Latest Opportunities at Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC)

JOB PURPOSE

• To design, maintain and optimise FIC’s databases and its data to meet the business requirements while ensuring the security, compliance, and availability of data to the FIC’s operations.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

•  Requirements gathering – through engagement with business i.e., collect, document, and review business requirements.
•  Database design and development – design, develop and implement complex, scalable, reliable and performing databases and data structures meeting business requirements.
•  Database programming - proficiency in writing complex T-SQL queries to support business operations.
•  Database maintenance and performance optimisation – ensure optimisation of database performance and maintain high level of availability ensuring the systems are accessible to the users when required. Install and configure database management systems (DBMS) ensuring that the DBMS can handle the FIC’s data requirements.
•  Database security – define and implement security controls and security policies and procedures are implemented. 
•  Compliance and regulations - Ensure compliance with the policies, processes, procedures and applicable standards and data laws and regulations (e.g. POPIA) in order to minimise downtime and risk of data losses. Define and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) and database monitoring procedures to ensure effectiveness and efficiency of the database management system including proper handling of patch management and updates.
•  Capacity planning – plan for future growth and ensure that the databases and systems can scale to meet increasing demands.
•  Backup and recovery – develop and implement backup and recovery plans to ensure that the databases and systems can be recovered quickly in the event of disaster or disruptions.
•  Data Migration – perform complex data migrations between different data sources and ensure data quality, integrity and curated data are implemented successfully.
•  Data lake administration- administer the data lake platform.
•  Data Architecture design – contribute and provide input in designing of the overall data architecture of the FIC’s databases including selection of database management systems/platforms.
•  User Support – provide support to users who may encounter issues emanating from the database.
•  Technical writing – develop and maintain comprehensive technical documentation and related technical specifications. Defining policies, procedures, etc.
•  Data governance - understand of data governance principles and the ability to implement data governance processes and policies to ensure data integrity and security.
•  Service provider management – manage relationship with service providers’ providing data related services to the FIC.
•  Project management – adhere to project management standards and techniques in the line of work.
•  Risk Management – raise and provide mitigations/ re-mediations timeously.
•  Technical Leadership and Mentoring – guide and supporting junior resources on data related tasks to ensure that the team is effective and efficient. Lead and review database administration activities and assign tasks to database administration team
•  Cloud database administration – administer cloud-based database management system.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

•  A relevant degree In information Technology or a relevant NQF level 7 equivalent qualification
•  Database design and development – minimum six (6) year experience in design, develop and implement complex, scalable, reliable and performing databases.
•  Database programming - minimum six (6) year experience programming in T-SQL.
•  Database maintenance and performance optimisation – minimum six (6) year experience.
•  Database security – minimum six (6) year experience in database security configurations and implementations. 
•  Backup and recovery – minimum six (6) year experience in backup and recovery planning and implementations.
•  Capacity planning – minimum six (6) year experience.
•  User Support – minimum six (6) year experience in user support. 
•  Compliance and regulations - minimum three (3) year experience in implementation of necessary controls to ensure compliance.
•  Data Migration – minimum three (3) year experience.
•  Technical writing – minimum three (3) year experience writing technical documents.
•  Data governance – minimum two (2) year experience in data governance implementations.
•  Requirements gathering - minimum two (2) year experience in data requirements gathering.
•  Project management – minimum two (2) year experience in data project.
•  Risk Management - minimum two (2) year experience in data project.
•  Technical Leadership and Mentoring – minimum two (2) year experience in guiding and supporting junior resources.
•  Data Architecture design – knowledge of data architecture design.
•  Service provider management – an experience in managing service providers is an advantage.
•  Data lake administration- knowledge of administering the data lake platform is an advantage.
•  Cloud database administration – experience in administering cloud-based database management system is an advantage

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JOB PURPOSE:
Assist in implementing, monitoring and enhancing the level of compliance related to systems and data reporting requirements in accordance with the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, No. 38 of 2001, as amended (FIC Act).

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Technical Competencies
•  Assist in advising on anti-money laundering and terror financing compliance requirements pertaining to registrations, data streams and reporting to the FIC and the need to implement appropriate systems and processes by supervised institutions under the FIC Act.
•  Assist with setting up of reporting streams based on the FIC’s technical system requirements.
•  Conduct desktop and compliance system and reporting reviews of supervised institutions under guidance.
•  Assist in assessing supervised institutions’ system capability and compliance reporting requirements within the industry sectors affected by the FIC Act.
•  Assist in identifying enhancements to improve system and data reporting compliance oversight of the FIC and other supervisory bodies.
•  Assist in gathering and documenting business and system requirements.
•  Monitor and report on the state of compliance by Accountable and Reporting Institutions with registration and reporting obligation under guidance.
•  Assist with remediation processes applied to non-compliant reporting and reporting failures of Accountable and Reporting Institutions, including Directive 3 remediation, and monitoring the state of remediation in terms of FIC requirements and instructions.
•  Assist with the provision of reporting information for compliance reviews, inspections and or enforcement matters at the request of FIC or Supervisory Bodies, relating to compliance with registration and reporting requirements in terms of the FIC Act.
•  Assist in developing diagnostic tools and applications to facilitate the monitoring, risk assessment and enforcement of FIC Act compliance.
•  Assist in engaging with other FIC divisions in order to assess and share reporting compliance information.

EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Education
•  Relevant University Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or NQF level 7 equivalent
•  Qualifications in anti-money laundering, compliance management and or forensics would be advantageous
• Experience 
•  At least 1 (one) year practical experience in the AML/CFT environment which includes practical experience in the application of compliance systems;
• Skills
•  Knowledge and/or exposure to IT projects
•  Knowledge and exposure to testing ICT solutions;
•  Qualifications in anti-money laundering, compliance management and or forensics would be advantageous to MIS and statistical reporting using Business Intelligence and/or Dashboards;
•  Excellent communication skills (oral and written);
•  An intermediate to advanced level of computer literacy.