Senior Compliance & Ethics Officer at HR Advance

Job Purpose

• Responsibility for overseeing compliance within the organisation, and ensuring compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies and procedures
• As the compliance leader and subject matter expert, the incumbent is responsible for establishing standards and implementing procedures to ensure that the compliance programs throughout the organization are effective and efficient in identifying, preventing, detecting and correcting noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations
• Serves as the organisation’s internal control point for ethics and improprieties, allegations, complaints, and conflicts of interest and provides corporate leadership and advice on corporate governance issues
• Required to stand at the intersection between auditing, internal control and management's legal responsibilities, and is the guardian of the company's code of conduct and acts independently
• He/she supplies top management with the necessary information for the corporate leadership to act appropriately in instilling and maintaining the ethics culture top management wants

Education & Experience

• An LLB or relevant legal degree is a requirement for the role
• A post graduate degree and/or admitted attorney will be advantageous
• 8 years and more experience in compliance management
• FSCA Approval as a FAIS Category 1 Compliance Officer 
• Compliance Practitioner as designated by the Compliance Institute of SA or Certificate/Diploma in compliance management 
• Qualification from Ethics Institute of South Africa will be an advantage