Group Head, IT Risk

Responsibilities:

• Managing all applicable risk factors such as the possibility of system failure, data breach, data loss etc
• Oversee Change Management
• Manage all IT related audits, licensees and certifications (Novel and renewals)
• Prepare risk management plans to develop a business continuity plan that will help to decrease risk factors
• Prepare and balance the risk-management budget
• To raise risk awareness, provide education and training to employees within the organization
• Assisting in finding practical and cost-effective solutions to identified or revealed security and risk issues
• Building and maintaining strong and positive working relationships and effective means of communication with other risk associates, including the IT/Operations, Operational, Risk Management e.t.c
• Providing direction and guidance in the development, implementation, and communication of risk-related policies and standards
• Undertaking risk reviews of the IT control framework/strategy
• Completing implementation activities ranging from various technical programs
• Build and maintain an external network with other senior IT risk professionals, as well as applicable risk forums/bodies
• Working in relation and conformity with internal and external auditors
• Evaluating alternative means of reducing the company’s exposure to catastrophic loss
• Providing technical guidance to employees, colleagues, and/or customers
• Providing aggregated risk supervision for various high impact areas of IT services for core components of IT risk measurement and reporting activities
• Actively engaging in end-to-end risk remediation planning, resolution, and monitoring activities.  

 
Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science, or in any related field as mentioned above.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to develop effective trustworthy relationships with the IT Directorate and business stakeholders
• Staying aware of Information Security current affairs, business continuity, data management, security and encryption, and vulnerability analysis and audit
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal to be able to articulate complex IT risks in simple business terms
• Excellent problem solving and self-management skills in order to tactically and analytically solve technical problems and successfully handling management information and metrics design, collection, analysis, reports, etc.
• Experience: 15 years, experience in IT Risk, Business and Financial operations, IT project operations and management
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Integrity & Team spirit
• Leadership

Key Competencies:

• Analytical
• Business Knowledge
• Analytical
• Business Knowledge
• Analytical
• Business Knowledge
• Flair for details