Senior Manager, Compliance

Johannesburg - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 15 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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What Well Bring:

At TransUnion a leader in the information services industry weve made a habit of impacting the world around us. Our commitment to technology security and data is second to our fast paced and challenging environment we constantly encourage new ideas and new thinking from our employees and thus our continued growth is assured.

We have a welcoming and energetic environment that encourages collaboration and innovation. This environment gives our people the opportunity to hone current skills and build new capabilities while discovering their genius.

The Senior Compliance Manager has responsibility for the development and overseeing of the
compliance function for all TransUnion entities in Africa. This includes ensuring a compliance framework
with appropriate compliance monitoring inter alia in accordance with relevant laws and regulations
applicable in these regions incl. credit bureau and data privacy laws and regulations.

What Youll Bring:

Bachelors degree or higher in business pre-law or law risk management or related field with minimum of 5 years work experience in a compliance related field with demonstrated managerial experience.
Experience of leading a Compliance Team or other Assurance team a credit bureau or financial services industry
Experience of being the representative of the business to customers regulators and other interested 3rd parties
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a variety of technical and non-technical business stakeholders at all levels
Effective in communicating verbally and in writing with consideration to the intended audience
Methodical thorough and diligent with strong attention to detail and strong documentation and report writing and presentation skills
Strong planning organisational and time management skills to manage and lead multiple priorities and work to deadlines with multiple deliverables
Strong analytical technical and problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions
Passion for keeping up to date with emerging legislation and regulation
Passion for leading and driving change within the team and wider

Impact Youll Make:

Compliance Programme Management

Ensure all compliance programmes are documented and implemented with the required supporting procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Oversee and manage the compliance risk assessment process including control validation activities and act as a second line of defense to provide an independent oversight of the risk management activities performed by first line of defense.
Evaluate the effectiveness of business unit processes and other controls that exist to ensure compliance with laws regulations policies and procedures.
Ensure that TransUnion operations are monitored and audited incl. systems in place to detect compliance violations in high-risk transactional activities red flag indicators and metrics for compliance risks.
Own and manage critical projects including regulatory change management and regulatory engagement. This includes liaising with stakeholders and ensuring the regulatory change management process is executed in a timely manner.
Collaborate with business units to perform periodic reviews of compliance effectiveness.
Create compliance awareness and training programs across the organization.

Compliance Advisory

Advise business stakeholders on compliance requirements and controls for all Africa regions.
Develop compliance guidelines processes and procedures for the various business units through collaboration with business unit leadership.
Negotiate and influence matters affecting the compliance team within the Africa operations.
Engage with senior management to support strategic goals plans and objectives for the organization.

Analyze address and resolve compliance issues.
Provide oversight and support on compliance related matters.
Ensure processes and other controls exist with the business to enforce compliance with laws regulations policies and procedures.
Support internal data privacy compliance reviews where required under local laws and regulations.
Participate with the business unit in self-assessments/audits incl. data privacy and compliance-related assessments and other reviews.

General

Liaise with the regional regulators on all compliance matters relevant to the organisation and credit bureau industry as a whole.
Compile and submit compliance-related reports to the various regulators as and when required.
Regularly report to regional and international executives on all compliance related matters.
Work closely with internal audit team on the audit findings and observations.
Work closely with Head of stakeholder Engagement on regulatory issues and updates.
Lead and participate in compliance related system and operations development projects.
Collaborate with the Legal and Corporate Investigations departments on all joint or related matters.
Lead motivate and empower staff in order to reach organisational and team goals.
Respond to compliance and due diligence questionnaires from clients & prospects.
Work closely with strategic business units incl. IT Legal Information Security Sales Product and Internal Audit.
Represent TransUnion at all relevant industry forums (e.g. Credit Bureau Association in South Africa) from a compliance perspective.
Ensure compliance with the requirements of the global Business Continuity and Issues Management programmes.
Assist with Board Governance and company secretarial duties.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Manager Compliance

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

TransUnions Job Applicant Privacy NoticeWhat Well Bring:At TransUnion a leader in the information services industry weve made a habit of impacting the world around us. Our commitment to technology security and data is second to our fast paced and challenging environment we constantly encourage new ...

TransUnions Job Applicant Privacy Notice

What Well Bring:

What Youll Bring:

Bachelors degree or higher in business pre-law or law risk management or related field with minimum of 5 years work experience in a compliance related field with demonstrated managerial experience.
Experience of leading a Compliance Team or other Assurance team a credit bureau or financial services industry
Experience of being the representative of the business to customers regulators and other interested 3rd parties
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with a variety of technical and non-technical business stakeholders at all levels
Effective in communicating verbally and in writing with consideration to the intended audience
Methodical thorough and diligent with strong attention to detail and strong documentation and report writing and presentation skills
Strong planning organisational and time management skills to manage and lead multiple priorities and work to deadlines with multiple deliverables
Strong analytical technical and problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions
Passion for keeping up to date with emerging legislation and regulation
Passion for leading and driving change within the team and wider

Impact Youll Make:

Compliance Programme Management

Ensure all compliance programmes are documented and implemented with the required supporting procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Oversee and manage the compliance risk assessment process including control validation activities and act as a second line of defense to provide an independent oversight of the risk management activities performed by first line of defense.
Evaluate the effectiveness of business unit processes and other controls that exist to ensure compliance with laws regulations policies and procedures.
Ensure that TransUnion operations are monitored and audited incl. systems in place to detect compliance violations in high-risk transactional activities red flag indicators and metrics for compliance risks.
Own and manage critical projects including regulatory change management and regulatory engagement. This includes liaising with stakeholders and ensuring the regulatory change management process is executed in a timely manner.
Collaborate with business units to perform periodic reviews of compliance effectiveness.
Create compliance awareness and training programs across the organization.

Compliance Advisory

Advise business stakeholders on compliance requirements and controls for all Africa regions.
Develop compliance guidelines processes and procedures for the various business units through collaboration with business unit leadership.
Negotiate and influence matters affecting the compliance team within the Africa operations.
Engage with senior management to support strategic goals plans and objectives for the organization.

Analyze address and resolve compliance issues.
Provide oversight and support on compliance related matters.
Ensure processes and other controls exist with the business to enforce compliance with laws regulations policies and procedures.
Support internal data privacy compliance reviews where required under local laws and regulations.
Participate with the business unit in self-assessments/audits incl. data privacy and compliance-related assessments and other reviews.

General

Liaise with the regional regulators on all compliance matters relevant to the organisation and credit bureau industry as a whole.
Compile and submit compliance-related reports to the various regulators as and when required.
Regularly report to regional and international executives on all compliance related matters.
Work closely with internal audit team on the audit findings and observations.
Work closely with Head of stakeholder Engagement on regulatory issues and updates.
Lead and participate in compliance related system and operations development projects.
Collaborate with the Legal and Corporate Investigations departments on all joint or related matters.
Lead motivate and empower staff in order to reach organisational and team goals.
Respond to compliance and due diligence questionnaires from clients & prospects.
Work closely with strategic business units incl. IT Legal Information Security Sales Product and Internal Audit.
Represent TransUnion at all relevant industry forums (e.g. Credit Bureau Association in South Africa) from a compliance perspective.
Ensure compliance with the requirements of the global Business Continuity and Issues Management programmes.
Assist with Board Governance and company secretarial duties.

This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Manager Compliance

Required Experience:

Senior Manager

Key Skills

Compliance Management
Risk Management
Financial Services
PCI
Banking
Cost Accounting Standards
Quality Systems
Research Experience
NIST Standards
Securities Law
SOX
ISO 27000

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