Compliance Officer at Sandvik

Requirement Overview

• Sandvik Mining Business Area in Southern Africa is currently looking to employ a Compliance Officer. The successful incumbent will act as the Compliance Officer supporting Southern, Central and West Africa.
• Reporting to the Senior Legal Counsel, the incumbent must be a dynamic and committed. This role is critical in ensuring our business adheres to applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies while fostering a culture of integrity and ethical conduct.
• You will work closely with cross-functional teams, providing hands-on compliance support, conducting risk assessments, and driving awareness initiatives. The ideal candidate is energetic, persistent, and proactive, with a strong business mindset and the ability to translate compliance into practical, value-adding solutions.

Key Duties & Responsibilities (not exhaustive)

• Apply and monitor compliance process across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ensure compliance across a broad spectrum of regulatory requirements including inter alia: Companies Act; ABC applicable legislation; Competition Law; Data Privacy; King Code of Corporate Governance.  
• Identify and assess compliance risk areas periodically and appropriately address findings through relevant and appropriate action plans processes.
• Advise on all compliance and regulatory matters that affect business decisions.
• Develop, promote, implement and maintain compliance standards and procedures that enable employees and the business to act in a compliant manner.
• Assist with the proper establishment and maintenance of procedures on the identification, reporting and resolution of breaches and other compliance and regulatory issues.
• Training on compliance.
• Ensure that an effective system exists for communicating the compliance standards and guidance in the compliance risk areas; and
• Execute all other functions related to the compliance mandate as delegated group compliance.

Educational Requirements

• Admitted Attorney, LLB or other equivalent legal or financial qualifications.
• Compliance related qualifications; and
• Minimum of 5 - 7 years' post articles and relevant in-house corporate experience.
• Experience Requirements
• Multinational experience
• Exposure to environment with sensitive/confidential information.
• Business etiquette at a mid-management level.
• Knowledge of the latest applicable legislation e.g. Companies Act 2008, GDPR, POPIA and keeping abreast of these laws.
• Understanding of King IV compliance.
• Understanding of the fundamentals of internal controls. 
• Excellent drafting and writing capability.
• Knowledge of corporate governance. 
• Understanding corporate governance and knowledge of global best practice / trends within the regulatory, compliance and governance framework; and
• Compliance systems exposure and experience advantageous.

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent people management skills.
• Excellent leadership skills.
• Demonstrated administration skills.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong commitment to service and quality standards.
• Detail oriented and pro-active; and
• Logical and methodical.