
Compliance Officer in South Africa office.
Trive South Africa (PTY) Ltd is a Category I and II FSCA register financial service provider located at 4 Karen Steet, Byanston (off Peter Place).
Headquartered in Netherlands, Trive was established in 2010 and has grown in a mere 11 years to a global financial services company, with offices currently over 20-countries and a total workforce of over 2.000 people.
The group companies specialize in Trading, Credit, Payment, and Venture Capital.
Our vision& goal is being “a global multi-asset investment platform and technologies holding company”
Responsibilities:
- Assesses and monitors the compliance risks associated with the company’s business activities, operations, and products and services,
- Establish and maintain relationships with business area, line management of the business area, internal and external audit and other complimentary departments and divisions e.g. Legal, HR, Internal Audit, etc.
- Work with external compliance to design a compliance-monitoring plan that will make sense and be practical for the organization, and in line with the Act
- Develop and implement a compliance program to ensure the organization operates in accordance with regulations in South Africa
- Assuring that all duties are performed in accordance with compliance regulations, processes, and procedures. Works with other areas to ensure integrated compliance where necessary,
- Work with Legal department to stay abreast of changes in laws and regulations and recommend appropriate changes to ensure that ops adapt to comply with these changes,
- Working with Senior Managers, Lines of Businesses & other departments to ensure ongoing compliance with AML Standards, KYC and other regulatory requirements,
- Monitor horizon risks including regulatory rule changes to ensure firm’s policies and procedures comply with appropriate laws, regulations, industry guidance and ethics
- Provide advice to senior leadership on current and emerging risk, regulatory rules, enforcements and actions
- Implement, maintain and perform risk assessments of the firm’s AML/CTF, Sanctions and KYC policies for existing as well as new business, clients and regions
- Training – presentations on policies and procedures, liaising with regulators, alerting management to pending legislation.
- Represent the organisation in respect of the compliance function and any matter related thereto.
- Ensure continuous compliance with both FAIS and FIC.
- Preparation of all required FAIS and FIC compliance reports.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Recognized qualification in commerce, corporate governance, or law (minimum NQF 7 and registered by SAQA)
- JSE Equity Compliance Officer Exam would be highly beneficial
- Must passed the RE1 and RE3 regulatory exam would be advantageous
- Must have minimum 3 years’ experience working as compliance officer with a registered FSP and obtained prior Phase I and II approval from the Registrar
- Experience with KYC and AML metrics reporting
- Brilliant oral and written communication skills
- Must ensure that policies and procedures are put into place to achieve compliance
- Rule driven and identifies the rules applicable to the business area and then establishes a process in the organisation that gives effect to that rule.
- Highly organized self-starter, able to build and document sustainable processes and ensure timely completion of departmental projects