Momentum Vacancies – Junior Compliance Officer

• Assist in drafting monthly and quarterly compliance reports within your scope of responsibility to line Management.
• Derive a monitoring coverage plan which talks to the regulatory universe and CRMPs of high risk pieces of legislation.
• Assess the possible impact of any regulatory development on the operations of the business and work with the business from a compliance perspective
• Contribute to the review of all critical business policies from a regulatory compliance perspective and make recommendations for improvement
• Provide advice to business on compliance and implementation of controls, including control effectiveness and adequacy assessments
• Assist with the proper establishment and maintenance of procedures on the identification, reporting and resolution of compliance breaches and other compliance and regulatory issues.
• Advising (written compliance opinions / memos)
• Implement the coverage plan including scoping and interaction with business, process analysis and report-writing
• Inspection/audit of relevant compliance records, processes and systems.
• Training and awareness
• Following-up on any outstanding non-compliant matters pertaining to the daily findings.

Job Requirements:

• Good written and verbal communication and report writing skills
• Basic Presentation skills
• Deadline driven
• Ability to build relationships
• Legal, Audit or commercial (e.g. Accounting) degree/national diploma (preferred).
• Currently studying towards a Business/law/commercial/compliance Degree/Diploma.
• Able to work independently and in a team
• Ability to interpret statutory, regulatory and supervisory requirements.
• Computer literacy. Able to work under pressure
• Able to translate legal knowledge for a non-legal audience
• Key skills needed include:
• Strong administrative and organizational skills.

Qualification & Experience:

• 1-2 years relevant experience required.
• Relevant compliance experience required.