Lead the development and oversight of Absa Bank's Control environment with strategic leadership and team management. Ensure risk mitigation and operational integrity in a governance role.
Responsibilities
Lead the development, implementation, and oversight of the bank’s Control environment
Define and communicate the bank’s control strategy aligned with enterprise risk and governance frameworks
Influence senior leadership on control priorities, risk appetite, and compliance culture
Lead transformation initiatives to enhance control maturity across business units
Represent the control function in executive committees and board-level forums
Benchmark control practices against industry standards and regulatory expectations
Design and maintain a comprehensive control framework
Conduct periodic control reviews and challenge business units on control adequacy
Drive standardization and automation of control processes across the bank
Drive the implementation and management of the control framework promoting strong self-assessment culture and ownership across the operations
Drive accountability and timely resolution of all risk and control-related actions, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and internal governance standards
Directly manage and develop a high performing team of Control partners, providing direction, support and coaching as required
Build and develop a high performing team through embedding performance management
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in a Business-related field
Master’s Degree
Full qualification from a professional body (e.g. CPA, ACCA, CISA, CRISC, FRM or similar)
Minimum 10 years’ experience in governance, controls, risk, audit or assurance roles within banking or complex financial services environments
Proven senior leadership experience within a risk‑intensive operating environment
Experience engaging effectively with executive leadership, boards, regulators and auditors
Exposure to technology‑enabled banking operations, digital transformation and change governance
Experience in matrix and multi‑stakeholder environments, ideally within regional or multinational organisations
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