Gauteng: Chief Risk and Compliance Officer posted by Network Finance

What You’ll Lead & Build

As the CRCO, you will architect and execute a cutting-edge Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) strategy that empowers smarter decisions and strengthens resilience across the organisation.

• Drive enterprise-wide risk strategy, frameworks, and methodologies
• Lead a high-performing team of risk specialists
• Embed a culture of ownership, awareness, and predictive risk intelligence
• Partner with executives to ensure risk is part of every strategic conversation
• Present risk insights and reports at Board and Exco level
• Own the full risk cycle: identification, assessment, monitoring, mitigation, and reporting
• Build real-time dashboards, KRIs, predictive analytics, and horizon-scanning capabilities
• Oversee compliance, regulatory alignment, internal controls and audits
• Lead incident response, crisis management, and root-cause analysis initiatives

This isn’t just a leadership role — it’s an opportunity to redefine how an entire organisation thinks about risk.

Where You’ll Make the Biggest Impact

• Creating a proactive, data-driven risk universe
• Strengthening compliance and governance across all business units
• Ensuring the organisation maintains regulatory excellence
• Reducing materialised risk events and improving business continuity
• Empowering teams with training, communication, and risk champions
• Providing the Board with high-quality, strategic risk insights

What We’re Looking For

• 10–12 years in risk leadership, with at least 5 years at senior/executive level
• Strong mastery of ERM frameworks (ISO, COSO, etc.)
• Advanced analytics capability (SQL, Python, R, Power BI/Tableau, KRIs)
• Board reporting experience
• Strong crisis leadership and incident management capability
• Proven ability to build and uplift teams
• Strategic influence, exceptional communication, and executive presence
• Relevant degree required (Risk, Finance, Business, etc.)
• Professional certifications such as FRM, PRM, CRISC highly desirable
• Master’s degree beneficial

Key Competencies

• Strategic vision & commercial insight
• Data-driven leadership
• High-pressure problem solving
• Cultural change & stakeholder influence
• Integrity, resilience & ethical decision-making
• Collaborative leadership and cross-functional engagement

What Success Looks Like

• A robust, mature risk framework embedded across the organisation
• Proactive risk intelligence and predictive insights
• Faster crisis response and fewer materialised risks
• Elevated risk culture and awareness
• Strong Board and executive confidence in the function

This is an opportunity to build, influence, innovate, and protect — all at the highest level.
If you’re a forward-thinking risk leader ready to make a long-term strategic impact, we’d love to chat.
Apply today and lead the organisation into a safer, smarter, future-ready era.