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Job Description

The ERM Professional is responsible for managing the Bank's risk levels, ensuring that risk profiles align with the Bank's risk tolerance. Working closely with the principal, this role involves strategising, developing and implementing processes to identify, assess, manage, and report on risks across the organisation, while ensuring effective coordination between risk management structures.

Key Responsibilities

Key Performance Areas:
1. ERM Operational Functions

• Support the Principal ERM in developing and implementing the strategic direction for the ERM function.
• Establish the ERM risk universe and ensure there are no gaps in the management of specific risks and risk categories.
  Establish functional methods and processes to implement the ERM strategy.
• Prepare and submit the Annual ERM Risk Plan and all other reports as per the requirements.
• Develop, implement and oversee the Risk Appetite Framework and Risk Tolerance levels for the group and per division.
• Facilitate the drafting and maintaining of divisional risk registers for divisions as requested by the Principal ERM.
• Provide support to Management in integrating risk management with the strategy development processes.
• Develop, implement and communicate ERM policies and procedures to business.
• Facilitate the development of risk management strategies for the organisation’s critical operational risks and find appropriate solutions to mitigate and manage identified risks (inclusive of Basel requirements).
• Facilitate ERM assessments and monitor priority operational risks across the organisation.
• Align the ERM process with Internal Audit, Credit and Investment risk processes and all other Risk and Control Functions across the Group.
• Build project risk management capabilities across various project types.
• Work closely with the risk team and other monitoring functions in ensuring effective combined effort and assurance of risk management.
• Assist in developing the ERM Cluster’s strategy and execution plan in line with the divisions and organisational vision, strategy, and goals.
• Determine cluster objectives and targets for inclusion in the division’s balanced scorecard.
• Monitor, evaluate and integrate risk activities across the Bank.
• Facilitate the strategic risk process and related reporting.

2. ERM Best Practice

• Elevate and evolve the status of ERM within the Group to at least best practice.
• Play a trusted advisor role to Management and the Executives concerning leading risk practices and consulting activities.
• Determine emerging risks on a timely basis.

3. Divisional ERM Advisory Services, Monitoring & Reporting

• Provide a professional ERM advisory service to Business.
• Ensure that group-wide risk projects are managed and implemented in the Business (excludes credit and investment risk).
• Communicate and facilitate the use of appropriate ERM methodologies, tools and techniques.
• Work with divisions to establish, maintain and continuously improve risk management capabilities and implement appropriate risk reporting standards.
• Provide an independent view regarding proposed business plans and transactions.
• Develop, monitor and report on corporate key indications.
• Conduct risk investigations as required.
• Assess the status of corporate mitigation actions.
• Participate in special project risk reviews as required.

Key Measurements of Outputs:

1. Established ERM plans and frameworks.
2. Accurate reporting and monitoring of enterprise risk.
3. Quality and accuracy of reports and risk mitigation plans.
4. Clean audit.

Key Internal Liason Relationships:
1. Risk Division
2. All Divisions
3. Group and Divisional Risk Committees
4. Corporate Committees
Key External Liason Relationships:
5. Service Providers
6. DBSA stakeholders (as required)
7. External benchmarking sources.

Expertise & Technical Competencies

Qualifications and Experience:
Minimum Requirements:

1. A postgraduate qualification in Risk Management or equivalent.
2. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Enterprise Risk Management.
3. In-depth knowledge of development finance, risk management philosophies, practices, etc.
4. Knowledge of the relevant legislative framework, i.e., Basel II, GAMAP, GAAP, IFRIS, etc.
5. Experience in Project/Programme Management.
6. Expert knowledge of risk and financial management principals, philosophy and methodologies to participate in
the most complex risk assignments undertaken in the DBSA.
7. Good understanding of Finance, Treasury, Credit and other risk-related matters affecting the Bank and the
Divisions.
8. Ability to quantify and aggregate risk for management and reporting purposes.
Desirable Requirements:
1. A postgraduate qualification specialising in Risk Management.
Technical Competencies:

• Prepares complex or tailored reports, gathers information from a variety of sources, analyses and includes in a report.
• Keeps standard reports under review and proposes improvements to meet user needs.

Required Personal Attributes

Behavioural Competencies:

• Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.