Hybrid Senior Compliance Manager – Transactional Banking

at Absa Group

• Job title: Senior Compliance Manager – Transactional Banking
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Sandton, South Africa

About the role

• Senior Compliance Manager handling compliance policy implementation and risk management for Transactional Banking at Absa. Collaborating with stakeholders to meet regulatory standards and policies.

Responsibilities

• Assisting the Head of Compliance: Transactional Banking and ARO CIB Compliance to formulate, update and implement policies and control procedures that will ensure adequate compliance risk management.
• Drive the right behaviour, specifically adherence to the Values of the bank, in the business through effective standard setting, advice, training, verification, escalation, reporting and engagement.
• Provide accurate and timely compliance and regulatory advice to the business as a second line of defence.
• Report and escalate policy and regulatory breaches and compliance or regulatory issues to appropriate stakeholders.
• Implement policies. Manage new regulatory requirements by evaluating regulations (local and international) identified as relevant to the business and provide an impact analysis relevant to the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor`s Degrees and/or Advanced Diplomas: Business, Commerce, Law and/or Management Studies (Required)
• Strate Compliance Officer Exams (Required)
• Compliance advisory experience dealing with First Line functions (Preferred)
• Experience within Payments and/or Trade and Working Capital Product (Advantageous)
• Understands the legislative and regulatory landscape and requirements imposed by relevant regulators
• Able to analyse, interpret and advise on regulation and legislation.
• Engages regulators and industry groups constructively on compliance and regulatory matters.
• Able to establish effective compliance frameworks, structures and core processes.
• Understands and is able to implement Compliance governance.

Benefits

• Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.
• In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.