understanding of banking operations and the ability to identify risks, partner with business to act as a trusted adviser

Behavioural Competencies:

• Adopting Practical Approaches
• Articulating Information
• Checking Things
• Convincing People
• Developing Expertise
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information

Technical Competencies:

• Analysing Insurable Risk
• Evaluating Risk Management Effectiveness
• Risk Awareness
• Risk Identification
• Risk Management
• Risk Measurement
• Risk Reporting
• Risk/ Reward Thinking