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Standard Bank Group

Runs banking and financial services across Africa

Non-Financial Risk Manager

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/15/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Bachelor's
Luanda, Angola
In Person
Finance & BankingRisk Management

About the job

Requirements
  • A bachelor's degree (Licenciatura) in Business Management and Commerce or Risk Management.
  • Three to four years of experience in operational risk management and corporate risk affairs.
  • Practical experience applying risk and control models in the financial services sector.
  • In-depth knowledge of risk appetite, risk response, and continuous process improvement.
  • Understanding of non-financial risk characteristics and risks associated with financial reporting.
  • Practical knowledge of risk and control models and their application in the financial services sector.
  • Knowledge of risk appetite, risk response strategies, process improvement, non-financial risk characteristics, and risks associated with financial reporting.
  • Ability to communicate and present information clearly.
  • Ability to constructively question and challenge ideas.
  • Ability to persuade and influence.
  • Ability to adapt to change.
  • Ability to analyze and critically evaluate information.
  • Ability to interpret data, make decisions, and provide analysis and recommendations.
  • Ability to manage and resolve conflicts.
  • Ability to comply with and promote established standards.
  • Technical skills in insurable risk analysis, economic capital management, risk management effectiveness assessment, risk identification, risk measurement and assessment, risk reporting, risk response strategy development, and risk-benefit assessment.
Responsibilities
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for non-financial risk with stakeholders, advising on fraud, information risk, and other operational risks and threats, and supporting the integration of controls into business strategy.
  • Build trusted relationships with internal and external audit teams, regulators, and peer institutions to support collaborative risk supervision and management.
  • Conduct Risk and Control Self-Assessments across applicable business areas, assessing relevant risks and recording control weaknesses.
  • Analyze business impacts and facilitate formal risk acceptance when residual risk exceeds the defined risk appetite, enabling informed management decisions.
  • Promote a strong risk and control culture across functions and participate in knowledge-sharing initiatives for employees.
  • Analyze risk scenarios by gathering and interpreting data to prepare business units for potential systemic or operational failures.
  • Identify weaknesses or failures in internal processes, people, or systems, and risks from external events across complex operational structures, considering interdependencies among the 17 operational risk types.
  • Monitor actual losses against established risk appetite by analyzing financial data and reporting trends to trigger management interventions.
  • Facilitate root-cause analyses of significant operational and information-risk incidents to prevent recurrence and strengthen controls.
  • Identify high-risk initiatives and cloud solution implementations using risk assessment tools to protect against emerging technology and operational threats.
  • Conduct risk assessments for strategic transformation projects and new product launches, quantifying and mitigating changes to the business risk profile.
  • Work with the Third-Party Risk Management team to oversee supplier lifecycles and assess external entities' controls to mitigate supply-chain risks.
  • Advise on information-risk policies, key information assets, and control weaknesses to protect bank data confidentiality and integrity.
  • Participate in Business Risk Control Committees, providing factual information and escalating relevant issues to support accountability and clear risk ownership.
  • Use the Risk Market Place platform to improve risk service capabilities and the efficiency of risk reporting and monitoring.
  • Execute non-financial risk management decisions and interventions across business lines based on data analysis.
  • Implement proactive measures to manage key existing and emerging non-financial risk exposures.
  • Support adoption of capital modeling principles through training that helps business partners understand the impact of operational risk exposures on capital requirements.
  • Coordinate with Group Financial Crime Control and Group Information Risk Management teams, using their expertise before implementing complex controls.
  • Advise on PCI DSS standards and data privacy regulations to prevent data breaches and ensure regulatory compliance.
  • Maintain and evaluate the non-financial risk management model, recommending updates in response to emerging risks and threats.
  • Monitor and assess the desired non-financial risk culture across the three lines of defense using appropriate indicators and incentives.
  • Advise business areas on information risk, identifying key information assets, risk events, and causes, and supporting risk treatment measures and reporting of significant weaknesses and control deficiencies.
  • Stay current with regulatory changes and compliance requirements through ongoing engagement with Information Technology Security, Data Governance, Logical Access Management, PCI compliance, and Data Privacy stakeholders.
  • Support implementation and consolidation of the non-financial risk management model across business areas through regular engagement with leaders and managers, promoting an integrated approach covering the 17 risk types.

About the company

Standard Bank Group operates banking, insurance and investment businesses focused on Africa, serving individuals, families, businesses and institutional clients. Its services cover everyday accounts and payments, savings and lending, business finance, corporate transactions and investment banking. The group also manages insurance, asset management and wealth offerings that support clients through different financial needs and stages of life. Local banking operations connect with international centres and offshore hubs to support cross-border activity, trade and access to financial markets. Founded in 1862, the group is headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Johannesburg, South Africa

Founded

1862

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