RISK & COMPLIANCE SPECIALIST

Insurance company

Rosebank

The Company

A vibrant and innovative company with both non-life and life insurance licenses. We provide our business partners and insurance clients with the ability to participate in the risk and benefits related to their individual insurance business.

The Role

The Risk & Compliance Specialist will assist the Head: Risk & Compliance who is responsible for Risk & Compliance management

Key responsibilities include:

Assist with the responsibility for the design of and implementing of systems and controls to ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations impacting on the company

Develop, complete and maintain Compliance Risk Management Plans (CRMPs) to respond to regulatory changes and to address shortfalls in compliance.

Advise and assist staff and clients proactively in developing products, systems and responses to legislation and regulation.

Contribute to the creation of a risk & compliance culture and awareness by becoming a trusted advisor to 1st line, whilst maintaining independence as part of 2nd line.

Provide training and/or its external business partners.

Report to all stakeholders on risk & compliance management, as and when required.

Overall assisting with the management of the compliance strategy, framework and plans (including crisis management plans)

in order to ensure that the complies with relevant regulatory requirements.

Monitoring regulatory risk profile and facilitating the process with all business units to ensure that key regulatory risks are managed.

Assisting with implementation, roll out and management of risk & compliance management technology /systems to all business units and ensuring users are trained as required.

Assisting to embed a structured compliance risk management process to identify, mitigate, monitor, report and escalate key regulatory and reputational risks within the parameters of the Boards risk appetite.

Monitor and report on regulatory risk management losses incurred and record same in incident register and non-compliance risk register.

Qualifications and requirements

Legal degree as recognised in terms of FAIS.

Admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa.

8 10 years experience and proven track record in an end-to-end risk & compliance function within the life and non-life South African insurance industry.

Strong knowledge of the Financial Services Industry, Insurance legislation and regulations including the Insurance Act,

the Long- and Short-Term Insurance Acts, PPRs, FICA, FAIS, General Code of Conduct, POPI and TCF principles.

An understanding of the SAIA and ASISA standards.

General legislation applicable to the greater business environment.

Preferred

B.Com. LLB graduate.

Post-graduate diploma in Compliance Management.

Member of CISA.

FSCA approved CAT 1 Compliance Officer.

CURA software experience.