Risk, Compliance & Governance Officer

A leading services organisation is seeking a Risk, Compliance & Governance Officer to serve as the central oversight and accountability point across the business.

This is a newly created role with broad cross-functional exposure and direct interaction with executive leadership — reporting into the CFO and CEO, supporting Audit & Risk Committee requirements and ensuring risk and compliance initiatives are properly implemented, tracked and embedded.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the enterprise risk management framework, risk register and mitigation tracking


• Coordinate compliance activities across applicable legislation and regulatory requirements, including FICA, POPIA, Employment Equity, OHSA etc


• Identify control gaps and process weaknesses across business units


• Prepare reports, dashboards and key risk indicators for executive and committee use


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