Legal and Compliance Officer - DBN

at  BET Software

WE WANT YOU:

Step into an exciting opportunity with BET Software as we search for a proactive Legal and Compliance Officer to enhance our operations in Durban. In this role, you’ll provide crucial support to our Legal and Compliance Manager, ensuring that our company meets all legislative, statutory, and governance requirements. You’ll play a key role in implementing an effective compliance management framework and ensuring our policies and processes align with applicable laws and regulations. If you’re detail-oriented and ready to make a significant impact, apply today and join our vibrant team.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Conduct research when necessary, compile required reports and papers, and make legally sound recommendations regarding legal and compliance issues.
• Attend to contract reviews.
• Attend to all applicable licensing, approvals and consents required from regulatory authorities.
• Proactively monitor license conditions and carry out relevant reporting thereto.
• Liaise with regulatory bodies where necessary.
• Draft advanced reports and correspondence to various third parties when necessary.
• Confidently respond to queries and any investigations from external and internal parties.
• Responsible for overall compliance advice to Management to ensure compliance with all applicable legislation, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to assist with the implementation, compliance and monitoring with the Protection of Personal Information Act.
• Responsible for staying updated on the evolving best practices affecting the company and its underlying operations and provide guidance to the company on how to achieve and maintain compliance to relevant legislation, regulations and policies in plain language.
• Assist with the development of the Compliance Framework and Procedures as well as the monitoring mechanisms.
• Ensure that internal controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance of compliance with established company regulatory requirements, and that all external regulatory requirements are complied with.
• Recognise gaps in existing processes or arising from new regulations and ensure that the correct remedial action is put into place to close the gaps.
• Responsible for examining and researching risk areas across the business and mitigating identified risks ensuring full compliance with all applicable regulations, legislation, company policies and best practice.
• Review all critical business policies from a regulatory compliance perspective and make recommendations for improvement
• Assist with the design and development of an annual compliance monitoring plan.
• Monitor developments in all compliance aspects affecting the company and its operations and conduct regular internal compliance monitoring audits.
• Identify, investigate and report on issues identified and raised in compliance audits to ensure resolution and corrective actions taken.
• Lead investigations and remediation promptly and effectively.
• Track and assist with remedial actions following any compliance findings or breaches.
• Recommend mitigation of risks and implementing remedial action.
• Escalate any significant compliance issues to Management.
• Assist with the preparation for independent compliance reviews and external audits.
• Ensure technical correctness of policy documents drafted through regular research and training.
• Implement standards, policies and procedures to govern business compliance to applicable legislation.

The job obligations of a Legal and Compliance Officer go well beyond what is listed above. Ensuring that you are living and applying our fundamental company values in your day-to-day tasks is critical to the success of the department and BET Software as a whole. We have outlined how you will bring our core company values to life in your role below:

• Embrace responsibility willingly. Take ownership of your tasks, whether it’s reviewing compliance documents, ensuring legal compliance, or handling regulatory matters.
• Be responsible for your decisions and actions. Do not hesitate to alert your colleagues or superiors to a problem if you notice one.
• Be curious about your work and open to learning new things. Navigating complicated rules and unique scenarios is a common task in associated to the legal and compliance role.
• Be true to yourself and your values. In legal and compliance, authenticity is essential in building trust and credibility.
• Uphold ethical principles and integrity in all your actions. Stay true to your personal and professional ethics.
• Foster a collaborative environment by working effectively with colleagues and cross-functional teams. Recognise that legal and compliance issues often require collective effort.
• Treat challenges as opportunities for growth. Learn from setbacks and use them as stepping stones to future achievements.
• Legal and compliance landscapes are constantly evolving. Embrace change as an opportunity for growth and adaptation