Job Description

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(Land Bank) is South Africa's only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912, the bank's sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agri-business and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa the socio-economic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds on to the land, these new farmers, facing the challenges of establishing sustainable agri-businesses across the agricultural value chain, Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To support the Complaince Officer and the Head of the Compliance Control Function in ensuring that LBIC and LBLIC (LBI) complies with all relevant statutory, regulatory and supervisory requirements which relate to the Insurance, Operational Standards as well as policies and procedures.

Key Performance Areas

1. Completion and submission of regulatory returns

Identify all applicable returns Compile a checklist for all regulatory returns with due dates Produce a monthly compliance checklist Co-ordinate and collate all the returns timeously from various stakeholders Submit statutory returns on or before due date

2. Review and Monitoring of internal policies and procedures

Identification of all LBI applicable policies and procedures Review all applicable policies and procedures and ensure that issues of non-compliance are communicated to the affected areas Ensuring that areas of non-compliance are tracked until resolution Evaluate proposals and review against compliance criteria Compile and provide compliance related advice to management in respect of existing and new business Communicate the regulatory universe and risk profile to relevant stakeholders Communicate the implications of the regulatory to senior management Develop, review, coordinate and facilitate approval protocol and implement policies and procedures within area of responsibility Facilitate the development, review, approval and implementation of appropriate internal organisational policies, procedures and controls in line with business requirements and regulatory requirements in order to strengthen corporate governance Engage with business stakeholders to understand business requirements and identify the need for business policies and procedures in support of business processes Foster and maintain compliance culture through regular appropriate communication on policies

3. Population of Compliance Risk Management Plans for the full LBI Regulatory Universe

dentification of all legislation applicable to LBI Populating Compliance Risk Management Plans for each applicable legislation Ensuring that each provison is risk rated and controls are identified and recorded accordingly Ensuring that each action plan on the CRMP is tracked until resolution

4. Identification of new and upcoming regulatory requirements

Identification of all new and upcoming regulatory requirements applicable to LBI Creating awareness to the LBI Business Units on all new and upcoming regulatory requirement Creating awareness to the LBI Business Units on all new and upcoming regulatory Represent the the organization on governance compliance related matters and various forums. Participate in industry body to ensure alignment of compliance methodology and influence national trends in compliance risk management. Identification of all new and upcoming regulatory requirements applicable to LBI Creating awareness to the LBI Business Units on all new and upcoming regulatory requirement

5. Regulatory Training for LBI employees

Identify all applicable regulatory training Draft and present a training plan to the Head of the Compliance Control Function Ensure that staff regulatory training is scheduled ast per the training plan

Preferred Minimum Education and Experience

Bachelors Degree in Finance or Law 3 years Financial Services Industry 3 years Compliance Management experience within financial services

Critical Competencies

Knowledge of financial services industry Knowledge of life and non-life legislative framework Compliance Management Principles and Processes Management of the Compliance Risk Management Plans Knowledge of Business Principles Knowledge and interpretation skills of all applicable legislation to the Insurance business and ability to communicate these at all levels.

Additional Requirements

Travel as and when required * Extended hours as and when required