53 Compliance Officers jobs in Gauteng

Job Description: Head of Legal and Compliance

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced and detail-driven Head of Legal and Compliance to lead and manage all compliance and legal functions within our business. This senior-level individual will play a critical role in ensuring that the company operates within the framework of all regulatory requirements while safeguarding its legal and contractual rights. The role requires a strong leader with excellent communication and negotiation skills, exceptional organizational ability, and the capability to manage multiple complex responsibilities effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Legal

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage all contracts with clients, service providers, and third parties.
• Manage and review all Binder Agreements with Insurers, ensuring terms are favorable and aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Provide legal guidance to the business on contracts, risks, and disputes.
• Oversee tender documentation preparation, compilation, and timely submission.
• Assist with HR Matters, CCMA cases.

Compliance

• Oversee and manage all compliance requirements across the business.
• Ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations, including but not limited to:
• Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) reporting
• Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)
• Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA)
• Financial Intelligence Centre Act (FICA)
• Maintain and update company Risk Registers and monitor mitigating actions.
• Ensure policies, procedures, and manuals are updated and compliant.

Audits & Regulatory Engagement

• Manage Insurer Audits by reviewing reports, identifying gaps, and ensuring compliance.
• Engage with relevant teams to resolve findings and submit responses to insurers within required timelines.
• Act as liaison with regulators and external auditors, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.

Qualifications & Experience

• Relevant Law Degree (LLB or equivalent).
• Admission as an attorney/advocate will be advantageous.
• Minimum 8–10 years of legal and compliance experience, with at least 5 years at a senior management level in financial services or insurance.
• Strong understanding of the South African regulatory landscape (FSCA, POPIA, PAIA, FICA).
• Proven experience managing contracts, compliance frameworks, and insurer/binder agreements.

Skills & Competencies

• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills.
• Strong organizational and project management skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines effectively.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism.
• Proven leadership skills with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the business.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset with a solutions-driven approach.

Reporting Line

This position reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and works closely with the Executive Team.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Education:

• Bachelors (Preferred)

Experience:

• legal : 4 years (Preferred)

Language:

• English (Required)

Work Location: In person

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing

As Senior Legal Counsel, you will be responsible for providing strategic legal support to the Tiger Group Legal Team across regulatory advisory, compliance, litigation, and intellectual property matters. You will guide internal stakeholders on the implementation, execution, and monitoring of relevant legal and regulatory frameworks, ensuring alignment with South African and industry-specific legislation and industry standards. Under the supervision of the General Counsel, you will deliver efficient transactional legal services, manage legal risks, and contribute to the development of a strong governance and compliance culture. Your role will also include advising on advertising and marketing law, protecting and commercialising intellectual property assets, and supporting dispute resolution processes

What You Will Do

• Provide strategic legal advice across regulatory, compliance, litigation, and commercial matters.
• Conduct legal risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial contracts and legal documentation.
• Advise on Intellectual Property matters, including protection, enforcement, licensing, and commercialisation of IP assets.
• Ensure compliance with advertising and marketing laws, including consumer protection regulations and industry codes.
• Monitor and interpret new and proposed legislation, assessing its impact on business operations and advising on necessary actions.
• Communicate legal developments and regulatory changes to relevant stakeholders with strategic recommendations.
• Support dispute resolution and litigation processes, including managing external counsel where necessary.
• Collaborate with internal teams to embed a culture of compliance and governance.
• Participate in industry forums and legal networks to stay abreast of emerging legal trends and best practices.
• Provide training and guidance to business units on legal and regulatory requirements.
• Continuously solicit feedback to improve legal service delivery and client satisfaction.

What You Will Bring To The Table
Competencies

• Strong understanding of South African & industry specific legal and regulatory frameworks.
• Expertise in Intellectual Property law, including protection, enforcement, and commercialization of IP assets.
• Solid grasp of advertising and marketing law, including regulatory compliance with consumer protection and industry standards.
• Ability to conduct regulatory assessments and interpret legislative impact on business operations.
• Skilled in legal research, risk analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
• Effective project management and task execution.
• High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Collaborative mindset with the ability to act as a trusted advisor.

Experience

• 4–5 years post-qualification experience (preferably in-house), ideally within FMCG or a similar industry.
• Generalist legal experience across Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation, and Regulatory matters.
• Compliance experience is advantageous but not essential.

Qualification

• LLB degree (Bachelor of Laws)
• Admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa
• LLM in Business/Commercial Law (advantageous)

In accordance with the employment equity plan of Tiger Brands and its employment equity goals and targets, preference may be given, but is not limited, to candidates from under-represented designated groups.

Division: Governance

Reference No: 5916

Location:

Centurion, Gauteng, ZA

Employment Type: Permanent

Disability (EE targeted role): No

T.A.S.K Grade: 15

Job Posting Salary: R891,176.00

Job Posting End Date: 21 Oct 2025

The Road Accident Fund's mission is to provide appropriate cover to all road users within the borders of South Africa; to rehabilitate and compensate persons injured as a result of motor vehicle accidents in a timely and caring manner; and to actively promote safe use of our roads.
Purpose of the Job:
Reporting to the Senior Manager: Risk Advisory and Business Continuity, the successful incumbent is responsible to plan, design, implement, monitor and communicate risk management processes and programmes within the RAF.

Key Performance Areas
Policy Review and Implementation

• Contribute to the development and implementation of departmental policy, procedures and processes.
• Keep up to date with effective policy and practice execution strategies.
• Provide inputs into policies and regulations.

