Job Title:  Governance & Control Consultant

Organisation: ABSA Bank

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About the Company:

Absa Group Limited (formerly Barclays Bank UK) is a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance. Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.

Job Summary:   The role holder has responsibility for various activities across the Business including:

• • To execute assurance reviews through evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, compliance with policies and adherence to procedures thereby contributing towards management efforts to achieve an improved and sustainable control environment. Independently carry out standard and any Adhoc reviews on the control activities and the risk assessments.
  • Engaging the key Business stakeholders, enhance/improve the risk and control culture across the Business/Country through effective engagement and support to Business teams.
  • Support the business, as the focal point of contact, through response of queries from country and ABSA Africa stakeholders.
  • To lead and manage the service offerings to Executive and Senior Management within designated Governance and Control portfolios through independent risk management and assurance reviews thereby contributing towards management efforts to achieve an improved and sustainable control environment.
  • Overall, the Governance and Control Consultant works to ensure the achievement of business performance objectives in a rationalised and optimum way.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

The role holder has responsibility for various activities across the Business including:

• To execute assurance reviews through evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls, compliance with policies and adherence to procedures thereby contributing towards management efforts to achieve an improved and sustainable control environment. Independently carry out standard and any Adhoc reviews on the control activities and the risk assessments.
• Engaging the key Business stakeholders, enhance/improve the risk and control culture across the Business/Country through effective engagement and support to Business teams.
• Support the business, as the focal point of contact, through response of queries from country and ABSA Africa stakeholders.
• To lead and manage the service offerings to Executive and Senior Management within designated Governance and Control portfolios through independent risk management and assurance reviews thereby contributing towards management efforts to achieve an improved and sustainable control environment.
• Overall, the Governance and Control Consultant works to ensure the achievement of business performance objectives in a rationalized and optimum way.

Education: Higher Diplomas: Business, Commerce and Management Studies (Required)