Market Integrity Specialist

Bebeegovernance; Gauteng; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 400 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial markets infrastructure provider in South Africa seeks a Regulatory Leader to shape the capital markets' regulatory landscape. You will be responsible for overseeing compliance with Listings Requirements and lead a diverse team to drive strategy and operational excellence. The role involves significant stakeholder engagement and delivering measurable regulatory outcomes. Ideal candidates will have proven regulatory expertise and a collaborative mindset to thrive in a high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in regulatory leadership within financial markets.
• Strong understanding of Listings Requirements and compliance obligations.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a high-performance environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Issuer Regulation strategy.
• Provide authoritative regulatory rulings and oversight on listings.
• Ensure compliance with market integrity obligations.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage departmental budgets.

Job description

Regulatory Leadership Opportunity

Shape the regulatory landscape of South Africa's capital markets by leading a high-impact team that safeguards credibility and drives continuous improvement.

This role is responsible for creating, influencing, monitoring, and applying Listings Requirements across equity, debt, and specialist securities.

You will lead the Issuer Regulation agenda, ensuring compliant listings and continuing obligations while balancing commercial realities with robust governance.

Your mandate spans strategy, rulings, process optimisation, and people leadership to support the organisation's strategic priorities.

We are a leading provider of financial markets infrastructure committed to high performance, continuous learning, and employee well-being.

The environment is professional, collaborative, and mission-driven ideal for an expert who enjoys navigating complexity, engaging stakeholders, and delivering measurable regulatory outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the Issuer Regulation strategy in line with organisational objectives.
• Provide authoritative regulatory rulings and oversee listings across equity, debt, and specialist securities.
• Ensure compliance with continuing obligations to uphold market integrity.
• Own divisional and departmental budgets, with disciplined cost management and value delivery.
• Lead and develop a multi-disciplinary leadership cohort, including Heads of Financial Reporting and Corporate Finance (Equities, Debt & Specialist Securities), plus Product Owner / Manager and indirect teams.
• Drive the transformation of Listings Requirements to reflect international best practice.
• Champion innovation and agile ways of working to streamline processes and strengthen operational resilience.
• Build trusted relationships with sponsors, issuers, regulators, legal advisors, and internal stakeholders; represent the organisation on industry forums.
• Embed governance, risk management, and continuous improvement across systems, policies, and decision frameworks.