Compliance Officer & Company Secretary at Sandvik

The Role

• Manage, advise and oversight or monitor compliance activities and act as the Company Secretary for Southern Africa. Safeguard compliance with laws, regulations and internal policies and processes. Identify and mitigate compliance risk and have company secretary responsibilities within area of responsibility.

Key Performance Areas
Compliance

• Manage and advise on compliance activities within area of responsibility, sets priorities for the activity.
• Maintain up to date information and advice on regulatory and legal requirements in respect of compliance.
• Identify compliance risks within the area of responsibility.
• Work with the business on mitigating compliance risks.
• Oversight or implement compliance activities within the area of responsibility.
• Oversight (Group) or implement (BA) compliance policy.
• Develop and/or deploy training tools, templates and processes to manage compliance risk, and share best practices.
• Ensure adherence to The Sandvik Way, applicable legislation and established policies and procedures within area of responsibility.
• Exposure to environment with sensitive/confidential information
• Business etiquette on at a management level
• Knowledge of King IV compliance
• Excellent drafting capability
• Knowledge of the latest applicable legislation e.g. Companies Act 2008, and keeping abreast of these laws
• Experience in Microsoft Office Packages (General - Excel; PowerPoint; Word) and board pack software (Virtual boardroom)
• Knowledge of corporate governance

Company Secretarial

• Assist the Company’s board and committees in evaluating and reporting on corporate governance commitments and mandates, including adherence to King IV and formulation of group governance policies.
• Manage the end-to-end process for board, shareholders and committee meetings (namely the agenda, compile board packs, ensure minutes of meetings and resolutions are recorded in accordance with the Companies Act 71 of 2008 (“Act”).
• Ensure CIPC obligations are met.

Your Profile

• Exposure to environment with sensitive/confidential information
• Business etiquette on at a management level
• Knowledge of King IV compliance
• Experience as a compliance officer
• Excellent drafting capability
• Experience as a Company Secretary
• Knowledge of the latest applicable legislation e.g. Companies Act 2008, and keeping abreast of these laws
• Experience in Microsoft Office Packages (General - Excel; PowerPoint; Word) and board pack software (Virtual boardroom)
• Knowledge of corporate governance
• University degree or equivalent with relevant specialization.
• 5-8 years’ experience in a relevant area (e.g. Legal, Quality Assurance, Internal Audit, Finance, Sales, Purchasing), including 1-2 years’ experience in Compliance.
• Chartered Secretary (CIS) or Admitted Attorney; and LLB or other equivalent legal or financial qualifications
• Minimum of 5 – 7 working experience, including articles, and relevant in-house corporate experience, (ideally) multinational company