Job opportunities at Investec

Description

• Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking (ICIB) is seeking a Compliance Officer - Tax and Monitoring Specialist - to join our team. This role will encompass the planning and execution of compliance monitoring reviews, as well as tax administration and reporting, ensuring adherence to relevant regulations and best business practices. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with various stakeholders to drive the development and implementation of a combined assurance approach across all compliance assurance activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Compliance Monitoring:

•     Plan and execute compliance monitoring reviews as per the approved monitoring plan.
•     Conduct high-quality reviews and reporting in accordance with relevant regulations and codes of conduct.
•     Liaise with the business and stakeholders to communicate results and findings.
•     Maintain and update the compliance monitoring system.
•     Produce and present compliance monitoring reports to various stakeholders.
•     Provide advice on monitoring-related matters when necessary.
•     Stay informed about new legislation and industry requirements.

Tax Administration:

•     Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of tax legislation, including income tax, FATCA/CRS, OECD, and SARS BRS schema.
•     Assist in the preparation of tax packs for South Africa and FATCA/CRS compliance, ensuring accuracy and adherence to regulatory guidelines.
•     Collaborate with internal stakeholders to gather data and documentation for tax reporting.
•     Support the team in monitoring compliance with tax regulations and reporting deadlines.
•     Identify and resolve tax-related issues or discrepancies.
•     Compile and maintain accurate tax records, reports, and documentation.

Reporting and Documentation:

•     Assist with reporting for various governance structures.
•     Collaborate with internal and external auditors during tax audits and reviews.
•     Prepare tax-related documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
•     Develop reports to identify trends and gaps, presenting findings to leadership.

Experience, Skills, and Qualifications:

Education:

•     Relevant tertiary qualifications in Taxation, Accounting, Compliance, or a related field.
•     Specialist qualifications in compliance or taxation is advantageous.

Work Experience:

•     Minimum of 5 years of experience in compliance monitoring or tax administration, preferably within the financial services industry.
•     Strong knowledge of tax legislation and compliance monitoring principles.

Technical Competencies:

•     Excellent attention to detail and strong analytical skills.
•     Proficient in administrative and record-keeping tasks.
•     Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
•     Demonstrated responsibility and accountability in previous roles.
•     Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).

Personal Attributes:

•     Self-motivated and able to work independently, as well as collaboratively within a team.
•     Ability to manage time effectively and prioritise tasks in a fast-paced environment.
•     Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive and pragmatic approach.
•     Enthusiastic about acquiring knowledge in compliance and regulatory frameworks.

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Description of the role 

• Working in partnership with an External Banker by being pro-actively involved in the facilitation, administration and implementation, of clients' requests. Working with vanilla credit proposals, and cross selling full product offering. All underpinned by service excellence to clients at all touch points.

Description of your skill and experience

Service excellence and relationship building:

•    Effective and timeous resolution of client queries telephonically or via email 
•    Providing sufficient support and education regarding products, processes and system changes
•    Manage client expectations and provide feedback accordingly
•    Liaising with support areas and product houses in order to meet clients' needs or required transactions
•    Establish and maintain relationship with internal stakeholders and support areas
•    Identify opportunities to fully bank the clients and cross sell product offering
•    Deliver service towards achieving income targets/budgets
•    Educating clients regarding support services available and on-line tools
•    CRM calls around client's card activity 
•    Maintain Deal stream in partnership with Private Banker

Deal facilitation:

•    Facilitation of deals for high volume and high value credit for vanilla transactions
•    Facilitation and processing of all deals including (but not limited to): i.e.
•    Building bonds (facilitated with clients, valuers and builders)
•    Residential properties and Vacant lands
•    Commercial props
•    Secured loans
•    Unsecured loan
•    Non-vanilla type deals 
•    Managing the conveyance pipeline
•    Managing payouts of clients lending transactions
•    Managing the cell's treasury book

Client administration:

