Head Of Governance, Legal, Risk and Complance

Fempower Personnel; Pretoria; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in South Africa seeks a Senior Manager for Governance, Risk and Compliance. The role involves providing key advice on legal matters, managing risks, and ensuring compliance with relevant legislation. Candidates must possess an LLB degree, be an admitted attorney, and have significant experience in corporate governance and compliance management.

Qualifications

• Ten years experience, with eight in Corporate Governance, Risk, Legal, and Compliance.
• Membership with IRMSA or CISA preferred.
• Expert knowledge of Corporate Law, Companies Act, and relevant legislation.

Responsibilities

• Advise on corporate governance, risk, compliance, and legal matters.
• Manage the GRLC function and enterprise risk management framework.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements and oversee legal services.

Skills

Corporate Governance

Risk Management

Compliance Management

Legal Drafting

Litigation

Business Resilience

Education

Postgraduate degree (LLB) in law

Admitted Attorney / Advocate of the High Court

Job description

Governance, Ethics, Compliance, Internal Control and Risk Management

• Provide advice to the organisation in respect of corporate governance, enterprise risk, social and ethics, business resilience, combined assurance

and compliance issues.

• Manage the GRLC function and providing support in identifying, managing, monitoring and corrective action / s of entity-wide risks

operational and strategic), including the risk of non-compliance to applicable legislation, regulations and policies as part of the overall

risk management processes and governance structures.

• Assist with the development, implementation and maintenance of an enterprise risk management framework (ERMF), policy and

procedures for the organisation in accordance with international standards; and including the facilitation of departmental risk workshops, risk and

control reviews and monitoring and analysis of risk trends.

• Ensure that all the activities of the GRLC department are carried out according to the agreed ERMF.
• Establish, communicate and facilitate the use of appropriate Risk and Compliance management methodologies, tools and techniques.
• Oversee the development and implementation of the organisation's Business Resilience policies and procedures.
• Provide assurance to the Board and Management that the organisation is compliant to regulatory and statutory requirements.
• Assist Line Management in reviewing and annually updating the ERM Framework and all relevant policies, including the Fraud and

Corruption Prevention Strategy; ERM Policy; Compliance Policy; and Framework and Business Continuity Management Policy and Plans.

• Facilitate formal awareness campaigns on governance, risk and compliance as well as business resilience related matters and providing

accurate reporting and relevant information for the escalation of potential high-risk areas to the CorpEx and Risk Committee.

• Compile necessary submissions and present those at the Audit & Risk Committee and board meetings.
• Manage, coordinating and overseeing the preparation of Operational (Business) Plans, quarterly performance feedback reporting by the

departments and prepare quarterly report to CorpEx.

• Assist / Provide inputs to the Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan [APP] and Annual Performance Report [APR] preparation in

line with DPME / DSTI guidelines and timelines.

Organisational Legal Services

• Provide strategic advice on legal and governance matters.
• Lead and oversee the provision of legal services function.
• Input into contractual resources (drafting, negotiations and / or reviewing of contracts).
• Manage the provision of legal advice and opinions verbally or written draft legal opinions.
• Represent the organisation in legal forums and labour forums where required.
• Manage external legal service providers.
• Manage the development of policy, frameworks, and regulations for the organisation with strategic information that can inform improvement

of frameworks, business processes, policies, procedures, and systems that manage business operations.

• Review and assess compliance of the organisation policies and procedures to applicable South African and international legislation.
• Oversee and maintain key company information, executive decisions taken, standard practices and policy updates for good

governance.

• Review meeting materials prior to presentation and ensure compliance with the company's document retention policy.
• Ensure in consultation with COSEC that the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees are fully briefed on all legal and

governance matters and pertaining to them when taking decisions.

• Provide advice and guidance to the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees on all matters of statutory requirements, laws,

regulations risk, compliance, duties and responsibilities, and business conduct.

• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and advise the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees.
• Ensure that the NRF staff and the Executive Committee, Board and Board Committees remain compliant with applicable standards of

corporate governance and has the necessary infrastructure to support the governance rationale and governance framework.

• Develop and oversee the systems that ensure the NRF complies with all applicable codes, in addition to its legal and statutory

requirements.

Key Requirements : Qualification :

• Postgraduate degree (LLB) in law or higher.
• An Admitted Attorney / Advocate of the Hight Court.

Experience :

• Ten (10) years experience of which eight (8) should be in Corporate Governance, Risk, Legal and Compliance Management in the

capacity of Senior / Executive Manager in a medium to large organisation.

• Experience in litigation and legal drafting.
• Membership with the Institute of Risk Management in South Africa (IRMSA) or Compliance Institute of South Africa (CISA) preferable.
• Exposure to the strategic management process and initiatives including identifying and mitigation of risks in major projects.
• A proven track record in managing and or advising in controlled items and knowledge of arms control protocols and systems. Expert

knowledge of Corporate Law, Companies Act, PFMA & other applicable legislation.

• Expert knowledge of the industry?s standards and regulations.
• Expert knowledge of Legal, Compliance and Risk Frameworks.

Knowledge :

• All relevant legislation and regulations that govern the Public Service including the PFMA, Treasury Regulations and other relevant

legislation.

• In-depth / above average experience and knowledge of Contract law.
• A reasonable understanding of Intellectual Property and Treaty law.
• Knowledge of corporate governance principles, practices, and application of King IV.
• Knowledge of South African Labour legislation.
• Knowledge of other South African legislative prescripts.