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South Africa

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

o SENIOR RISK OFFICER (GROUP FINANCIAL REPORTING AND GROUP TAX) – Vice President (VP role)• Responsibility for the governance of 8 African countries: Mauritius, Tanzania (NBC & BBT), Ghana, Mozambique, Uganda, Seychelles and Egypt for Financial Reporting and Group Tax.• Ensuring proper adherence and implementation to all Tax and Finance policies/standards and frameworks• Attendance of all monthly Balance Sheet review committees (BSRC) for all 8 African countries • Annual refresh and agreement of the TOR of BSRC’s • Ensuring adherence to the AO&R process through the liaison with all areas of responsibility with regards to quarterly FD attestations and attending check and challenge substantiation meetings on group level before submission to Barclays• Review function of all audit closures before submitted to Group Internal audit• Involvement in each Internal audit that is performed on the Financial reporting and Group tax key risk for all countries. (Liaison with BIA, challenging findings raised and assisting management to provide suitable management comments).• Review and approval of all changes to business processes within areas of responsibility• • Training, awareness and assistance of all FRKR policies and Tax policies where there are gaps identified.• Using Open pages as a risk management tool• • Responsible for the input and reporting to the GACC with regards to Combined assurance for Group FC • Project managed current CIELS (Control Issue of Entity Level Significance) in two of the African countries – ensure review, embedment of the processes as well as the preparation of quality documentation in the form of a closure pack for BIA to audit• Input in the monthly Key Control Assessments for each country, requesting their feedback and challenging them on the feedback received.• Monthly reporting to the AFRGCC (Africa Financial Reporting Governance and Control Committee) on CIEL, KCA and any high risk areas regarding Financial Reporting

Parktown

o Responsible for the Operational Risk management function within the Investment cluster which includes: ABSA Asset Management, Absa Portfolio Managers, Absa Fund Management, Absa Mortgage Fund Managers, Absa Multi-Management, Absa Stockbrokers and Absa Investment Management Serviceso Implementation and review of the Bank’s ERM Framework, Operational Risk Management Framework, and other Policies and Procedureso Set-up and management of a loss database, event and effect models, RSCA methodology, and enhancing the ORM strategy, framework and policy. System used – Open Pages.o Reporting to the Head of Risk Management for Absa Financial Serviceso Periodic preparation, review and reporting to the various Operational/MANCO/EXCO meetings of each business unit o Facilitating risk workshops within each business unit and business areao Collect and analyse all operational losses, perform trend and root cause analysiso Identify instances where the risk profile of the business areas has deteriorated/improved through management information analysiso Maintain operational loss database and ensure completeness and adequacyo Set-up and maintain monthly key risk indicator information for the various business units within Absa Investments and identify trendso Ensure specific mitigating actions and due dates are agreed to in response to actual events or circumstances and ensure deliverables are progressed to a satisfactory conclusiono Application of Basel risk management requirements as per Group standardso Knowledge and understanding of principal risk frameworks.o Performing risk analysis on various key risks within the business on a monthly basis and report back to Management on the risk and control ratings tested.o Assisting business with the bi-annual risk self assessment in all business areaso o Use Open Pages as risk management tool.o Monthly reporting to each Business unit on Operational risk

Respond for the compliance function in the investment cluster. Following a theme based approach regarding the monitoring of compliance on a quarterly basis, focusing on core legislation such as Fais, Fica, Cisca, Pension funds act, etc.)Reporting of management findings and obtaining managent comments Assisting business in the implementation if new regulatory requirements Attending and reporting to various compliance and risk committees as well as management committeesCompiling and submission of regulatory reports to the Regulator

Higher Diploma In Tax Law, Tax, Higher Diploma

Certificate In The Theory Of Accounting (Cta), Accounting And Finance

Honours B Compt, Finance, Honours Degree

B Com Accounting Science, Financial Accounting, B Degree