Senior Risk Manager – Agricultural Commodities

Cape Town, South AfricaFull-timeSeniorOn-sitePosted 23 Oct 2026

Job Overview

Helderberg Personnel is recruiting a Senior Risk Manager in the Cape Winelands for a well-established concern in the agricultural industry (Careers24 2387997; reference SW006594/JM; permanent). The role combines strategic risk management with operational execution to ensure regulatory compliance, process effectiveness and continuous improvement across departments and group companies.

Reporting to the Group Risk Manager and working closely with the Operational Manager, traders and the finance and legal departments, the Senior Risk Manager strengthens internal controls, promotes risk-informed decision-making, supports development of the Group’s Commodity Trade Risk Management (CTRM) system and covers contract and legal management, import/export compliance, insurance and claims, SOP design and debtors’ risk management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead departmental risk reporting cycles; maintain the risk register and incident reports with the Group Risk Manager and Risk Committee

• Support conceptualisation, design and continuous improvement of the Group’s CTRM system

• Optimise operational and logistics processes, eliminating transaction delays and controlling costs

• Manage the full contract lifecycle, ensuring compliance and evaluating legal and commercial risk

• Provide specialist knowledge of commodity markets, import/export regulations and international trade practice

• Ensure adequate insurance cover (assets, liability, marine) and coordinate claims management

• Build Power BI, SharePoint and Excel reporting tools to monitor risk indicators

• Design, standardise and maintain SOPs and policies across business units

• Support debtors’ risk management, collections and monitoring of high-risk accounts

Required Qualifications

• Degree in Risk Management, Business Administration or equivalent

• Minimum 5 years in risk management, corporate governance, operational management, internal audit or related environment

• Agricultural value-chain experience (commodity trading, logistics, transport or supply chain) advantageous

• Operational risk, contract management, internal controls and insurance claims experience

• Import and export compliance and operational systems implementation experience

• Power BI, advanced Excel and SharePoint

Skills & Requirements

Risk ManagementCorporate GovernanceCommodity Trade Risk ManagementContract ManagementImport/Export ComplianceInsurance & ClaimsInternal ControlsSOP DesignDebtors Risk ManagementPower BIAdvanced ExcelAgricultural Value Chain