Risk and Governance Manager at The Coca-Cola Company

Job Description  

 The Governance and Risk Manager will be responsible for ensuring adherence to the various Company Policies, requiring a full understanding of the company policies and ensuring that the procedures comply with the policies. The Governance and Risk Manager is also responsible to

• Implement and execute the governance and risk strategic framework.
• Ensure the organisation delivers on the requirements of a corporate citizen for good governance, risk management, ethical practices and legal compliance.
• Drive a pro-active, integrated and forward looking short and long term risk management and risk mitigation environment.
• Improve the overall risk and governance capabilities across the organisation and ensure that all the staff members have read, understand and sign off the various policies.
• Key Duties & Responsibilities    Execute the risk and governance strategic framework through
• Integrating legal and reputational requirements to be a model corporate citizen.
• Ensure risk management is included in the overall strategic business planning process on an ongoing basis.
• Continuous monitoring of all controls.
• Lead and guide forensic team during investigations.
• Ensure appropriate controls are developed to close out forensic investigation findings.
• Ensure the organization operates in a lawful and ethical manner, complying with all appropriate legislation through
• Executing an appropriate operational plan to cover all legal, ethical and financial requirements.
• Adapting to changes in the legal, ethical and financial environments timeously.
• Ensure the organization's risks and liabilities are minimized through strong plans of action that focus on
• Operational and asset management.
• Legislative risks.
• Insurance related matters.
• Financial risk management.
• Review monthly file.
• Be part of all Credit meetings.
  • Drive a pro-active, integrated, forward looking risk environment through
  • Create, promote and maintain a culture of risk awareness and clear accountability throughout the organization.
  • Effective implementation of risk management tools and processes that identify and drive solutions to risks facing the organization.
  • Support the implementation and execution of the automated governance process.
  • Monitoring, reporting and analyzing risks facing the organization internally as well as in the economic and legislative environments.
  • Develop a strong working relationship with internal audit in order to adequately test controls across the business.
• Drive consequence management.
  • Improve risk and governance capability improvement across the organization through
  • Mentoring and coaching staff and management expectations on changes within risk and governance.
  • Drive appropriate training solutions to enhance the capability of staff across all functions.
  • Improve organizational understanding of what pro-active risk management is and how it is appropriate to individual areas that is pro-active asset management.

Skills, Experience & Education    

Experience

• At least 5 years working experience in Finance
• SAP ERP knowledge is an added advantage

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree from recognized university
• CPA -K or ACCA

Competencies

• Strong decision maker
• Builds positive influencing relationships
• Outstanding analytical skills to develop meaningful risk and governance frameworks
• Ability to manage conflict
• Resilient
• Innovative and conceptual thinker
• Able to drive the implementation of strategies across the organization
• Ability to work independently
• Work life balance important
• Strong leadership ability
• Risk adverse