Compliance Officer | Banking & Financial Services | Sandton
Kelly · Sandton, Gauteng
Overview
A permanent Compliance Officer role in Sandton for a law or commerce graduate with 5 to 8 years of regulatory compliance or legal experience. You will help business units understand and meet their regulatory obligations, run compliance risk assessments, monitor controls and report on compliance health. If you are meticulous, ethical and comfortable engaging senior stakeholders, this is a strong next step in your compliance career.
About the role
As a Compliance Officer, you will support the business units and departments in complying with all applicable laws, regulations and supervisory requirements. You will work within a board approved compliance programme and help embed a strong culture of compliance across the organisation.
Your work will cover the full compliance cycle, from identifying and assessing regulatory risks to monitoring controls and reporting on compliance status to governance committees. You will also help develop and maintain compliance risk management plans, provide advice on regulatory requirements and deliver compliance awareness and training sessions.
This role suits someone who enjoys working with legislation, pays close attention to detail and can engage confidently with different stakeholders to agree on corrective actions and deadlines.
Application note: The listing does not specify how to apply, so prepare your CV and certified copies of your qualifications and ID before applying through the source platform. A short cover letter highlighting your regulatory compliance or legal experience will help your application stand out.
Requirements
- Law degree or B.Com Law degree
- A post graduate compliance qualification will be an added advantage
- CPRAC qualification from CISA will be an added advantage
- Minimum of 5 to 8 years relevant and practical regulatory compliance risk management or legal experience
- Member of the Compliance Institute of Southern Africa
- Strong analytical skills and a planned, organised approach to work
- Project management skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills
- Strong negotiating and influencing skills
- Highly detail oriented and meticulous
- High level of integrity and ethical standards
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Proactive and able to take initiative
Responsibilities
- Conduct compliance risk profile workshops with business units and departments to identify, assess and risk rate applicable regulatory requirements
- Review compliance risk profiles to identify amended or new regulations and update the regulatory universe
- Monitor regulatory changes and brief the business on the impact of anticipated changes
- Compile and maintain a divisional compliance coverage plan for the financial year
- Draft and update compliance risk management plans for all legislation in the regulatory universe
- Provide compliance advice to business units on policies, the regulatory control environment and reducing the impact of non compliance
- Plan and conduct compliance monitoring, including testing the adequacy and effectiveness of controls and preparing control self assessment questionnaires
- Compile and discuss compliance review reports with stakeholders and agree corrective actions, owners and due dates
- Record findings on the compliance issues log and track progress until closure
- Compile quarterly compliance risk profile reports for divisional executives and provide input to governance committee reports
- Prepare and conduct compliance training and awareness sessions across the organisation
- Develop and maintain compliance procedures and the compliance manual
Job details
- Organisation
- Kelly
- Location
- Sandton, Gauteng
- Job type
- Full time
- Experience level
- Senior (5+ years)
- Education
- Bachelor
- Category
- Banking & Insurance
- Application Method
- Apply manually
Success Guide
This is a solid opportunity for someone who already has a few years of compliance or legal experience under their belt and wants to work in a structured financial services environment in Sandton. When you apply, lead with your hands on experience in regulatory risk management, compliance monitoring and drafting compliance risk management plans. Be ready to talk about how you have engaged business units to close compliance gaps. In interviews for roles like this, expect questions on how you track regulatory changes and how you handle pushback from operational teams. Have clear examples ready where your attention to detail caught a compliance issue before it became a problem. If you are a member of the Compliance Institute of Southern Africa, mention it early as it signals your commitment to the field.
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