Governance,Risk and Compliance Specialist

SUMMARY:
GRC Fides, part of our group, is seeking a GRC Specialist to support the Executive/Director of Governance, Risk, and Compliance. The role involves advising on legislation and risk frameworks, and developing the group’s Governance, Risk & Control framework across strategy, policy, procedures, and reporting.

POSITION INFO:

Key Tasks:

1. 1.                   Key Tasks (By KPA for clarity)

Compliance and Governance

• Establishing and maintaining a sound compliance and corporate governance framework and ensuring that all business practices, processes, and activities are consistent with appropriate regulations as well as internal procedures.
• Address all compliance related matters within the group of companies.
• Maintain elevated levels of knowledge on legislation applicable to the group and assist with the identification of new legislation for implementation or changes to existing legislation.
• Make recommendations for improvement.
• Reporting on control deficiencies to management and making recommendations to mitigate risk and add value through findings from compliance monitoring and internal audits.
• CIPC compliance - In conjunction with the Company''s appointed Company Secretary where required.
• Develop, maintain, and manage a Company policy library through the company intranet.
• Review, amend and develop new internal policies.
• Develop, maintain, and manage a manage a license library.
• Provide guidance and advice regarding information pertaining to and the administration of Corporate Governance documents.
• Apply a combined assurance model.
• Assisting with the monitoring of compliance of management with standing delegations from the Board and reporting any breaches.
• Stakeholder and committee engagement/ management.

Risk Management

• Ensure maintenance, monitoring, and updating of risk register for the group.
• Management of enterprise risk management through the creation, enhancement, implementation, and review of integrated frameworks for the identification, measurement, mitigation and monitoring of risks from all sources and across all business units within the group.
• Recommend ways to control, mitigate and reduce risk.
• Analyse new legislation to determine impact on risk exposure.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Ensure regular internal audits of the company procedures, practices, and documents to identify weaknesses or risk.
• Implement strategic risk and business contingency management processes.

 Company Secretarial

• Provision of support to the Chair/s and committee members in ensuring the effective functioning of the committee/s.
•  Comprehensive minute register of all relevant meetings and effective maintenance of the committee''s records and the retrieval thereof.
• Timeous circulation of meeting packs
• Ensuring venue for meeting is organized including access to all equipment required, i.e., projectors/teleconference call facilities, IT, refreshments.
• Ensuring that attendance register is signed.
• Ensuring that the required quorum is present.
• Recording meetings.
• Attending the meetings, providing minutes thereof and preparation of action lists/matters arising.
• Circulation of finalised minutes to all committee members.
• Management of resolutions and necessary decisions register.
• Ensuring minutes, once approved are signed by the Chair and that electronic versions thereof are kept.

Leadership

• Promotes and lives company values.
• Demonstrates leadership skills through mentorship, punctuality, attendance and supervisory skills.
• Exhibits thought leadership around new ideas, strategies, and opportunities.
• Team player attributes – always ready to assist, problem solver, enlists the participation of everyone and ensures that team members are treated fairly. 

Product Development and Management

• Research and development of new products.
• Product management of all existing products and companies throughout the lifespan of the products, this includes Year End Revision updates or ad-hoc enhancements.
• Be the subject matter expert by offering advanced technical knowledge for assigned product and companies.
• Implement all required/requested changes and communicate accordingly to the respective business units and stakeholders.

HSE and Forensics

• Ensure policies and procedures are in place.
• Keeping workplace protocols in alignment with relevant legislation.
• Report trends and provide analysis to respective management and executive teams.
• Assist GRC officers where required.

 Essential Qualifications:

• Matric.
• 3 - 5 Years experience Governance,Risk and Compliance.
• Advanced Diplomas/National 1st Degrees in Business Commerce/Legal/Risk Management or Governance.
• RE5 and RE1.

Essential Experience:

• Experience in the development of governance and strategic documentation.
• Expertise in the interpretation of legislation.  
• Experience in communicating complex or specialist information to a non-specialist audience.
• Registered Compliance Officer.            
  
  
  Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of relevant legislation, compliance, and governance requirements.
• High computer literacy, especially in Microsoft applications such as word, excel and power-point.
• Report writing and presentation skills.
• Excellent negotiation, problem solving and analytical skills
• Commercial awareness and the ability to understand broader business issues
• Strong research skills, exceptional investigative and probing skills.
• Excellent communication skills.

PLEASE NOTE: If you have not heard from us within two weeks of applying, please consider your application unsuccessful.