Risk Officer

Edge Executive Search Group; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

An executive search firm in Johannesburg is seeking a Risk Officer to implement enterprise risk and integrity management. The role combines analytical work with practical delivery, including investigations and risk assessments. Candidates should have a relevant degree and about 3 years of experience in risk or fraud investigation, especially in the public sector. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are essential. This position demands adherence to strict timelines while influencing governance and protecting public value.

Qualifications

• Around 3 years’ risk and fraud investigation experience in public sector or SOE.
• Knowledge of risk frameworks, anti-corruption/integrity policies, forensic methods.
• Understanding of PFMA and Treasury Regulations.

Responsibilities

• Support the Risk Manager to implement enterprise risk and integrity management.
• Conduct and manage investigations and coordinate risk assessments.
• Prepare high-quality reports and communicate findings to executive governance.

Skills

Investigations

Analytics

Project / programme management

M&E

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree / National Diploma in Risk, Finance, Auditing, Accounting, Forensics, or Law

ACFE / ICFP membership (CFE / FP an advantage)

Job description

Risk Officer

Location : Head Office - Parktown (Gauteng)

Type : 12months FTC

About the Role

As Risk Officer, you’ll support the Risk Manager to implement enterprise risk, anti-corruption, and integrity management across the organisation. You’ll combine data-driven insight with sound governance to prevent, detect, and respond to fraud while embedding risk thinking in day-to-day operations.

This role blends analytical depth with practical delivery: from conducting and managing investigations to coordinating risk assessments and reporting to executive structures and oversight committees. Expect meaningful impact, tight deadlines, and a mandate to improve turnaround time and assurance quality.

Who the Client Is

This opportunity is with a national public entity in the social development ecosystem. The organisation partners across government and civil society, operates under PFMA and Treasury Regulations, and is committed to robust governance, ethical conduct, and effective service delivery at national and provincial levels. (Context aligns with PFMA / Treasury governance environment.)

What You’ll Do

Lead proactive and reactive forensic work (policies, whistleblowing, SOPs) using data analytics, forensic tech, and digital / cyber forensics.

Manage hotline / tip-offs, maintain the Allegations Register, and secure evidence; prepare high-quality reports and recommendations.

Communicate findings to executive governance and track remediation; testify in proceedings when required.

Coordinate anti-corruption, integrity, and ethics frameworks; conduct lifestyle reviews and vetting fieldwork; manage SSA MOU implementation.

Facilitate risk assessments across departments and projects; develop risk registers and management plans.

Monitor operational risk reporting, profile / appetite, financing and transfer; synthesize assurance inputs to strengthen practices.

Support combined assurance planning; prepare reports to SMT / EXCO / ARC / Board and DSD Risk & Ethics Committee.

Build stakeholder relationships (law enforcement, SAPS, SIU, professional bodies) and drive awareness / training.

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree / National Diploma in Risk, Finance, Auditing, Accounting, Forensics, or Law.

ACFE / ICFP membership (CFE / FP an advantage).

~3 years’ risk and fraud investigation experience in public sector or SOE.

Knowledge of risk frameworks, anti-corruption / integrity policies, forensic methods, PFMA and Treasury Regulations.

Skills

• Investigations
• Analytics
• Project / programme management
• M&E
• Stakeholder management
• Communication

What Success Looks Like

Faster investigation turnaround with defensible, evidence-based reports and implemented recommendations.

A living risk register and clear action plans embedded across operations.

Visible uplift in fraud prevention awareness, vetting and lifestyle audit compliance, and ethics adoption.

Timely, insight-rich reporting to EXCO / ARC / Board enabling clear risk appetite decisions.

Strong external partnerships (SAPS, SIU, SSA) that accelerate case resolution and deterrence.

Rewards & Challenges

You’ll influence enterprise-wide governance and tackle complex, sensitive matters that demand discretion and resilience. Expect competing priorities, strict timelines, and high scrutiny—matched by the satisfaction of protecting public value and strengthening organisational integrity.

Apply Now

If you’re ready to turn risk insight into action, we’d love to hear from you.

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