Head: Group Security Services

• Build and lead a high-performance security team, driving professionalism, accountability, and transformation.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies to secure all facilities and operations.
• Coordinate with law enforcement, industry bodies, and private sector stakeholders for risk management and incident resolution.
• Develop a strategic roadmap for adopting emerging security technologies like AI-driven threat detection, blockchain, and IoT security.
• Develop and implement the bank's corporate security vision, mission, strategy, and risk management programs.
• Develop and maintain a Group Physical Security strategy, policies, standards and procedures aligned with the bank's risk appetite, regulatory requirements and business strategy.
• Ensure alignment of Group Security Services with broader Nedbank strategies and objectives.
• Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations and maintain transparent reporting mechanisms for security activities.
• Foster a culture of security awareness and continuous improvement throughout the organisation.
• Lead group-level incident command management and incident response planning, ensuring rapid and effective action during emergencies.
• Lead strategic and tactical security initiatives to safeguard people, assets, and operations, and combat violent crime.
• Maintain threat intelligence capability: monitoring political, social and crime trends affecting operations and advising mitigations.
• Manage relationships with external security vendors and ensure compliance with service level agreements and regulatory requirements.
• Manage the security budget and ensure optimal resource allocation.
• Monitor and report on security risks, developments, and performance to executive leadership.
• Oversee procurement, deployment and lifecycle management of security technology, ensuring interoperability, resilience and data privacy.
• Oversee security operations including personnel management, training, and technology deployment.
• Oversee the delivery of physical, protective, personnel, and travel security services across the Group.
• Own specification, procurement, deployment and lifecycle management of physical security systems: CCTV, access control, perimeter systems, intrusion detection, intercoms, security analytics.
• Protect key people via executive protection programs as appropriate.
• Provide expert advice and assurance on physical and protective security to Business, Executive Management and the Board.
• Regularly review and update systems and processes to address evolving threats and improve security measures.
• Stay informed about technological innovations and assess their potential impact on the bank's security posture.
• Support corporate citizenship and transformation initiatives through effective leadership and stakeholder engagement.

• Bachelor's degree in security management, Criminal Justice, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Private Security Industry Regulation Act (PSIRA)
• Certified Protection Professional (CPP) or Physical Security Professional (PSP) are preferred

• Extensive experience (minimum 10 years) in security management, preferably within the banking industry.

• Budgeting
• Business principles
• Capacity planning
• Change management
• Client service management
• Communication Strategies
• Diversity management
• Financial Accounting Principles
• Governance, Risk and Controls
• Principles of project management
• Relevant regulatory knowledge
• Strategic planning
• Business writing skills
• Management information and reporting principles, tools and mechanisms
• Risk Management

• Operational Decision Making
• Inspiring Excellence
• Building Organizational Talent
• Cultivating Networks and Partnerships
• Leading Change

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