Compliance Manager

at  Discovery Ltd

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS

• Experience and skills to manage a professional team.
• Detailed knowledge of South African legislation and regulations to be able to interpret and apply legislation.
• Problem solving skills and conflict-management of situations in a constructive and professional manner.
• Ability to make rational judgements from the available information and analysis and provide considered and consistent advice.
• Strong communication, reporting and presentation skills.
• Ability to work as a team, understand the impact of decisions and be confident enough to raise concerns within the team and to senior management.
• Strong research ability and attention to detail.
• Strong listening, organisational and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and teamwork qualities, including but not limited to, guiding and motivating of team members to achieve a common goal, setting of objectives for the team and supporting their development and be productive.
• Foster a positive work environment that promotes employee satisfaction and retention.
• Experience working in or with short- or long-term insurance companies is beneficial.
• Develop an effective network with business representatives and to build the necessary trust relationship with business representatives, such as executive members and senior management.
• Writes in a well-structured and logical way – must have ability to write and review compliance reports and draft compliance guidance notes with detail required to inform the business of regulatory requirements and potential impacts.
• Able to work well under pressure.
• Efficient time management skills, including quick turnaround time on quality work.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Relevant tertiary education
• Post-graduate qualification in Compliance Management (advantageous)
• 6 years’ experience in large corporate environment in management, including staff management, implementation and maintenance of processes and procedures.
• Demonstrated success leading change initiatives.

The success of Discovery is made possible by our great people. Our Group Compliance department is looking for a knowledgeable, self-starter to join their team as a Compliance Manager (Monitoring) to assist Discovery effectively and productively in managing its responsibility to comply with all the regulatory requirements and minimise the compliance risks identified in business. The purpose of the role is to have managerial oversight to ensure that the organisation meets its compliance obligations by conduct monitoring reviews throughout the organisation provide guidance and support to the monitoring team.