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Now’s the time to imagine your potential in a team where experts come together and ignite effective change.\nAre you someone who can:\nDeliver against operational and cost targets.\nPrioritize resource allocation to minimize and reduce wastage.\nMonitor costs for the financial year according to the operational plan\nAllocates and approves expenditure.\nIdentify, control and escalate potential risks that may lead to increased costs.\nDeliver customer experience excellence aligned to Organizational values and service standards.\nBuild professional long-term relationships with customers based on trust that builds the brand.\nCollect and interrogate information and feedback to ensure full understanding of customer needs to deliver a quality service.\nDeliver service that exceeds customer expectations through proactive, innovative and appropriate solution selection and application.\nProvide customers with relevant information to keep them informed of products and service options.\nEnsure own product knowledge and guidance provided is technically accurate and collects feedback to help improve customer service.\nBuild relationships that allow for the managing of expectations; the sharing of knowledge and diverse insights; and the creation of buy-in.\nEngage in cross-functional relationships to obtain and to provide work support.\nRead, interpret and apply trust document language to specific situations, overseeing the frequent distributions of cash or assets by the management company.\nConduct comprehensive reviews of account activity and terms of all types of accounts following relevant policies/procedures.\nIdentify customer needs and offering solutions.\nProactively oversee fiduciary risk exposure within the Collective Investment Schemes for which we are appointed.\nOversee client accounts in order to create, expand, and serve relationships.\nPerform internal audits to verify compliance with established standards and partners directly with risk partners.\nProvide CIS fiduciary oversight and answers difficult or complex questions regarding collective investment schemes and portfolio fiduciary risk and compliance oversight.\nReview documents and works with team members to ensure proper documentation of management company actions, policies and procedures.\nMake decisions in complex situations requiring excellent understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that influence and lead broader work team to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives.\nEnsure compliance with relevant statutory, legislative, policy and governance requirements in area of accountability.\nEnsure implementation of relevant policies, governance and practice standards across the business.\nMaintain knowledge on relevant legislative amendments, industry best practices and internal compliance procedures and requirements.\nEnsure compliance is adopted in terms of systems and procedures as laid out by organization and review in response to audit findings and changes.\nDevelops an understanding of risks and risk management approaches.\nImplement and provide input into the development of governance and compliance procedures and processes within area of specialization and identify risks.\nEducates others and makes suggestions for improvements.\nNetworks and participates in specialist risk forums where required.\nImplement, monitor and control business processes according to quality standards; policy; and compliance and governance requirements in area of accountability.\nEnsure the development, alignment, mapping and implementation of end-to-end processes aligned to the customer journey map.\nResearch, enable and consult on improvements and opportunities to harness technology and platform enablement.\nImprove business decisions by providing accurate and reliable business intelligence (information) together with analyzing trends and data.\nProvide timeous reports on management company conduct and oversight, scheme audit reporting and processes as well as regulatory reporting required from time to time\nWhat We are Looking For:\nMinimum qualification: University degree/ Diploma\nLegal degree with contract drafting and Vendor Management Experience\nOnboarding experience is essential\nShort Term Insurance experience would be advantageous\nYou will have access to:\nOpportunities to network and collaborate.\nA challenging working environment\nOpportunities to innovate.\nWe can be a match if you are:\nAdaptable and curious\nAnalyse complex data sets\nThrive in a collaborative environment.\nApply now if you are interested in taking the next step. We look forward to engaging with you!\nAll 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.\nImportant Closing Date Note\nTake note that applications will not be accepted on the below date and onwards, kindly submit applications ahead of the closing date indicated below.\n14/11/26All 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. 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