Compliance Manager
Rosebank, Johannesburg

• Overseeing compliance by all legal and business entities
• Coordinate and provide guidance to a team of compliance officers on activities across business entities within a clustering of businesses.
• Analyse and interpret applicable laws and regulation, and use a risk-based approach in developing compliance risk management and monitoring plans for specific legislation.
• Interpret legislation and assist management with practical implementation thereof as required.
• Advise and provide guidance to management on systems, policies, processes and controls implemented to enable compliance.
• Drafting reports on monitoring results to the management of business entities forming part of the business clustering.
• Assist with the promotion of a culture of compliance and awareness by coordinating and implementing compliance projects and training initiatives.
• Provide inputs to external industry bodies relative to specific regulatory topics (e.g. ASISA working groups).
• Escalate any matters that may require the attention of or a decision by the Head of Compliance and/or other relevant governing board.
• Maintain good relationships with the various regulators and assist with the compilation of responses pertaining to queries received from the various regulators.
• Assist with the review and reporting of suspicious or unusual transactions as defined and required by the applicable AML/CTF legislation.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
• A Legal or Commercial Degree
• 6 to 8 years related experience.
• Compliance qualification (PG Diploma in Compliance Management would be advantageous)
• Meeting the competence, qualifications and experience requirements to be registered as (Head of Compliance Control Function with the Prudential Authority) and a (Compliance Officer with the Financial Sector Conduct Authority) would be advantageous.
• 5-8 years financial services compliance experience, of which at least 3 years must have been in a management role.
• Experience in the insurance sector is essential
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of compliance risk management and monitoring programmes.
• Knowledge of the regulatory requirements impacting on the various businesses (e.g. FAIS, FICA, LTIA, PPR, POPIA, PFA) will be advantageous ms