Manager - Governance, Risks and controls

About the role:

We are seeking a Governance, Risk & Controls professional to strengthen our risk culture, enhance financial process discipline, and enable informed, compliant decision-making across the organisation. This role will lead financial governance, internal controls, and risk management initiatives, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to establish a robust control environment that supports sustainable business growth.

Role Responsibilities:

Financial Governance & Risk Management

• Drive compliant, efficient, and effective management of financial assets and resources in alignment with business strategy and operational priorities.
• Lead the monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement of financial processes and related administrative activities.
• Provide expert guidance on financial governance, internal controls, and risk matters, ensuring a strong control culture is embedded across the business.
• Design, implement, and manage internal control programs and financial risk frameworks to uphold governance standards and regulatory expectations.
• Assess the effectiveness of management and governance controls, with a particular focus on financial and end-to-end business processes.
• Ensure risks are proactively identified, assessed, monitored, reported, and mitigated in line with the organisations risk appetite.
• Oversee compliance with internal policies, external regulatory requirements, and industry best practices, ensuring audit readiness at all times.
• Support the closure and remediation of internal and external audit observations through action planning, tracking, and stakeholder engagement.

Process, Systems & Capability Building

• Apply strong knowledge of end-to-end business processes, ERP systems (preferably SAP S/4HANA), and digital solutions to drive process transformation and capability enhancement.
• Promote operational excellence and digital innovation to enable process efficiency, standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive documentation of standard operating procedures (SOPs), process controls, and governance frameworks to strengthen process discipline.
• Leverage data, analytics, and insights to enhance risk visibility, improve control design, and support proactive decision-making.

Leadership, Stakeholder Management & Collaboration

• Lead and oversee the daily operations of business support, technical, or functional teams, ensuring high-quality execution and performance.
• Set priorities, coordinate effectively with cross-functional teams, and ensure seamless workflow to meet business objectives.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders, influencing behaviours and driving alignment on governance, risk, and controls standards.
• Exercise sound judgement in resolving day-to-day matters, ensuring decisions align with company policies, procedures, and local business requirements.
• Operate with a high degree of accountability, delivering against team performance goals related to quality, timeliness, and output.
• Communicate with clarity and professionalism, managing sensitive issues with discretion, tact, and stakeholder alignment.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and development to build capability within the team and broader business community on governance, risk, and control practices.

Value Creation & Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to optimise processes, eliminate inefficiencies, reduce manual intervention, and strengthen automation and control effectiveness.
• Support transformation initiatives, system changes, and key business projects by ensuring risk and control considerations are embedded in design and implementation.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, transparency, and proactive risk management across functions.
• Deliver measurable improvement in process control maturity, audit outcomes, and overall risk posture.