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• Provide strategic and holistic thinking and contributions to Group strategy, and in particular to the specific ERM strategy, risk frameworks and methodologies over a three to five year horizon, that underpin the divisional budget of ERM
• Provide input into divisional budget and allocated departmental budgets to meet cost targets
• Monitor allocated budgets through monitoring and seeking cost-effective ways of achieving departmental goals
• Interpret JSE group strategy and budget to assess risks that would prevent achievement of strategy and propose mitigating actions and expert advice.

• Interact with Exco (and where required, the JSE Board Risk Committee), Risk and Business Continuity Champions, indirect reports, and other Divisional manager/s in a way that promotes openness and trust and gives them confidence in one’s intentions
• Build strategic relationships with large clients (where required) by interacting and meeting regularly to leverage achieving the JSE strategic objectives
• Play a leading role along with the CRO when interacting with regulators on risk policy related matters that influence the JSE’s business and lisencing requirements
• Engage stakeholders and network actively to build relationships and professional networks utilising social media, attending and presenting at conferences and training interventions

• Provide thought leadership and input into the development of divisional strategy and structure designed to deliver on JSE vision and strategy
• Translate functional strategy into department delivery strategy and project plans
• Assign budgets to initiatives for delivery against plans
• Play a leading role in ensuring that the JSE has correct and comprehensive risk management policies and frameworks by identifying the risks the JSE faces, monitoring performance against the enterprise-wide risks, and applying international best practice and applicable regulations in order to ensure that the JSE takes appropriate risk and stays within the risk profile set by the board, informed by input from Exco and direction from CRO
• Play a leading role in ensuring that the JSE has sufficient systems and processes to mitigate risk that it faces by assessing the systems and their capability to take corrective action in order to prevent potential losses from incorrect enterprise risk
• Support/assist the Capital Markets Team with new product development by considering the risks that proposed products present to the JSE and the market so that the JSE does not present new products that are out of line with its risk appetite
• Support/assist the IS Team with market risk matters by considering the risks that proposed market data initiatives present to the JSE so that the JSE does not venture out of line with its risk appetite
• Play a leading role along with the CRO to recommend to JSE and JSE Clear Boards and subcommittees thereof risk-related policies, risk tolerance levels and report performance of these enterprise risks
• Play a leading role along with the CRO to propose and articulate the board’s enterprise risk appetite by considering the risks that the JSE is exposed to and proposing an acceptable risk tolerance level and ensure that the JSE’s is not exposed to unacceptable risk
• Report risk exposure levels, providing insight and advice to senior structures such as senior management in order to ensure that the JSE operates within its risk appetite
• Manage own and team (indirect reports) delivery against delivery plan and set timelines, identify obstacles to delivery and take appropriate action where required
• Represent the JSE at external forums to communicate the JSE’s risk tolerance framework and policies in order to boost market confidence in the JSE’s preparedness to handle enterprise level risks
• Along with the CRO, develop and contribute to the continuous improvement in level of maturity of the risk environment of JSE and establish risk indicators to be refined over time
• Ensure self and team (indirect reports) apply risk indicators to business processes and results and understand implications to report accordingly to enable management to address variances
• Attend high level meetings of major projects to assess project health and risks that could impact delivery

• Together with the CRO, build a high performance culture of improvement to ensure optimisation of the function as business demands change by encouraging and recognising appropriate ideas etc.
• Optimize and improve systems and work processes to drive productivity and reduce cost for own and corporate initiatives
• Meet EE/BEE targets as related to departments through appropriate recruitment selection decisions
• Analyze, research, develop and implement improvement/innovative ideas and value adding solutions that are game changers in how/what the JSE delivers

• Matric (Essential Qualification)
• Degree in Business Sciences such as Business Management, Accounting Risk, Compliance & Economics (Essential Qualification)
• B. Com Hons (Business Management, Risk & Economics). CA (SA) or LLB (Preferred Qualification)
• Risk accreditation or certification would be an advantage

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