Job Description

As a key member of the DocFox Compliance Services Team, you will help drive value for our clients by delivering best-in-class services around financial crime compliance and the anti-money laundering related regulations of South Africa.

Key Accountabilities

We are resourceful problem solvers with a focus on assisting our clients to run their business in a compliant way. We do this by providing best-in-class professional solutions whilst adding value to our overall service and product offering. That means that what we do is often driven by the needs of our clients, business and our wider team. However, these are some of the core areas of ownership and accountability that this role will have:

Developing and maintaining a keen understanding of FICA and its key requirements around due diligence, with particular focus on Prominent and Politically Exposed Persons, Sanctions and screening clients for risk

Ensuring that our DocFox watchlist of higher risk persons and entities within our screening tool are kept relevant, accurate and up to date through ongoing monitoring and research

Assisting with the review and analysis of reports into high-profile events (e.g. VBS, Digital Vibes) to identify potential persons and entities to include in screening lists

Update and refresh existing data

Providing support and assistance to the Compliance Services and other DocFox teams as appropriate

Adhoc list requirements as determined by the Compliance Team. This is a role which will draw on your faculties of curiosity, empathy, problem solving, organisation skills and creativity and will require you to elicit the best out of your own character and those in our team. Experience, skills and knowledge suited to the role

An understanding and interest in money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial related crimes

A keen interest in the news, especially related to law enforcement

A confident ability in the written word (primarily English, with other African languages a bonus)

Ability to absorb information quickly to identify its relevance and summarise concisely

A self-motivated, persistent, and resourceful problem solver, able to use a variety of tools to research and confirm information

Advanced excel skills will be beneficial to this role

Attention to detail and accuracy of capturing information is important

Knowledge of internet search engines and public databases

Comfortable with data entry and basic spreadsheets

Ability to think independently Ideal character traits suited to the role

You need to be curious and enjoy answering the who' and why' questions

You should be a strong and confident oral, written and visual communicator

Whilst it's imperative to be analytical and detail orientated, it's just as vital to be able to be a confident, pragmatic and a resourceful problem solver

Whilst it's essential to be an engaged and equitable team player focused on shared success, it's also important to be willing and able to take full accountability for your own responsibilities and deliverables

Please Note: If you have not had any response in two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful. Your CV will be kept on file for any further suitable positions.

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