Manager: Risk and Compliance

Position:

Manager: Risk and Compliance

Job Description:

The Manager: Risk and Compliance is responsible for providing immediate, senior level operational coverage to the risk and compliance function in South Africa during a transition period, ensuring continuity of ethics, risk, compliance and assurance activities while a permanent appointment is recruited.

This is an embedded, execution focused role requiring the ability to step in at short notice and operate with sound judgement in a sensitive governance environment.

Location:

Johannesburg - Adcorp Place

Contract Type:

Permanent

Minimum Requirements:

Experience:

• 8–15 years practical experience in risk, compliance, ethics or governance roles
• Demonstrated experience managing whistleblowing processes and investigations
• Exposure to ARC or audit committee reporting
• Strong understanding of risk registers, governance reporting and assurance processes
• Ability to operate independently with maturity, discretion and sound judgement.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Risk Management, Internal Audit, Law, Governance, Compliance, Finance, Business Management or related field.
• Professional certification advantageous:
  • Certified Risk Management Practitioner (CRM)
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
  • Compliance Practitioner designation
  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
  • Chartered Governance Professional / CGISA
• Information Officer or POPIA-related certification advantageous
• Training in ethics investigations, governance or forensic investigations advantageous

Additional Requirements:

NA

Roles and Responsibilities:

Ethics and whistleblowing

• Accountable for the whistleblowing programme; independent management of ethics calls.
• Oversee investigations, maintaining independence from line management and business.
• Ensure defensible documentation, case records, metrics and reporting.
• Prepare ethics inputs for committee and board structures.

Risk Management

• Maintain and consolidate the enterprise risk register. Engage with business risk owners and follow up on mitigating actions.
• Prepare risk reporting for ExCo and ARC.
• Support risk workshops if required during the interim period.

Internal Audit and Assurance

• Liaise with internal audit; track and follow up on audit management action plans
• Coordinate audit information requests with the business and review audit reports prior to ARC submission.

Compliance and Governance Support

• Maintain compliance evidence and document control.
• Support regulatory and statutory obligations, including POPIA and Information Officer responsibilities.
• Respond to compliance requirements linked to tenders, suppliers and clients