Job Description

Compliance Officer Legal
Pinetown - KwaZulu Natal - South Africa

Our client, an international trade, logistics and distribution company, is currently looking for a Compliance Officer to join their team & support the department in ensuring that the operations & business follow all relevant legal & internal rules.

Requirements:

• BCom Law, LLB, Risk Management Degree, or similar
• 5 years' proven experience in a Compliance Officer role
• Excellent verbal & written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Analytical with strong-problem solving skills
• Excellent reporting skills & document management
• Good professional appearance
• Ability to work alone & with various departments

Key Performance Areas:

• Develop & implement an effective legal compliance program.
• Create sound internal controls and monitor adherence to them.
• Develop, monitor and update general company policies and processes related to ethics and compliance to ensure they are up to date.
• Proactively and Regularly audit company processes, procedures, practices, and documents to identify possible weaknesses or risks.
• Evaluate business activities to assess compliance risk and offer alternative mitigation strategies to the Risk Committee.
• Create and manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Be permanently connected to the company's operations to get to know the business and be able to build an ethical culture.
• Assess company operations to determine compliance risk.
• Design and conduct periodic training in compliance and ethics for all employees covering the latest regulations and industry practices.
• Address employee concerns or questions on legal compliance.
• Constantly report to management concerning the organization's compliance with laws and regulations
• Take action in dealing with noncompliance situations, creating realistic plans to overcome them.
• Acts as contact person and liaison between department heads and senior management.
• Visit warehouses nationally for investigations in relation to breach of contracts in order to defend and limit the companys liability.
• Assist in customer and Vender on-boarding processes
• Accountable for the insurance portfolio
• Responsible for inventory and non-inventory claims and recovery.
• Responsible for administering claims against vessel sweepings, contaminated or damaged cargo, and stock theft.
• Responsible for drafting letters of protest and appointing surveyors and relaying reports.
• Responsible for administering claims against damage on our buildings, equipment, goods damaged in transit, loss of company office assets, vehicles, and documentation.
• Timeously follow up with insurers on pending claims and ensure recovery.
• Ensuring cover for new warehouses or storage facilities, office buildings, assets, and equipment.
• Provide research, manage policies and oversee claims relating to any of the different Policies.
• Effectively provide monthly reports.
• Oversee asset protection of both people and staff as well as to prevent theft and inventory/ stock loss.
• Analyse and evaluate security operations to identify risks or opportunities for improvement.
• Staff training in security rules and procedures
• Attend meetings, professional seminars, or conferences to keep abreast of changes in executive legislative directives or new technologies impacting security operation.
• Assist in emergency management and contingency planning
• Prepare reports or make presentations on internal investigations, losses, or violations or regulations, policies, and procedures
• Communicate security status, updates, and actual or potential problems, using new and established protocols.
• Participate in site Investigations and report on findings.
• Respond to medical emergencies, bomb threats, fire alarms, or intrusion alarms, following emergency response procedures
• Recommend security procedures for access control.
• Conduct physical examinations of property to ensure compliance with security policies and regulations.
• Random Stock Counts as and when required at all Warehousing Sites.

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Kelly Sinclair Recruitment