•    Management of client data on radar 
•    Supporting external consultant by assisting client needs
•    Drafting of documentation for clients 
•    Management of systems (Finance)

Risk Management:

•    Identify all basic risk issues
•    Demonstrate in depth understanding of the relevance of documentation required as it pertains to risk
•    Provide client risk reviews or assessments
•    Demonstrate awareness of and take appropriate actions on residuals, recoveries and arrears
•    Proactively adapt to changes in Risk Management
•    Staying abreast of system and process changes (workflow)

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• Navigate is a unique in-office exposure programme tailored specifically for students in their final year of a bachelor's degree.
• This programme is designed to provide you with valuable insights into the world of work and the financial sector, while experiencing Investec's culture.
• During the Navigate Programme, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in Investec's work environment and gain a comprehensive understanding of the financial industry. Through hands-on experiences and interactions with industry professionals, you will develop the knowledge and skills necessary to kick-start your career.
• By participating in the Navigate Programme, you will not only gain exposure to our culture but also position yourself for further graduate opportunities. Successful students may be invited to participate in a recruitment process for entry-level opportunities.
• If you are preparing to enter the world of work, don't miss out on this chance to unlock your potential and set yourself up for success.

Criteria to apply: 

• Currently completing final year or postgraduate studies of a bachelor's degree in the areas outside of Technology or SAICA accredited CA degree.
• Intention to start working in January 2026

Deadline:30th June,2025

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Description

• This role specialises in data quality issue management including issue identification, data profiling, data cleanup and data quality issue prevention under guidance of data governance practices and in collaboration with team, data owners and data stewards.

Responsibilities:

Data Quality Tools Management:

• Liaison with tech partners to ensure tools function as required in support of data quality and governance work.
• Optimizing tools used for data quality and data governance within Private Bank in support of team objectives.
• Establishing and maintaining standards to ensure tools are used effectively and efficiently.
• Assist with training and adoption of new tools within the Data Ops Team.

Data Quality Tracking and Issue Identification: 

• Understand and contribute to the Private Bank (PB) Data Quality Tracking Model (DQTM) [Microsoft SQL code]. 
• Contribute to new data quality tool implementations.
• Acquire new data into the DQTM employing relevant ETL tools.
• Support the DQTM through monitoring control-m job execution in support week and resolving data issues/requests.
• Perform additional data quality analysis and build dashboards as required. [Power BI]

Data Quality Issue Cleanups: 

• Acquire solid business understanding of relevant data.
• Prepare data for cleanup following agreed procedures.
• Follow the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) process agreed per platform to update data in the source [Oracle Sequel].  
• Perform regular and manual cleanups following agreed governance processes with full stakeholder involvement
• Ad Hoc requests: Investigate data quality requests during support week and manage the shared mailbox during this week following team guidelines.

Data Quality Practitioner per Specified Source System:

• Continuously improve data quality for assigned sources in collaboration with your team and the data stewards following the new data quality model.
• Gain a solid business understanding of the source system data and ERD (Entity Relationship Diagram) as well as an understanding of the related business processes.

Other activities:

• Contribute to the establishment and refinement of quality processes and prepare reports on data and meta data quality for the data community as required.
• Contribute to the understanding of data by updating business data glossaries and other relevant data quality artefacts as required and within the agreed community guidelines.
• Continuously enhance own knowledge of the data in Private Bank and Investec Group where relevant including the tools within our domain

Skill and experience:

• Excellent problem-solving skills    
• Very good communication and collaboration skills 
• Strong writing skills 
• SQL query writing experience
• Knowledge of Private Bank systems is preferred
• Power BI skill is preferred
• Any data steward experience is advantageous
• Systems development/testing or data integration experience is advantageous

Qualifications:

• Information management, Computer Science, or other relevant degree

Personal Attributes:

• A self-starter who works well in a team and drives own learning.   
• Ability to work collaboratively with various stakeholders.
• Accurate in the detail and effective in the big picture
• Analytical with excellent problem-solving ability