Lead Assistant Manager - Compliance & BGC Specialist

EXL; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment compliance firm in Cape Town is seeking a Lead Assistant Manager to oversee governance and compliance operations in recruitment. The role demands strong leadership in managing a high-performing compliance team, ensuring legal adherences, and client alignment. Ideal candidates should have experience in South African labour legislation and a track record of effectively training and mentoring teams in compliance matters.

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment compliance and governance roles.
• Strong understanding of South African labour legislation.
• Leadership skills for training and mentoring a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end governance of recruitment compliance operations.
• Lead and mentor the recruitment compliance team.
• Ensure alignment with BCEA, POPIA, and legislative requirements.

Job description

The Lead Assistant Manager – Recruitment Compliance & Governance is accountable for the end‑to‑end governance, compliance, and people leadership of recruitment compliance operations. The role ensures that all recruitment and hiring activities are legally compliant, audit‑ready, client‑aligned, and consistently applied, while building and leading a high‑performing compliance team.

In addition to owning background checks, digital employee file integrity, labour legislation adherence, client contractual compliance, and recruitment policy governance, this role is responsible for leading, training, mentoring, and continuously upskilling the recruitment compliance team, ensuring sustained alignment with BCEA, POPIA, and other applicable South African legislative requirements.