BACKGROUND ON PBT

With over two decades of expert knowledge and experience as information management specialists, PBT is a recognised leader in Business Intelligence and data warehousing and has extended its competency base to cover advanced analytics and data management disciplines.
 
We pride ourselves to be a company who attracts, recruits and retains consultants of an exceptional calibre, not only within BI, but also within focused areas of Application Development.
 
We have worked in more than 25 countries around the world and are currently implementing large-scale projects throughout Africa, the Middle East and Australia.

THE ROLE DESCRIPTION

This role will be responsible for the coordination and implementation of regulatory change initiatives, specifically related to POPIA (Protection of Personal Information Act) for a leading SA Bank.
 
Working closely with the Bank’s Data Governance Office, the POPIA Content Deliverable Specialist, and various executive and senior stakeholders throughout the enterprise, the Regulatory Change Programme Manager will drive the key deliverables for regulatory changes, in addition to managing end to end governance related to the adoption of new regulation.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Understand, assess and dimension the impact of regulatory changes on the Processes, Product and client construct.
• Drive the planning and implementation of regulatory change initiatives to meet key deliverables.
• Govern the delivery and execution of change initiatives.
• Identify and manage key risks and issues, provide regular updates to governance forums and drive the communications agenda with clients and client facing teams.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:

- Personal Attributes

• Highly self-motivated and driven, proactive and creative problem solver
• Can establish and maintain relationships within the work environment. Earn respect at all levels in business dealings.
• Can adjust thoughts and behaviour to rapidly changing situations and conditions, cope with the unexpected.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, to be able to work together with people across various functional groups.
• Ability to perform under pressure.
• Analytical/lateral thinker.
• Ability to influence and coordinate multiple internal stakeholders around a common goal and strategy
• Senior presence and ability to operate at different levels (e.g. research/analysis, thought-partnership with seniors, presentations, interactions with stakeholders)

- Knowledge / Technical Skills / Expertise

• Exposure to various Business units within Corporate banking environment to have gained the necessary business experience for the job.
• Basic understanding of regulatory & banking practices
• Sufficient understanding of POPIA regulation and practices.
• Understanding of the risks associated with substandard privacy controls.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE:

• A formal degree/qualification would be an advantage
• Data management qualifications would be an advantage
• 3 years' experience working at an enterprise level with data compliance and regulatory change initiatives.
• 3+ years' experience in the Banking Industry
• Relevant experience and exposure to POPIA