(1712) Senior I&T Risk Analyst – Business Resilience - BSTD at South African Reserve Bank

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

01 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Jul, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Business Continuity Management, IT Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Risk Assessment, Project Management, Cyber Security, ITIL, BCI Certification, Stakeholder Management, Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement, Fintech, Audit, Conceptual Thinking, Presentation Skills, Facilitation Skills

Industry

Banking

Description

The main purpose of this position is to facilitate and advance business resilience discipline within Business Solutions and Technology Department (BSTD) and Information and Technology (I&T) ecosystem throughout the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Group by building appropriate resilience capability. Detailed description The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas: * Develop, influence and maintain I&T operational resilience procedures, checklists, models, frameworks and templates that address third- and n-th party dependencies, concentration risks and geopolitical exposures in line with the SARB’s resilient policies, frameworks and relevant legislation. * Facilitate and drive the implementation of the SARB’s I&T operational resilience framework. * Provide subject-matter expertise to relevant entities and stakeholders to embed a business resilience culture and create adequate awareness. * Analyse and understand the BSTD business environment and I&T ecosystem to guide the identification of resilience requirements, including risks related to supplier concentration, geopolitical instability and emerging technologies. * Prepare and run strategic and operational resilience assessment workshops and compile workshop outcomes, including risk and opportunity treatment plans and strategies. * Manage the implementation of I&T strategic and operational resilience treatment action plans and report on their progress and impact on risks to the Strategic and Operational Resilience Division (SORD) within the Risk Management and Compliance Department (RMCD) and relevant stakeholders. * Coordinate and facilitate the process of validating, maintaining and reviewing business resilience capabilities across BSTD and I&T ecosystem throughout the SARB Group. * Coordinate and facilitate the process of developing and implementing business resilience response strategies across BSTD, I&T operations and services or third- and n-th parties. * Develop new I&T approaches, methods, analytical techniques, models and procedures to manage risk across BSTD and I&T ecosystem, in collaboration RMCD. * Oversee coordination between business resilience and related integrated risk management, cyber and information technology resilience, crisis management and response activities while promoting an adaptive governance culture across BSTD and I&T ecosystem. * Identify training needs, conduct and coordinate operational resilience training to develop skills and capabilities across BSTD. * Research and benchmark against I&T resilience and risk management best practices and participate in related working groups to support SARB Group initiatives. * Act as a business continuity management (BCM) coordinator for BSTD, participating in disaster recovery tests to ensure resilience of I&T operations.

Responsibilities

The role focuses on developing and implementing I&T operational resilience frameworks and procedures to manage third-party dependencies and geopolitical risks. It involves conducting resilience assessment workshops and coordinating business continuity management across the SARB Group.