Job Overview Business Segment: Group Functions Company: Standard Bank of South Africa Location: ZA, GP, Johannesburg, 30 Baker Street To provide independent second-line Non-Financial Risk (NFR) oversight for the Group COO functional portfolio and lead the Enterprise Execution Risk Cluster. This ensures a reliable, controlled, and fraud-resilient operational execution architecture. The role integrates critical execution risk types, simplifies frameworks, and fosters systemic insight to strengthen Group platforms and processes, aligning with strategic objectives and efficient NFR management. Serve as a trusted risk advisor to the Group COO, providing independent second-line risk oversight and challenging the adequacy of operational control environments across core COO domains (e.g., Group Technology Shared Infrastructure & Employee Services; Group Platforms and Payments Infrastructure and Strategy; Group Strategic Partnerships and Investments; Group RES and Security Services; Brand and Marketing, Reputation and Communications; Geopolitical, Corporate and Social Responsibility). Assess and identify cumulative execution risk exposures arising from platform infrastructure, payment ecosystems, operational services, and strategic initiatives (e.g., platform modernisation, fintech partnerships, infrastructure transformation). Provide consolidated, independent risk insights on COO execution exposures to Executive Management and Board Risk Committees. Lead the Enterprise Execution Risk Cluster, encompassing execution-critical risk types: Transaction Processing Risk, Fraud Risk (Internal and External), Change and Transformation Risk, and Physical Security / Safety Risk. Qualifications Post Graduate Degree in Business Commerce, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management Preferred: Masters Degree in Business Commerce, Finance and Accounting, Risk Management Experience Required 10+ years of experience in financial services industry, with an extensive understanding of Financial Services products and services, underlying system operations, and practices. Demonstrated executive presence, with the ability to engage and communicate at the executive level, establish, and maintain collaborative partnerships and provide thought leadership to strategic decisions. Regulatory environment savvy, a proven track record in large scale and high-level leadership. #J-18808-Ljbffr