Job Description

To ensure the business risk management framework is effectively applied to technology and information systems and to oversee business continuity, security and quality by ensuring the effectiveness of solutions and providing security-focused consultative services to the businessCultivate a strong Risk Culture aligned to FSR Promises and manage objective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders, including peers, SME's, project managers and senior staff members by providing input to business requirements.This will include participation in Risk Hubs as part of RiskX.Provide advice and support on IT risk and compliance, contribute to IT risk reports, and review and assess quality and accuracy of IT reports.Manage team performance in achievement of business objectives.Build working relationships across teams and functional lines to enhance work delivery, collaboration and innovation.Deliver customer experience excellence in own service delivery aligned to Organizational values and service standards.Control expenditure and identify process improvements to contain and reduce costs.Participate in planned activities that are, appropriate for own and employee development.Monitor IT Risk performance.Manage risk including identification, analysis and evaluation of risks across the business and oversee implementation of appropriate control measures to modify the risk.Ensure development and continuous value add improvement to operational processes.Identify sources of the risk, areas of impact, events and their causes and potential consequences that might create, enhance, prevent, degrade, accelerate, or delay the achievement of IT objectivesDetermine the level of risk, which is defined as the combination of the consequences and likelihood of the inherent riskConduct impact analysis to ensure resources are adequately protected with proper control measures within acceptable levels of residual riskAssist IT with creating action plans to mitigate potential risks within the IT environment and comply with governance in terms of legislative, audit and business policy requirementsFollow up on deficiencies identified in monitoring reviews, self-assessments, automated assessments, and internal and external audits to ensure that appropriate remediation measures have been takenContribute to IT Risk reports, and review and assess quality and accuracy of IT reportsMonitor and analyse IT Risk performance and generate reportsIdentify areas needing improvement and develop recommendationsPartner with business and IT about monitoring and reviewing risk performanceMonitor and analyse IT Risk performance, and generate reports. Identify areas needing improvement and develop recommendations.Partner with business and IT with regard to monitoring and reviewing risk performanceProvide advice and support to business about tools and methodologies to mitigate IT risks and issues, and to improve identified control weaknessesConsult with business and technical staff on potential operational impacts of proposed changes to the IT environment.Inform stakeholders about IT risk issues and activities affecting the assigned area or projectReport to management concerning residual riskAttend relevant BU committees e.g., Monthly BU IT Risk Committee, BU IT Exco, Project Steering committees, New Product Approval, CAB etc.Recommend and ensure implementation of required changes to IT risk and security policies and procedures·Benchmark current IT practices against leading practices and existing frameworksAnnually review and report any gaps in IT policies, procedures, standards both current and newRecommend required changes to IT policies, procedures, standardsAssess, identify and mitigate potential risks within the BU BCP, Crisis Management Response and DR processes and plansJob Details

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04/04/25

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