Legal

Junior Compliance Officer

Adams & Adams·Gauteng, south-africa·Full Time·Contract
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Areas of responsibility

  • Assists the compliance manager to identify, assess, advise on, monitor, report, and provide training on the compliance risk of the firm.
  • Assists the compliance manager to monitor processes, practices, and documents to identify gaps.
  • Assists the compliance manager to evaluate business activities to assess compliance risk.
  • Assists the compliance manager to identify, investigate, and resolve all activities that are deemed non-compliant.
  • Assists the compliance manager to train employees.
  • Keeps abreast of local and international standards and regulatory advancements.

Assists the compliance manager in the following areas:

  • Privacy and data protection (POPIA and GDPR).
  • FICA
  • B-BBEE
  • Anti-corruption
  • Client Compliance Fulfilment

Role

  • Assist in completion and drafting of Compliance Risk Management Plans.
  • Perform compliance monitoring.

For Privacy and data protection specifically:

  • Conduct monitoring to check compliance.
  • Maintain records of all data processing activities of the company

For FICA specifically

  • Conduct due diligence reviews.
  • Onboarding customers
  • Submitting reports to the FIC
  • Provide training and awareness.

For B-BBEE specifically

  • Assist in the process of routinely updating the score monitoring application to provide a quarterly indicative scorecard.
  • Assist with B-BBEE audits including, arranging, compiling evidence file and audit execution.

For Client Compliance Fulfilment specifically

  • Complete the firm's responses to client questionnaires
  • Secure appropriate responses to questions requiring specialist input as necessary
  • Maintain a database of all client questionnaires including standard responses to routine questions

Requirements

Knowledge and experience

  • Minimum of 1 years' work experience.
  • knowledge of at least one of the areas of responsibility.
  • Experience in interpreting regulatory requirements

Personal attributes

  • Ability to perform duties in a self-motivated and independent manner.
  • Strong oral and interpersonal communication skills
  • Outstanding writing and communication skills
  • Ability to communicate complex issues in simple and user-friendly language
  • Ability to balance the roles of trusted advisor and internal policing.
  • Fluent in English
  • Have a high attention to detail
  • Ability to prioritise tasks in a high-pressure environment

At a glance

Company

Adams & Adams

Location

Gauteng, south-africa

Employment

Full Time

Experience

Valid until

Not specified

Created

September 30, 2026