Head of ALM Risk Operations needed at FirstRand Corporate Centre

Job Description
 Are you someone who can:

• Provide leadership for the Group Treasury Risk reporting team which is accountable for accurate and timeous regulatory, statutory, and internal reporting.
• Provide thought leadership and expertise, maintain expert knowledge on relevant regulatory amendments, industry best practices, and local and global trends, and provide advice to relevant stakeholders on these matters.
• Ensure that an appropriate control environment is maintained across the entire reporting process and that all regulatory requirements are complied with.
• Own and manage the regulatory audit process.
• Build relationships with external stakeholders (regulators and auditors) and internal stakeholders to allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in.
• Engage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support, and leverage Group and Treasury capabilities to deliver reporting requirements.
• Contribute to sustaining a competitive edge through external networking, benchmarking, and representation on related forums.
• Brainstorm, identify, implement, and drive innovative best practice ideas within the organisation to ensure increased efficiencies.
• Create and participate in specialist communities of practice and represent the organisation at Group and industry level to share best practice insights and solutions.
• Drive projects and facilitate change management to ensure the implementation of new reporting requirements as they arise.
• Ensure and encourage adherence to operational frameworks, policies, and procedures.
• Establish an enabling climate and culture to energise employees, give meaning to work, minimise work disruption and maximise employee productivity.
• Influence the development and enablement of a culture and climate where the organisational values are demonstrated and lived.
• Influence the understanding and adoption of the organisational strategic direction.
• Contribute to the development of the overall budget.
• Research and design a longer-term human and financial resource requirement plan for the area of responsibility.

You will have access to:

• Challenging work in a complex and exciting environment
• Opportunities to innovate and create efficiencies.
• Opportunity to engage with Treasury functions and depending on your career ambitions, craft yourself a niche career path in a specialized area of finance.

We can be a match if you are:

• Curious & courageous – you’re driven by always wanting to know more and learn more and you’re brave enough to
• Obsessed with mastery – you know what it takes to become good at what you do and are constantly pushing yourself to do it.