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AGRIBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (ADA)
 


​RISK AND COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Reference Number ADAHRM 01/07/2025
Location 5 Cascades Crescent, Pietermaritzburg
Grade/Salary L11 (DPSA Salary Scale)
Type of employment 5 Years (Fixed Term Contract)
Reporting Officer Chief Executive Officer
Unit Office of the CEO
 
Minimum Requirements:
Matric certificate plus an appropriate Bachelors degree(NQF Level 7)/National Diploma (NQF level 7) Qualification in Internal Auditing/Risk Management. Valid Driver’s license.
 
Experience
A Minimum of 5 (years) years operational experience in an Auditing/ Risk Management environment and minimum of 2 years’ experience at a management level in a Auditing/Risk management.
 
COMPETENCIES, KNOWLEDGE, AND SKILLS:
  • PFMA, Treasury Regulations, Accounting Principles. Analytical Organizing Presentation/report writing.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the role of internal and external audit in public sector. Knowledge of risk management processes and techniques.
  • Computer literacy skills, Strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to work in a team environment
  • Membership with Institute of Risk Management or Institute of Internal Audit will be an added advantage.
 
Key Performance Areas:
  • Provide strategic direction and manage the Risk management function of the organisation.
  • Develop, maintain and execute a comprehensive process for identifying, assessing, mitigating, monitoring and reporting on risks that may impact on organisational performance.
  • Conduct Irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure assessment and determination test.
  • Liaise with Provincial Treasury Quarterly and reporting Irregular expenditure incurred by the entity.
  • Apply for condonation at Provincial Treasury on behalf of the entity.
  • Liaise with Loss control committee with regards to Irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure cases.
  • Maintain the entity fraud hotline.
  • Develop and monitor the strategic, operational and fraud risk registers.
  • Conduct organisational risk management workshops and meetings compilation of risk registers on an annual basis.
  • Develop and update the Enterprise Risk Management Framework.
  • Develop enterprise risk management related policies and procedures including fraud prevention strategy, the detection and reporting.
  • Facilitate the process of fraud awareness.
  • Ensure that the risk management unit is adequately resourced.
  • Strengthen collaboration with other internal and external risk mitigating providers.
  • Compile and present risk management report to the Accounting officer and Audit and Risk Committee.
  • Report periodically to the CEO and the Audit and Risk Committee.
  • Ensure compliance with applicable legislation and regulations.
  • Reviewing documents, developing and administering surveys, developing summaries and compiling work papers.
  • Compliance and promoting legal compliance with all legal prescripts.
  • Performing investigations at the request of the Board and Audit Committee.
  • Manage day to day relationships with various stakeholders including provincial Treasury.




Suitable candidates will be selected with the intention of promoting representativity.
Note:
  • All applicants are subject to the signing of performance agreement;
  • ADA reserves the right not to appoint any applicant to the above position.
  • Preference will be given to members of designated group
  •  Females and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply
  • Applications must be submitted in the following manner:
  • A covering letter indicating the reference number and the post that you are applying for, together with a brief motivation
  • NB:A Comprehensive Curriculum Vitae (Previous experience must be comprehensively detailed
  • NB: Certified copies will be requested once shortlisted.
  • Failure to submit the requested documents will result in the application being disqualified.
  • Full names, addresses and telephone numbers of three work related referees.
  • If you are applying for more than one post, please submit a separate application for each post.
 
NB: Failure to comply with the above instructions will disqualify applicants
 
Enquiries: Ms Queen Khanyile                                              
Telephone:  033 347 8600
 
Closing Date: 01 August 2025
 
All applications must be accompanied by a detailed CV, and a motivational letter, stating the relevant reference number and the name of the publication/source in which you saw the advertisement to; Attention: Mr. S Shabalala, Corporate Services, Agribusiness Development Agency, Private Bag x01, Montrose, Pietermaritzburg 3200 . Applications can be hand Delivered at 5 Cascade Crescent, Cascade Office Park, Pietermaritzburg, KZN or Agency via the ADA website (www.ada–kzn.co.za).
 
Should you not hear from ADA 8 weeks after the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful
 
Job Category: Finance
Job Type: Full Time
Job Location: ADA HEAD OFFICE
Job Status: live
 
PLEASE APPLY HERE