IT Governance & Risk Coordinator: SLS: RA: Sanlam Risk & Savings: Bellville

What will you do?

IT Governance Standards and Policy Adoption

• Ensure cluster adherence to Group IT Governance standards and drive adoption of Group governance policies.
• Facilitate governance self-assessments, gap analysis and implementation plans.
• Assist with developing, reviewing, communicating, rolling out and maintaining supplementary IT policies, standards, procedures and governance artefacts aligned with Group requirements and applicable regulatory expectations.

Governance Reporting and Leadership Support

• Keep the CIO, IT Senior Managers and IT Leadership informed of governance activities, policies, risks and decisions.
• Assist with reporting to Group Governance Forums and relevant IT leadership structures.
• Support governance reporting on information security, operational resilience, technology risk, policy compliance and control effectiveness.

IT Risk Management and Escalation

• Support maintenance and reporting of the IT Risk Register, including risk identification, assessment, escalation, treatment tracking and management review.
• Assist with implementing and monitoring IT risk management practices aligned with Sanlam Group governance requirements and operational risk frameworks.
• Monitor adherence to governance standards and escalate significant non-compliance, control weaknesses, overdue actions and emerging risks to the Internal Governance Officer and relevant leadership structures.

Audit, Remediation and Control Monitoring

• Work with the CIO, IT Senior Managers and key stakeholders to facilitate internal and external IT audit execution.
• Monitor and track remediation actions arising from audits, risk assessments, governance reviews, compliance assessments and management reviews to support timely closure.
• Assist with oversight of key IT controls and control-effectiveness assessments to strengthen risk mitigation and audit readiness.

Stakeholder and Regulatory Coordination

• Collaborate with Internal Governance, Information Security, Risk Management, Compliance, Internal Audit, Operations and IT delivery teams to strengthen governance outcomes.
• Assist clusters with IT service management activities.
• Assist with regulatory and risk assessments relating to technology governance requirements applicable to South African financial services organisations.

What will make you successful in this role?

Qualifications:

• Relevant qualification in either Information Systems, IT Governance, Risk management, Internal Audit or Compliance.

Experience:

• 3 to 5 years relevant experience within a technology control environment with the focus on either Information Technology, IT Governance, IT Risk Management, Internal Audit, External IT Audit, Compliance or Information Security Governance.
• Exposure to operational risk management practices within the financial services industry will be an advantage.

Knowledge:

• IT risk management principles, methodologies and risk-reporting practices.
• Internal control frameworks, governance processes and control-monitoring practices.
• Interpret governance, risk, compliance and control requirements; and translating this into practical tracking and reporting activities.
• Audit processes and issue-remediation tracking.
• Information security governance principles and technology control environments.
• South African financial-sector governance and regulatory expectations affecting technology environments.

Competencies:

• Communicates effectively
• Decision quality
• Analytical thinking
• Cultivates innovation
• Plans and aligns
• Concern for accuracy
• Customer focus
• Collaborates
• Drives results
• Influencing and gaining commitment
• Team success
• Being resilient
• Computer skills (MS Office)

Build a successful career with us

We’re all about building strong, lasting relationships with our employees. We know that you have hopes for your future – your career, your personal development and of achieving great things. We pride ourselves in helping  our employees to realise their worth. Through its five business clusters – Sanlam Fintech, Sanlam Life and Savings, Sanlam Investment Group, Sanlam Allianz, Santam, as well as MiWay and the Group Office – the group provides many opportunities for growth and development.

Core Competencies

Turnaround time

The shortlisting process will only start once the application due date has been reached. The time taken to complete this process will depend on how far you progress and the availability of managers. 

Closing Date: 1 October 2026.

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