Officer, Regulatory Compliance

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To ensure the Holding Company and subsidiaries adhere to the laws, regulations and policies by monitoring regulatory changes, conducting risk assessments, developing policies and implementing compliance programmes.

• Ensure timely dissemination of new circulars/communication from regulators within 24 hours to the responsible teams.
• Circulate draft regulations to the responsible teams and coordinate the collation of comments for submission.
• Prepare a compliance bulletin on consolidated regulatory developments and communicate on a periodic basis.
• Ensure the Compliance policies and procedures are up-to-date with relevant regulatory requirements and African Region localization as required and approved by the relevant governance committees.
• Ensure all subsidiaries adopt and implement all Compliance policies.
• Investigate and report compliance breaches and ensure corrective actions.
• Conduct quality assurance reviews.
• Monitor adherence with compliance policies and standards in order to identify further areas of improvement, detect breaches and exposures.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Law, Business Administration or related field.
• Master’s Degree can be an added advantage.
• Compliance certification/related professional qualification can be an added advantage

Experience:

• 1-2years experience in financial services, knowledge of law and regulations. Strong business knowledge in terms of applicable business areas. Ongoing, awareness of regulatory requirements which relate to the Group’s business as well as compliance best practices and trends.
• 3-4years experience in stakeholder management and interpersonal relationship capabilities and knowledge in financial products and services.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Managing Tasks
• Meeting Timescales
• Providing Insights
• Taking Action
• Team Working
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Compliance
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Legal Compliance
• Promote Good Governance, Risk & Control
• Research & Information Gathering
• Risk Management