Senior Specialist: Compliance at Liberty Group South Africa

Purpose

To provide specialist advice and support in area of specialisation enabling the provision of sound compliance services.

Minimum Experience

• 3 - 5 years experience in a similar environment, of which 1 -2 years at a junior specialist level

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor`s Degrees and Advanced Diplomas [NQF Level 07] in Generic Management

Additional Minimum Qualifications

Outputs

Process

• Collaborate with different business areas to provide staff with knowledge and awareness of relevant laws, regulations and standards.

• Understand and apply existing best practice frameworks to assist in the implementation of identified subject matter processes and standards.
• Identify, diagnose and recommend improvements and provide specialist advice and support; ensuring that solutions are appropriate and effective.
• Verify, evaluate and report on operational and managerial processes, systems and outcomes to ensure financial and operational integrity and compliance.
• Keep abreast of regulation and industry developments to advise and guide on key compliance risk issues; enabling informed decision making.
• Recommend and advise on compliance requirements that needs to be embedded in the development of area specific processes.
• Accountable for the improvement of quality, service and work outputs, continuously recommending improvements.
• Plan for the organisation of work outputs and process improvement activities in light of a specific situational context related to the area of specialisation.
• Proactively identify area of specialisation related problems, determine cause and effect and recommend the best option to implement corrective action based on previous experience.

Customer

• Provide specialist expertise and advice to internal/external customers, that builds strong relationships and creates a favourable impression aligned to Treating the Customer Fairly (TCF) principles.

Finance

• Adhere to financial controls, governance and compliance policies and processes throughout an area of specialisation, contributing to cost efficiency.

Learning and Growth

• Contribute positively to human capability improvement, related to knowledge optimisation and associated with area of specialisation.

Governance

• Monitor and provide feedback on the effectiveness of compliance practices and procedures: preventing illegal, unethical or improper conduct.

• Comply to risk and governance policies, implement and provide subject matter input to the development of related processes, applicable to the area of specialisation.

Competencies

Liberty Values

Technical Competencies

• LHL Governance and Regulatory Framework (Intermediate)

• Research and Information Gathering (Intermediate)
• Standard operating procedure compliance (Proficient)
• Compliance & operational risk knowledge (Intermediate)

Behavioural Competencies

• Professional/Technical learning (Intermediate)
• Organisation and Attention to Detail (Intermediate)
• Problem Solving and Analysis (Intermediate)
• Governance, Ethics and Values (Intermediate)
• Relationship Management and Networking (Intermediate)