Compliance and Risk Manager

SUMMARY:
To provide high quality written guidance to and undertake compliance awareness activities for supervisory bodies, accountable and reporting institutions and other affected stakeholders regarding the interpretation and application

POSITION INFO:
KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Engage with external stakeholders (at a Senior Management I Executive level) to ensure compliance with the exchange information, provide solutions and solve queries,related to highly complex matters.
Manage G&P Operations to ensure cost effective performance, ensuring that high quality outputs are delivered timeously within the approved budget.
Make recommendations on all forms of guidance to be issued to supervisory bodies, regulated institutions, persons and sectors on the application
Manage and enhance the process to ensure that all written queries from external stakeholders are effectively and timeously managed.
Manage and administer the contact centre to ensure that all telephonic queries from stakeholders are effectively handled.
Manage and successfully implement the annual compliance awareness plan in relation to products, content, communication channels and specific events by assessing the Fie strategy and communication needs of targeted audiences
Build, manage and maintain professional relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders to drive the promotion of compliance awareness nationally.
Edit and approve internal and external compliance awareness material and the dissemination plans.
Facilitate an effective and successful internal graduate development programme.
MANAGEMENT COMPETENCIES
Delivery and success
Directs, controls and enhances resources to produce operating results and meet specific objectives and deliver agreed results
Focuses continuously on delivery as per predefined plans
Makes changes to improve performance and reduce risk
Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure targets are achieved within agreed deadlines and standards
People management
Manages workflows and plans
Ensures clarity around accountabilities
Ensures that the functions objectives are well known and achievable
Ensure that the areas objectives are met by scheduling and prioritizing the activities, allocation of work, resourcing and individual's performance so that the highest level of output and quality is achieved
Leadership of subordinates so that they collaborate competently and with full commitment with manager and with others in pursuing the goals set
Performance is actively managed
Encourages and enables teamwork
Coaches and counsels’ division or section staff
Inspires and motivates division or section staff to deliver results
Provides division or section team with technical guidance
Supports the development and career growth of staff, including input into the priority development needs of staff
Planning and organising
Directly plans and reports on the unit’s outputs; Identifies any possible deviations and problems which will affect output and develops and implement alternative plans
Develops and plans functional units quarterly plan in line with the area's annual
Reports on work plans - achievement of quantity, quality and time targets
Resources management
Manage allocated resources to ensure effective and efficient delivery
Makes recommendation on resources and budgetary requirements for annual planning purposes
Controls costs through effective management of principle business or operating process variables
Operationalizes plans and deploys resources to meet clearly calculated plans and objectives over a typical bi-annual horizon
Governance, Risk management, Compliance
Ensure compliance with code of conduct, policies. procedures and legislative requirements
Provides input into budget for the department and organizational policies
EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND EXPERIENCE:
Education
Degree in Law or BCom or equivalent
Postgraduate qualifications in anti-money laundering, forensic auditing or compliance management
CAMS certification would be desirable
A management qualification will be advantageous (BBA, MBA or MDP)
Experience
Minimum of 2 years of proven management experience
Minimum 5 years’ experience in compliance or risk management
Experience in a regulatory environment, compliance oversight or supervision
Knowledge of the Fie Act, international standards and requirements and other relevant legislation