Enterprise risk management

• Research and keep up-to-date with corporate governance best practices and policies to implement within the RAF's risk management environment.
• Gathers and compiles data related to risk from internal and external resources.
• Identifies risks by analysing data, observing processes and talking to people.
• Drafts and delivers reports outlining findings, identifying and explaining potential risks and recommending solutions.
• Select, develop and implement appropriate risk assessment models or methodologies.
• Participate in the development, , implementation and maintainance of risk management processes and strategies.
• Participate in the development of risk mitigation strategies that are appropriate, implementable and that associated targets are achievable for business units.
• Promote effective enterprise risk culture across RAF including development of newsletters, creating awareness and faciliting appropriate training.
• Make use of business intelligence tools to conduct various types of risk assessments, scenario analysis, risk modelling and reviews at all levels of the organisation.
• Facilitate the identification of risks, essessment, evaluation, communication, monitoring and reporting on risks.
• Ensure that risk registers and Control / Control /Action Plans (Task) registers are kept up to date.
• Review the adequacy and effectiveness of controls including validation of progress as reported by management.
• Facilitate identification and monitoring of key risk indicators and risk tolerance levels.
• Collaborate with other assurance providers to ensure identification and reporting of risks and assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of management internal controls.
• Coordinate monthly engagements with the business on risk registers, incident reporting and monitoring of key risk indicators.
• Coordinate Risk Champion meetings in the relevant processing centre.
• Maintain input and data quality of the Risk Management System / tool.
• Provide advice to management on emerging risks and mitigation options and on the adequacy and effectiveness of existing and future controls.
• Represent Risk Management in management committee meetings, SCM and other assurance provider's forums.
• Perform annual process self assessment to improve the risk maturity for the relevant processing centre.

Reporting

• Develop functional reporting systems, for management, projects or performance reporting.
• Prepare proposals, briefings, presentations, reports, and other documentation and provide management information both verbally and in report format.
• Report on emerging and materialised risks leading to the review of risk registers to identify control gaps.
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc reports.
• Ensure proper management and maintainance of official records.

Stakeholder Management

• Facilitate and manage communication with relevant internal and external and progressively manage the relationships.
• Manage relationships with vendors, service providers or procurement teams and ensure that all relevant procured items are invoiced and paid on time.
• Facilitate adequate communition concerning key risks.
• Communicate with all levels of stakeholder contact.
• Represent the Fund in relevant internal and external activities and events.

Qualifications And Experience

• Bachelor's Degree/ Advanced Diploma in Economics / Risk Management related qualification.
• Relevant 5-7 years' experience in an Enterprise Risk Management environment.

Technical And Behavioral Competencies Required

• Resilience.
• Communication
• Working with People
• Network and Alliances
• Planning, Organising and Coordinating
• Employee Engagement
• Personal Mastery
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Client Service Orientation
• Understanding of corporate governance standards and practice.
• Understanding of risk management frameworks and applicable laws.
• Strong stakeholder relations management.
• Understanding of King IV report.
• Knowledge of ISO 31000.
• Ability to quantify risks.
• Ability to make use of data analytics tools and risk modelling techniques.
• Ability to analyse complex data and information.
• Excellent communication.

NB: "RAF offers Total Employment Cost packages with no additional contributions from the Employer, successful candidates are required to structure their packages in a manner that will suit their needs".
The Road Accident Fund subscribes to the principles of employment equity and preference will be given to People with Disabilities.
Applicants who have not received any correspondence from us within six weeks from the closing date can consider themselves unsuccessful
Security Vetting shall be conducted on all prospective employees
It is the applicants' responsibility to have foreign qualification evaluated by the South African Qualification Authority (SAQA) and to provide proof of such evaluation.

Background

STADIO is a multi-campus higher education institution with a national footprint, as well as hosting several student support centres in South Africa and Namibia. STADIO endeavours to widen access to top quality higher education and highlight the importance of equipping graduates with accredited qualifications that are recognised by industry. STADIO offers a variety of academic and career-focused undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications through both contact and distance learning modes of delivery.

STADIO is a comprehensive private higher education institution, consisting of the following academic schools:

Administration and Management

Architecture and Engineering

Commerce

Education

Fashion

Humanities

Information Technology

Law

Media and Design

Policing and Law Enforcement

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Lecture relevant subjects in Commerce

Teaching and Learning

o Teaching (Blended Contact Approach) and

o Assessment (Marking and Moderation)

o Quality Assurance

o Student Support and Success

o Curriculum development, review and transformation

Research

o Accredited publications

o Thought leadership

o Research for teaching and learning

o Postgraduate supervision

o Postgraduate study

Academic Citizenship

o Community engagement

o Industry liaison

o Internationalization

o Peer liaison

o Institutional involvement

o Academic Leadership (including mentoring and staff development)

Self-Development

o Personal & professional development

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications and Experience | Minimum Requirements:

An NQF 8 qualification, preferably specialising in Project and Risk management

Experience with lecturing in a blended contact learning and online environment, using electronic learning management systems as well as video conferencing, like MS Teams.

Relevant industry experience in business, ideally a member of an industry board with relevant designation.

Key Attributes:

Excellent attention to detail

Excellent analytical skills

Excellent English language skills

Can do attitude

Passion for education

Ability to work under tight deadlines

Conflict management and collaboration skills

Tenacity

Problem solver

Assumption Date: 01 January 2026

Applications: Candidates wishing to apply for the position are required to:

Submit a letter of motivation, concisely detailing interest in and individual suitability for the position.

Submit a concise CV without attachments.

Clearly indicate which position applying for in the header of the email. Reference : Name_Surname_CENCCR1

Applications must be submitted by email to: centurion-

All applications will be treated as highly confidential. STADIO Higher Education reserves the right to not fill this position. Should you not hear from STADIO within two weeks of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

In terms of the Company policy for appointments and promotions, preference will be given to candidates who will enhance the diversity of the team and contribute to employment equity within the Company provided that the competencies and minimum requirements for the position have been met.