Manager

Apex group; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Group is seeking a Risk Manager in Cape Town to join their Risk Framework & Functions team. The candidate will analyze key risk information, manage assessments, and support risk management initiatives. A strong understanding of risk management frameworks and analytics is essential. This role offers opportunities for personal and professional growth in a dynamic and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 2-3 years’ experience in risk assessment and analytics.
• Experience in incident management and risk indicators design.
• Self-motivated and strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ongoing development and analysis of key risk information.
• Validate accuracy of information sources and risk indicators.
• Support proactive risk management through assessments and reporting.

Skills

Analytical skills

Risk management

Presentation skills

Organizational skills

Education

Risk Management qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

The Apex Group was established in Bermuda in 2003 and is now one of the world’s largest fund administration and middle office solutions providers.

Our business is unique in its ability to reach globally, service locally and provide cross-jurisdictional services. With our clients at the heart of everything we do, our hard-working team has successfully delivered on an unprecedented growth and transformation journey, and we are now represented by over circa 13,000 employees across 112 offices worldwide.Your career with us should reflect your energy and passion.

That’s why, at Apex Group, we will do more than simply ‘empower’ you. We will work to supercharge your unique skills and experience.

Take the lead and we’ll give you the support you need to be at the top of your game. And we offer you the freedom to be a positive disrupter and turn big ideas into bold, industry-changing realities.

For our business, for clients, and for you

Role Summary

The role holder is a member of the Risk Framework & Functions team within the Group’s Risk Function. As part of this central team, the role holder is responsible for ongoing development and analysis of key risk information, including indicators, incidents and audits, and meticulous scrutiny and oversight of the outputs in comparison to Business Risk Assessment outputs and actions.

Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Head of Risk Framework, the role would suit a Risk Manager with a good theoretical understanding and practical implementation of a Risk Management Framework, principally risk assessment, key risk indicators, incident management, risk data analysis and actions management.

Key Responsibilitiesand deliverables

• Analysis and use of various sources to inform, and/or challenge, the risk and control environment status at a Group, Functional and local level.
• Validation of key information source accuracy. E.g., quality of incident repository population, design and suitability of key risk indicators and associated thresholds and limits.
• Partnership with Local Risk Management, Risk Reporting & Governance, Head of Functions (Risk), Head of Operations (Risk) and Internal Audit to support proactive risk management, through accurate and timely risk assessments, action management and timely reporting, prompting trigger / updates where required.
• Material support and input into the Group level Risk Assessment, including the formal annual assessment, ongoing monitoring and quarterly Group A&RC reporting.
• Maintenance of the Group’s Risk Assessment process, materials and associated documentation, ensuring the approach remains proportionate and in line with industry best practice, regulatory expectations and internal governance.
• Adapting the risk assessment approach to suit local needs without compromising the overarching RMF principles and minimum standards.
• Preparation and delivery of risk management updates, primarily risk assessment related, to various stakeholders and Committees.
• Drive risk assessment efficiency and quality improvements, with a particular focus on risk assessment and associated management information and data.
• Act as support and cover for Risk Management Framework roles.
• Ad hoc risk management activity as required by the Head of Risk Framework.
• Business continuity framework support, including oversight of Business Impact Assessments and Business Continuity Plans and direct support in BCP testing program.

Key Requirements

• 2-3 years’ experience of risk assessment and/or risk management information analytics.
• Good experience of incident management and key risk indicators design and monitoring.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, presentation and organizational skills, including Microsoft Office tools.
• Experience of RMF design, implementation and maintenance in the financial services sector.
• Experience of risk management in a Fund Administration environment is preferred but not essential.
• A Risk Management qualification is desirable but not essential.
• Delivery focused, balancing the needs of the Risk Function goals with those of a growing, commercially focused business.
• Strong interpersonal, listening and collaboration skills with an ability to interact, manage and influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Ability to work independently, managing your own workload and various deliverables, balancing high quality with pace.
• Self-motivated, highly engaged and driven, with a passion for risk management.
• Personal desire to develop self (through qualifications or other means) and the RMF.

Disclaimer : Unsolicited CVs sent to Apex (Talent Acquisition Team or Hiring Managers) by recruitment agencies will not be accepted for this position. Apex operates a direct sourcing model and where agency assistance is required, the Talent Acquisition team will engage directly with our exclusive recruitment partners.

Our Story

About Apex Group

We are dedicated to driving positive change in financial services while fuelling the growth and ambitions of asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, and family offices. Established in Bermuda in 2003, the Group has continually disrupted the asset serving industry through our investment in innovation and talent. Today, we set the pace in asset servicing and stand out for our unique single-source solution and unified cross asset-class platform which supports the entire value chain, harnesses leading innovative technology, and benefits from cross-jurisdictional expertise delivered by a long-standing management team and over 13,000 highly integrated professionals.

We’re a people-powered business, and our people are full of ambition. Together, we’re inspired to lead the new era of data and tech enabled service. Bringing new products and services to market. Sharpening our client focus. Disrupting the market to exceed expectations. Innovating across a range of specialisms. With our focus on making a difference to our people, our planet and our society, you’ll experience more here than you would at most other companies.

Working at Apex

Prepare to accelerate.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

Positive change starts with you.

We’re a people-powered business with a vision to inspire a new era of service-led FinTech. We’re expanding globally and offering more to our clients. This means you get more opportunities to grow with us. So prepare to accelerate. We’ll make sure the time and effort you put in takes you further, faster.

The journey is yours to own.

When you stretch yourself, you grow. We want you to explore ways of working that will see you thrive as part of something bigger. We’ll help you with a solid structure, challenging projects, vibrant networks, supportive colleagues and approachable leaders. All the things you need to own your unique journey.