Compliance Manager

Job Description

Ensure adherence of organisation policies and procedures, especially regulatory and ethical standards.

Perform regular audits, design control systems and help to design and implement company policies.

Hello, future Compliance Manager

We are seeking an experienced Compliance Manager to provide dedicated compliance oversight and advisory support to the Toyota Financial Services portfolio within WesBank. The successful candidate will partner with business stakeholders to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements, implement effective compliance risk management practices, and promote a strong culture of governance and ethical conduct.

Are you someone who can:

• Provide compliance advisory support to Toyota Financial Services and WesBank business stakeholders.
• Interpret and communicate regulatory and legislative requirements in a practical business context.
• Develop and maintain Compliance Risk Management Plans (CRMPs) and compliance monitoring programmes.
• Identify compliance risks, control weaknesses, and remediation actions.
• Conduct compliance monitoring and report on outcomes, trends, and key risk indicators.
• Investigate and escalate compliance incidents, breaches, and regulatory concerns.
• Support compliance with NCA, CPA, FAIS, FICA, POPIA, AML/KYC and related financial services legislation.
• Deliver regulatory training and compliance awareness initiatives.
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external business partners.
• Deliver customer experience excellence in own service delivery
• Improve business decisions by providing accurate and reliable business intelligence (information) together with analysing trends and data.
• Provide regular reports on delivery of services against agreed service level agreements.
• Accumulate information to review work progress that provides input to reporting, decision making and the identification of improvement opportunities.
• Monitor customer feedback reports and align processes to maximise efficiencies.
• Analyse and interpret regulation and legislation and using a risk-based approach. Identification and risk rating of applicable laws and regulations for responsible business units.
• Compiling monitoring reports on the results of monitoring.
• Incident reporting, to ensure timeous escalation of compliance risks and incidents Interpret regulation and legislation and assist business units with practical implementation
• Research and communicate applicable legislative developments to all stakeholders.
• Provide training on regulatory requirements
• Maintain knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and internal compliance procedures and requirements.
• Ensure compliance is adopted in terms of systems and procedures as laid out by organisation and review in response to audit findings and changes.

You will be an ideal candidate if you have:

• A relevant bachelor's degree in Law, Compliance, Risk Management, Finance, Commerce, or equivalent qualification.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in a Compliance Specialist, Senior Compliance Officer, or Compliance Manager role within Financial Services.
• Demonstrated experience in end-to-end compliance risk management and regulatory advisory.
• Experience developing and implementing Compliance Risk Management Plans (CRMPs).
• Strong knowledge of NCA, CPA, FAIS, FICA, POPIA and AML/KYC requirements.
• Experience conducting compliance monitoring, risk assessments, and control effectiveness reviews.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Experience within banking, vehicle finance, credit, or retail financial services will be advantageous.

What's in it for you?

• Opportunity to play a key role in supporting one of South Africa's leading vehicle finance partnerships.
• Exposure to a broad range of regulatory, governance, and compliance matters.
• A collaborative environment focused on innovation, customer outcomes, and responsible lending.
• The opportunity to influence business decisions and strengthen compliance risk management across the portfolio.

Important Closing Date Note

Take note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.

All appointments will be made in line with FirstRand Group’s Employment Equity plan. The Bank supports the recruitment and advancement of individuals with disabilities. In order for us to fulfill this purpose, candidates can disclose their disability information on a voluntary basis. The Bank will keep this information confidential unless we are required by law to disclose this information to other parties.