Officer, Branch Compliance bei Standard Bank Group

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To enable the execution of Compliance Risk Management processes and activities at a specific Branch within an Africa Regions country, to ensure that the Branch is undertaken in a compliant manner to avoid operational losses, fines, penalties or reputational damage to the organisation and enable the competitive advantage of the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring compliance with the relevant Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorist (AML/CFT) and legislations governing related activities.
• Monitoring transactions of customers to determine whether the transactions are in line with the customers’ profile else probe further.
• Review and escalation of Suspicious transaction reports through Team Lead, AML/CFT, Compliance Manager to the Chief Compliance Officer.
• Providing advisory support to the branches on know Your Customer (KYC) issues/enquiries for optimal risk management.
• Conduct monitoring exercises on compliance issues in the branches especially effective proactive engagement with responsible parties on the level of compliance with annual declaration for Personal Account Trading (PAT) and Outside Business Interest (OBI).

• First Degree

Experience Required

• 3-4 years' experience in Compliance with a sound knowledge of the relevant regulatory requirements and upcoming developments applicable to a specific business area as well as a solid understanding of banking products and activities.
• In depth knowledge and understanding of applicable regulations as well as internal compliance related policies and procedures. Ability to take the understanding of business needs and operations and to translate it into risk management solutions.

Behavioural Competencies:

• Articulating Information
• Challenging Ideas
• Convincing People
• Developing Strategies
• Embracing Change
• Empowering Individuals
• Exploring Possibilities
• Interacting with People
• Interpreting Data
• Making Decisions
• Providing Insights
• Upholding Standards

Technical Competencies:

• Evaluation of Internal Controls
• Financial Acumen
• Financial Industry Regulatory Framework
• Legal Compliance
• Process Governance
• Risk Awareness